1940s Edwardsville Creamery Milk Bottle

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This is an Edwardsville Creamery Milk Bottle from the 1940's. Glass milk bottles were used by delivery services to deliver milk to houses in crates daily. On the front it reads, "Property of Edwardsville Creamery Edwardsville, IL" and on the back it says, "One Quart Liquid". When people were finished with these bottles, they wouldn't always return them to Edwarsville Creamery.

This object was photographed as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in spring 2020. It was found and brought into class by Alessa Heiser. It was found in her backyard.

• Hesser, Alessia

2020 Liberty Middle School Class Visit

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• Hesser, Alessia

Circa 1940

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• Edwardsville, IL
• 1940's

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