Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1988.155 |
Object Identification Number |
1988.155.006 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Milk |
Donor |
Jensen, Howard and Nancy and Mary Alice |
Description |
Glass milk bottle, slightly pink in color. Cylindrical, wider at bottom, narrower at top. Printed on one side in red is "INDEPENDENT / MILK PRODUCERS / ASSOCIATION / OMAHA". On the other side is "DIRECT / FROM / PRODUCER TO / CONSUMER / Fresher by a Day" over top of an illustration of a delivery vehicle driving from a barn to a home. Around the bottom edge in raised characters is "ONE PINT LIQUID", "REGISTERED SEALED 1-11-14", a logo, and "6". On bottom is "S" and "7". The cap on this bottle is white, red, and blue. It reads "INDEPENDENT / MILK DEALER / Locust Lane / DAIRY / STANDARD / PASTEURIZED / MILK". |
Dimensions |
H-7.125 Dia-3 inches |
Place Of Origin |
USA |
Owned By |
Locust Lane Dairy/Eagle Dairy |
Used By |
Locust Lane Dairy/Eagle Dairy |
Material |
glass |
Search Terms |
Locust Lane Dairy Eagle Dairy Omaha, Nebraska Irvington, Nebraska Douglas County milk bottle |
Provenance |
Bottle likely used at Locust Lane Dairy or Eagle Dairy. The Locust Lane Dairy was owned and operated by Chris Jensen from 1925 to 1945. Pasteurized and raw dairy products came from their own herd. Eagle Dairy located at 2526 South 42nd Street, presumably in Omaha, NE, was owned by Peter "Mule Pete" Jensen and his wife Mary. One of their children was Chris, the donors' father. Eagle Dairy was broken up and sold in 1912. After changing hands and locations a few times, the business was sold to Chris and he relocated it to 1906 S. 60th Street, Omaha. In 1914, the Omaha Health Department listing of licensed dairies noted three Eagle Dairies--Chris Jensen, Eagle #1; John Christensen, Eagle #2; and Pete Jensen, Eagle #3. Pete had gone back in business again. Chris continued the dairy at 1906 S. 60th Street until 1920. He later had Locust Lane Dairy and John had Maywood Dairy. He sold out Locust Lane in 1945, and continued to milk cows until his death in 1952. Chris had immigrated to the U.S. in 1904. He worked for other dairies for a time. He met Minnie, his future wife, while both worked at Anton P. Grobeck's Spring Lake Park Dairy at 1708 Van Camp (likely in Omaha). Minnie had immigrated in 1892. She died in 1967 at the couple's Irvington farm home. Chris Jensen dairies (all Omaha except last one): Riverside Dairy, 35th and SE corner of M Street, 1910-11 Chris Jensen, 64th and Redick (north side), 1912-13 Eagle Dairy, 1906 S. 60th, 1913-1920 Walnut Grove Dairy, 2132 S. 42nd Street and 4602 Center, 1920-25 Locust Lane Dairy, 90th Street (north of Military in Irvington, 1925-45 The donors are siblings, the children of Chris and Minnie Jensen of Omaha, NE. |
Images |
236\1988155006.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
1988 |