Vintage Thingies Thursday *Got Milk?*

Hi, and welcome to another fun Vintage Things Thursday, hosted by our dear friend Suzanne of http://coloradolady.blogspot.com/search/label/Vintage%20Thingies%20Thursdays Thanks Suzanne! This is always such fun! Today, I am sharing with you some vintage milk memorabilia, that was collected by my dear father-in-law. He belonged to a club back in the 1960's that collected everything you can think of relating to milk. Back then, most people had milk delivered by a milkman, delivered in glass milk bottles such as the one pictured below. Everyone drank milk, it was good and wholesome, and something everyone could relate to. So, began his extensive collection of milk bottles, cow creamers, butter churns, and items with Elsie, the famous cow. This bottle is one of hundreds of bottles he collected in his basement. The shelves were lined with them from ceiling to floor.

Here is one of the many butter churns he collected. He even had the big ones that were all wooden. His entire collection was sold back in the 1980's when he passed away, and mom sold the house. He collected bottles with people all over the United States through this bottle club. It was something like E-bay is now, only much more complex, with letters being exchanged from a typewriter using snail mail. When everything was sold, the grand total came to about $23,000, which was a lot in the 80's.

Pictured here, are thousands of paper milk bottle tops that he collected. They are all organized in this huge album. You can click on any picture to make them bigger. There are tops from cream, chocolate milk, whipping cream, buttermilk, and skimmed milk.

Of course when you think of milk, how can you forget Elsie the famous cow? Pictured here is an Elsie mug, and glass that we kept from his collection.

And, lastly, the hat that dad made to wear to all of his bottle club meetings, and swap meets.

Note the little milk bottle sitting on the top. It was full of milk bottle caps, and advertising buttons. Dad's motto was "Always Stay Grade A". We miss him dearly! Please don't forget to visit Suzanne for more vintage fun!

Stay Grade "A", and thanks for visiting!