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Cream Top Glass Milk Bottles

Date1953
Credit LineGift of Mr. Gordon McLaughlan, Denfield, Ontario, 1972
Object number1972.057.003
Label TextThis type of milk bottle, with a cream top, was used by Silverwood's Dairy of London, ON, until around 1960. Silverwood Dairy was founded by Albert Edward Silverwood and manufactured cold storage products, milk, ice cream, and butter. Glass milk bottles began being replaced by paper cartons in the 1970s and were nearly out of use by the 1980s.
NameBottle, Milk