Can, Milk
- Object Name:
- Can, Milk
- Object ID:
- 2008.027
- Date:
- 1930-1975
- Description:
- Milk can, galvanized steel, five-gallon size, used by Producers Dairy, Nashua, NH. Cylindrical can with round shoulders and flared neck. Impressed lettering on side: "PRODUCER'S / DAIRY S[Y]STE[M] / NASHUA 12 / REGISTERED". This lettering is obscured by larger lettering impressed over it: "PRODUCERS DY / NASHUA NH". Other side of can is marked "SC 5 / 20 QTS LIQ / F SEALED". Neck is marked "FILL TO / [arrow] / POINT", arranged vertically. Two handles, riveted in place. Base ring, 2.5" high, with five holes. Round cover with impressed lettering on top: "PRODUCERS / DAIRY / NASHUA N H", within an impressed circle; two holes in rim.
A. Can
B. Cover - Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-18.2 Dia-10.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donors at auction that included items belonging to Edson "Red" Eastman (1906-1994) of Concord, NH, who operated several dairies in New Hampshire, including Eastman's Dairy in Concord, until 1963. He served as president of the NH Milk Dealers Association in 1952. Producers Dairy was in business from 1930 to 1975 in Nashua.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of David and Martha Burnham
- People:
- Eastman, Edson F. (1906-1994)
- Subjects:
- Milk, Milk cans, Milk industry, Dairy farming, Dairy products, Dairy products industry
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