Milk Caps

Object/Artifact

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Milk Caps

Entry/Object ID

2022.602.013

Description

A collection of 85 cardboard milk bottle caps, 80 of which are from Birchwood Dairy. They all feature a pull tab, and differing days of pasteurization. Birchwood Dairy has always been in Pawcatuck on South Broad Street, but all the caps read Westerly, RI. Also included are one-off caps, two of which read "Tuberculin Tested", one of them is from George Clark at Hinckley Hill Farm. One of the caps is for Heavy Cream from Birchwood Dairy. One tab is for Buttermilk with no farm information. One tab is from Langworthy Farm in Westerly, RI and reads "Raw Milk".

Collection

McShane Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Birchwoods Dairy

Notes

Date: 20th century