Name/Title
Western Dairy Quart milk bottle dug up from the City Dump, c. 1920sEntry/Object ID
2016.9.1Description
ACC. NO. 16.9.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES, DAIRY
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1920's
OBJECT: BOTTLE, MILK
DESCRIPTION: A ONE-QUART MILK BOTTLE THAT HAS A TOP OPENING FOR A CARDBOARD DISK WITH AN EMBOSSED LABEL STATING, "WESTERN DAIRY, ALAMEDA."
SIZE: H 9-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A GLASS BOTTLE WITH IRIDESCENT SURFACE DUE TO EXPOSURE TO THE EARTH AND SALT WATER. IT WAS EXCAVATED BY THE DONOR AT THE OLD DUMPS ON BAY FARM ISLAND.
DONOR: PHIL GRAVEM
CATALOGED: MARCH 5, 2016
