W..A Lawrence Milk Can
Name/Title
W..A Lawrence Milk CanEntry/Object ID
chs-018815Description
W.A. Lawrence steel Milk Can, no cap WAL 270 Painted red, with black band - formerly kept in the house of Dottie Talmadge, then after her death in 2004, her son, Dale. Dale is the g-grandson of WA Lawrence, grandfather of Dottie. W. A. Lawrence Milk can Chester was the original home of cream cheese and William A. Lawrence was in the creamery business when he entered the cream cheese business in 1861. Early production amounted to only a few pounds a day. Eventually, Mr. Lawrence employed 20 men and received 300 cans of milk from 50 farmers each day. In 1895, cream cheese production amounted to 600,000 pounds in Chester. It was a favorite cheese in Cuba and was shipped there during the Spanish-American War. A shortage of milk in Chester prompted the factory to close in 1918. It reopened after the milk strike, to finally close about 1928.Collection
Dale TalmadgeCategory
Agriculture: Dairy