Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1998.028.007 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Milk |
Title |
SCENIC CITY DAIRY Cream Bottle |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Year Range from |
1939 |
Year Range to |
1965 |
Made |
Dominion Glass Co./Consumers Glass? |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
SCENIC CITY DAIRY glass cream bottle. The colourless pressed glass has emboss-molded lettering of "SCENIC CITY DAIRY" on one side. It has a round base. No glass factory identification is seen. |
Makers mark |
None |
Provenance |
Made for The Scenic City Dairy business which was located at 314 8th St. East, Owen Sound, Grey County, from 1939 into the 1960s. The bottle was last owned by Melville Jenks of Owen Sound, Grey County. A newspaper article in the Owen Sound Sun-Times, Feb. 27, 1960, p. 10, "Dairy Industry Annually Puts Close to $500,000 In Circulation in District", mentions that in 1960 that four dairies were currently operating in Owen Sound: Crystal Dairy, Georgian Bay Dairy, Graham's Dairy and the Scenic City Dairy. |
Collection |
Dairy & Creamery Equipment Collection |
Material |
Glass |
Dimensions |
H-16 Dia-6 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Jenks, Melville Smith, Wilbur Smith, Bert Rutherford, Thomas J. Porteous, Victor Murray, Sidney Walter, Robert J. |
Subjects |
Owen Sound Industry Owen Sound Industries Bottling Companies Bottles Bottling industry Dairy products & industry Milkmen |
Search Terms |
Scenic City Dairy Owen Sound Businesses Owen Sound Industries and Products |
Function |
A cream bottle was similar to a milk bottle, but smaller. It was made to be re-used by the dairy, so it would be collected when empty, sterilized and re-used, and delivered when full, to another customer. A fresh cardboard insert would be used each time the bottle was filled, as a closure. |