Milk top. Needs dated

[critter0527]

I found this at a school from 1892 to present. It's on the list of historical sites. Found about 8 inches down on top of some very old brick. I think it is a foil top to milk that was delivered door to door. It says "A homogenized milk" around the edge I can make out " _____ dairy company Hamilton Ohio"

 

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[cti4sw]

Put it through a negative photo filter. The light reflection from your flash makes it difficult to see the lettering.

 

[surf]

I see "Sealtest" & "Modernized."

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"The milk bottle on the right is marked with a patent date of March 17, 1931. This patent was issued to John E. Sharp of New Kensington, Pennsylvania and Raymond W. Niver of Elmira, New York and was assigned to the Aluminum Company of America. This milk bottle lip was designed to work with an aluminum foil cap. The goals stated in the patent were to provide a cap which covered and protected the lip, which could be easily be reapplied and which could readily identify if the cap had been tampered with. The projections on the lip were intended to engage with the foil cap and keep it in place. There was a pattern of a long then a short projection going around the bottle lip. This bottle has 8 pairs of projections but we have seen some bottles with 10 pairs. This style lip is found on many Meadow Gold and Golden State milk bottles from California. Meadow Gold referred to this cap as the Silver Seal and many of their bottles are marked with that phrase (picture). These bottles are often embossed with the patent date. We have seen these milk bottles with and without a conventional cap seat. Early ads from 1931 advertised that these milk bottles did not have a cap seat and thus the smooth bore of the neck was more sanitary.

The Aluminum Seal Company of New Kensington, Pennsylvania eventually became the distributor for the Alseco Aluminum Hood that worked with these projections (and later versions) on the milk bottle lip. World War II had a huge impact on this style of milk bottle seal however. During the war the demand for aluminum increased immensely since almost every United States bomber and fighter plane was made primarily of aluminum. Due to the need for aluminum in the war effort, no aluminum was available for milk bottle hoods. This presented a problem for the Aluminum Seal Company. If dairies quit ordering milk bottles that were compatible with an aluminum hood, they would not be able to start using them again when the war was over. The Aluminum Seal Company continued to advertise during the war urging dairymen to order their bottles with the ability to accept aluminum hoods even though their sales had essentially dried up. During this time many of these milk bottles were also made with a cap seat so that a common cardboard cap could be used until the aluminum caps became available again. The silver lining to all this was that after the war the production of aluminum had increased seven fold resulting in more availability and 25 percent lower prices for aluminum." Milk Bottle Necks & Lips

 

[Bramblefind]

Yes I think too - Sealtest in the center and Frechtling Dairy Company along the edge.

Frechtling Dairy Co One Pint Embossed Milk Bottle 545 s Front St Hamilton Ohio | eBay

Matthews Frechtling Dairy Workers w Milk Bottles Cincinnati Ohio Antique Photo | eBay

 

[DCMatt]

Bramble & Surf - You guys are awesome!

We had a milkman when I was a kid in the late 60's. He would bring milk to the door, then let my brother and me stand on the back bumper of his truck for a ride to the end of the street. OMG! That is UNTHINKABLE today! But what a rush for two little boys!

DCMatt

 

[surf]

 

[cti4sw]

Put it through a negative photo filter. The light reflection from your flash makes it difficult to see the lettering.

....or you could just wait for Surf to find your post

 

[surf]