Name/Title
BottleDescription
Quart Glass bottle with a narrow neck and a large lip; on two sides of the bottle is the words, "Compton Dairy" down on the bottom "2067 REGISTERED SEALED UGP51A" "ONE QUART LIQUID"
Marks: "Compton Dairy" "2067 REGISTERED SEALED UGP51a" "ONE QUART LIQUID"
Special Fundtion: Milk bottle
From The Musuem of American Glass in West Virginia:
"Most references say this glass company was established in 1930 but we have seen milk bottle advertisements from 1925 and other references to milk bottle manufacture as early as 1922. One reference from early 1921 has the Brown Tumbler Company changing its name to become the Universal Glass Products Company. They produced many pyroglazed milk bottles. They also made many Cop the Cream milk bottles. They referred to their milk bottles as Universal Super-Strength milk bottles. They were based in Parkersburg, West Virginia, right on the state line between West Virginia and Ohio. Some of their ads referred to plants in plural, indicating more than one plant, and we have found references to a Universal Glass Products Company plant in Vienna, West Virginia which was just a few miles from Parkersburg. The company was taken over by the National Bottle Corporation in 1960.
The mark found on embossed milk bottles is often UGP in a diamond with a 51 outside. This mark was pictured in their early ads with periods although on actual milk bottles the punctuation is not seen. The mark found more commonly on pyroglazed milk bottles was UGP or UGPCO, often followed by the number 51. Universal Glass Company used UG as their Mass. seal. and 51 as their Maine seal. Interestingly we have seen milk bottles with a Minnesota seal of 10 that were also embossed with UGP 51."
From Shelby County, Indiana History & Families, Volume 1:
"Compton Dairy was started by Daniel Compton,and his sons Claude and Roy, on the compton family farm just south of Edinburg in 1930. In November of !936, Claude Compton moved to Shelbyville and bought Shelbyville Dairies, Inc. on 2nd St. which formally had been Lowell Green Dairy. In 1938, an new dairy plant was constructed at 1500 S. Harrison. This property was purchased from Roy Baxter, Sr. who had operated the Baxter Dairy there. After undergoing several expansions the plant and office remain in that same location, still processing dairy products from milk produced on local farms. Home Delivery in the city was accomplished by the use of horse and buggy until 1948. Through the years, the company has evolved from home milk delivery - to whole-sale milk delivery - to supplying company-owned stores, schools, and wholesale accounts with both milk and icecream. Compton Dairy operates five retail stores four of which are dairy and convience stores three in Shelbyville and one in Columbus. The fifth store is a family restaurant and dairy store at 3118 N. Harrison. The building is placed on the lot that was, many years before, the location of the Charles Major Home. The sons of Claude, Jack, and Dan Compton, have operated the business since the 1960's."Collection
Mr. and Mrs. Urban SollerAcquisition
Accession
1984.001Source or Donor
Martha Ford Soller, Urban A. SollerAcquisition Method
DonationCredit Line
Parents of John SollerRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Claude ComptonPerson or Organization
Daniel ComptonPerson or Organization
Jack ComptonPerson or Organization
Roy ComptonCreate Date
January 15, 1984Update Date
April 2, 2025