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Metadata
Accession number |
1988.155 |
Object Identification Number |
1988.155.010 |
Object Name |
Holder, Bottle |
Donor |
Jensen, Howard and Nancy and Mary Alice |
Description |
Metal milk bottle holder/crate. Rectangular in shape, and has a sort of grid-like look to it. There are eight slots in which milk bottles sit. Attached at the center of each short end is the handle. It extends at a slight angle upright and has a brown wood piece attached to the underside at the center. There are cross 'beams" on the inside of the outer frame of the handle for stability. Metal is silver in color. |
Dimensions |
H-12.5 W-11 L-17.125 inches |
Creation Date |
ca. 1930s |
Owned By |
Locust Lane Dairy or Eagle Dairy |
Used By |
Locust Lane Dairy or Eagle Dairy |
Material |
metal/wood |
Associated People |
Jensen, Chris |
Search Terms |
Locust Lane Dairy Eagle Dairy Omaha, Nebraska Irvington, Nebraska milking Jensen, Chris |
Provenance |
This was likely used at the Locust Lane Dairy in Irvington, NE, northwest of Omaha, or at the Eagle Dairy in Omaha. Half gallon bottles were inserted at the ends in the larger spaces, and quarts in the middle. This type of milk bottle carrier first appeared in the mid-1930s when half gallon milk bottles were first used. The first half gallon bottles were round, and later became somewhat rectangular. The donors are siblings, the children of Chris and Minnie Jensen of Omaha, NE. 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 |
Images |
014\1988155010.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
1988 |