old milk container?

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dobipup81

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Hello all :)
I am newbie here and I hope I am posting this at the right place.
The other day I found an old milk container (at least I believe thats what it is)
I tried to research it on the internet, to find out about the origin, age, value, ... but certainly I cant find anything about it. All the pictures of old milk cans look different than the one I got. On the container it says Ellis & Sons, Philadelphia " Ellisco" and on another tag it says 5 Gallons.
So I thought I post it here and hope somebody could help me a lil bit to find out more about it.

Many thanks

Tina
 

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Well, that thing is so cute. Even has a handle that can be swung out of the way when milking. I've never seen one like it, but that's probably what it is. What does the rectangular tag on it say that has the triangle and another symbol? Good find! Did you dig it up, buy it, or find it laying on the ground? Looks like it's in pretty good condition.

I'll see if I can find something to help you. Keep looking and let us all know!

Welcome to the forum!

NOODLE
 

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Hello, and Welome to the forum!
Sorry, no info for ya, but that is a nice looking milk container?,,,
Sure would take a long time ti fill that one up with coins...
Good luck & Happy hunting~
 

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Dobiepup81
Welcome to the forum. Glad you are sharing your find with us. It looks to me to be a creamery can. I remember back in Nebraska, growing up, we had a creamery in town and they had many of those types of cans sitting around. Thanks for sharing. Good luck and HH. Just my 2 cents worth.

GabbyGEP(Gaylord)
 

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Nana, if that handle can be moved out of the way to milk, those are some darn tall cows! I think the handles are made that way so the cans can be stacked? Neat finds but surely you didn't dig that up! Eyeball find I bet? Excellent! Monty
 

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OMG guys, many thanks for your help :)
Sorry for replying so late, but i am having a really busy week and not much time for sitting down and playing on the internet ;)
I got this "thing" (lol) off of some old guy who had it setting in his barn (in germany, which is really odd) for "decates"
I will let you know what the tag on it exactly says, and I will try out the website for the patent :) hopefully I will get some more time this weekend and will let you all know about anything new.

Many thanks again :)

Tina
 

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I'll go with creamery can- I think they were used to seperate the cream from the raw milk by letting it set in a cool location overnite and then pouring off the thick cream that would rise to the top (used for making butter) while retaining the "skim" milk in the can to be used some times for human consumption. One might put a little of the cream back into the skim milk to improve taste. Tasted pretty good as I recall, both the butter and the milk. Also used some of the milk for hog slop if it sat around too long to be used by us humans--more info than you wanted, I'll bet. Good Hunting! Alex
 

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***UPDATES*** LOL

sorry for letting you all wait for so long...
ok, as in running the patent number on it... no patent number :( it is just saying "patent applied for", but there is a # on it saying 295, so i guess this is number 295 in production?
on the lil tag in the triangle it says "33 minn" on the circle it says "mass approved D. S. 3.", underneit it its saying "penna bio, new york city bio, alabama bio, north carolina, new jersey" its from geo d ellis & sons inc philly pa. and like i said, it holds 5 gallons of liquid...
im just wondering how old this thing is, since i cant find any kind of similar pics on the internet?

thank you

tina
 

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I just noticed something about the handle. It's not hinged for stacking, it's hinged for pouring....from a hanging position. At the top of curve of the handle appears to be a "ding" or pull of the metal, like it was hung from a narrow diameter peg/rod/hook. 5 Gallons of cream/milk would be tough to pour by hand, given the height of the can and length of the handle.
 

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Tina- a reply to your question about how long these have been around. I know they were still in use in the 1940s as my grandpap had them on his farm. The shift to pasturizing milk put an end to raw milk and butter sales to a large degree and these cans lost their usefuness. And the last poster was correct- these were made for pouring and one had better have some muscle power to pick them up when full. As a child, I sure couldn't lift one. HTH, Alex
 

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OK, sorry, to disappoint you guys now. This can has nothing to do with milk, creamery or anything like this. The company listed on this can still exist in 1994 but the company got sold in around 1919, i got in contact with a former worker of this company. They did some awesome research on it. It is an old 'Side Rack' can, used to transport motor oil to gasoline station. The guy said, it might be possible to find out by the product number, to see what month / year this can got produced. He even found some old brochures for me and sent them as pdf file over to me, so I could see what exactly it is, very interesting.
 

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Oh, I don't know, I suppose a guy would want to keep his Gurnsey well lubricated, especially on those frosty mornings down on the farm? Monty
 

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Thats funny lol :D

well they are still doing researches on the number on the can, so hopefully they can tell me what month / year it got produced

tina
 

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