William A. Lawrence & Son milk can lid
Name/Title
William A. Lawrence & Son milk can lidEntry/Object ID
chs-019998Description
W. A. Lawrence Milk can lid recovered from the ruins of the his creamery discovered by Gene Winters. The letter WAL are on the top of the lid.Use
Milk cans where used at dairy farms to transport fresh milk.Context
Chester was the original home of cream cheese in America. William A. Lawrence was in the creamery business when he began cream cheese production in 1872. 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 a amounted 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.Collection
W.A. Lawrence & Son. CollectionCategory
Lawrence's Creamery
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