Collections record Beta

Milk Bottle

2017-11-48b

Glass milk bottle with round lip top, circular bottom, and tapered sides. Half pint. Printed lettering on the front in orange, "TOLL GATE FARMS/Preston J. Davenport/Litchfield Conn." Printed on back "Use Ayrshire/METABOLIZED/VITAMIN/D/MILK/'FOR THE BABY YOU LOVE'." Embossed lettering on front, bottom, "REG. SEALED MTC" and at back, bottom, "HALF PINT LIQUID 3766."

Collected by Art Webster.

Toll Gate Farm began in 1939 in Chestnut Hill Road, formed by Preston and Selma Davenport. The farmhouse and barns were constructed c.1940, and the farm housed a purebred Ayrshire herd. The farm processed their own milk (pasteurized, and later homogenized), first at the farm and then in a dairy bar on Torrington Road which sold milk, cream, cottage cheese, and ice cream and contained a bottling center. The bar was open from 1944 to 1957. The farm eventually supplemented production with raw milk from other local herds, and delivered as far as Winsted and New Milford. The dairy stopped operation in the 1970s.

1950-1960

Overall height 4.5", diameter 2.5"

• ink
• glass