Name/Title
Western Dairy One-pint glass milk bottle from the City Dump, c. 1920sEntry/Object ID
2016.9.2Description
ACC. NO. 16.9.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES, DAIRY
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1920's
OBJECT: BOTTLE, MILK
DESCRIPTION: AN EMBOSSED ONE-PINT CLEAR GLASS MILK BOTTLE. EMBOSSED TEXT IS 'WESTERN DAIRY'.
SIZE: H 7"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: AN EMBOSSED MILK BOTTLE WITH AN IRIDESCENT SURFACE CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO EARTH, SALT WATER, ETC. THE BOTTLE WAS EXCAVATED BY THE DONOR FROM THE OLD ALAMEDA CITY DUMPS ON BAY FARM ISLAND.
DONOR: PHIL GRAVEM
CATALOGED: MARCH 5, 2016
