Bottle, Milk

Object Name:

Bottle, Milk

Object ID:

2007.070.16

Date:

1944-1963

Description:

Milk bottle, glass. Half pint bottle with cylindrical body, slightly narrower neck, and wide thick rim. Pyroglazed text, same on both sides: "STORE / Eastman's / DAIRY / CONCORD, N.H." in red and black. With cardboard cap printed with red soldier and text, "PURE / MILK / Guarding / your health", in red and black; black circle around perimeter. Staple in cap, below "your".

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-5.4 Dia-2.4 inches

Provenance:

Received with surveying and drafting equipment owned and used by Asa H. Morgan (1904-1994) of Bow and Allenstown, NH. The son of Wallace and Ada Noyes Morgan, Asa graduated from Pembroke Academy in 1921 and attended the University of New Hampshire. He worked the family farm on Bow Bog Road in Bow, surveyed land, and delivered milk to H. P. Hood. He worked as a surveyor from 1950 to the early 1970s. His survey work included Interstate Route 93 in New Hampshire. Mr. Morgan served four years as a state representative, two years as a state senator, and twenty years as a county commissioner. He was a member of the Grange, IOOF, and 32nd degree Mason.

The donor, Rita M. Clough Morgan (1913-2011), was the wife of Asa Morgan.

Credit Line:

Gift of Rita C. Morgan

People:

Morgan, Asa H. (1903-1994)

Subjects:

Dairy farming, Dairy products, Dairy products industry, Dairy stores, Cows, Markets