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Milk Bottle Collections
This is a group of milk bottles with war slogans. These bottles first appeared during WWII. They promoted victory, patriotism, food conservation, buying war bonds and stamps and sometimes revenge. A true war bottle will have a manufacture date during WWII from about 1942-1945. However these slogans do appear after these years and could be called patriotic bottles. Some war slogan bottles will be made during the Korean war from 1950-1953.
The first milk bottle on the left proclaims; There is no substitute for Liberty, there is no substitute for milk with a picture of the Statue of Liberty. The second milk bottle reads; The United States is a sound investment, buy war bonds and stamps and again has a picture of the Statue of Liberty. The third milk bottle urges home makers to plan meals to avoid waste and to save left overs. The last milk bottle says; All out for victory drink milk.
Milk bottles left to right:
Diamond Dairy, quart, Oakland, California, Owens-Illinois, 1944
Baywood Farm Dairy, quart, Hollister, California, Owens-Illinois, 1944
Chico Store Bottle, pint, Chico, California, Owens-Illinois, 1945
Royal Milk Creamery, quart, Salinas, Castroville, Monterey Peninsula, Watsonville, California, Owens-Illinois, 1943 
 Golden State was a large milk bottler in California with creameries in numerous cities. It got its start in the northern California town of Ferndale in the early 1900's. In 1954 Golden State became part of Foremost Dairies. Most Golden State milk bottles do not refer to a city. The first bottle in the top row is a Golden State Cream Top store bottle. The second bottle is a newer square Cream Top. This milk bottle has the slogan "You strike it Rich in Golden State" and a cartoon gold miner that the company adopted in later years. The third, embossed milk bottle is one of the few Golden State bottles that list a city. This one is from Golden State Milk Co. in Vallejo, California. There were also Golden State milk bottles from Fresno, California. The fourth bottle is a half pint labeled as Golden State Brand Dairy Products. The fifth, embossed half pint bottle is an earlier Golden State Company, LTD. milk bottle. The sixth milk bottle is also a Golden State Brand Dairy Products bottle with a Dacro style lip. This type of capping system evolved from the crown top. The last milk bottle on the top row is an early Golden State Company, LTD Cream Top. Golden State also used Blake-Hart milk bottles and beautiful pyroglazed wide mouth gallon milk bottles.
The bottom row of bottles displays the reverse side of several Golden State milk bottles. Golden State put a series of slogans on the backs of their bottles. From left to right:
For extra pep at work or play DRINK GOLDEN STATE MILK
Drink your way to Health WITH GOLDEN STATE MILK
Healthful Beauty comes from within DRINK GOLDEN STATE MILK
Don't be old at Forty DRINK MILK
Preserve your Health and figure too WITH GOLDEN STATE MILK
Drink More Milk IT'S GOOD FOR YOU
I've seen two other slogans not pictured here:
Some people are old at Forty OTHERS DRINK MILK
Nothing takes the place of fresh Milk FOR FINE COOKING
Milk bottles top row left to right:
Golden State, quart, California, Owens-Illinois, 1946
Golden State Brand Dairy Products, quart, California, Owens-Illinois, 1948
Golden State Milk Co., half pint, Vallejo, California, Illinois Pacific Glass Co., 1923
Golden State Brand Dairy Products, half pint, California, Owens-Illinois, 1948
Golden State Company, LTD., half pint, California, Owens-Illinois, 1933
Golden State Brand Dairy Products, quart, California, Owens-Illinois, 1945
Golden State Company, LTD., quart, California, Illinois Pacific Glass Co., 1921
Milk bottles bottom row left to right:
Golden State Brand Dairy Products, quart, California, Owens-Illinois, 1942
Golden State Brand Dairy Products, quart, California, Owens-Illinois, 1939
Golden State Brand Dairy Products, half pint, California, Owens-Illinois, 1941
Golden State Brand Dairy Products, half pint, California, Owens-Illinois, 1947
Golden State Brand Dairy Products, quart, California, Owens-Illinois, 1942
Golden State Brand Dairy Products, quart, California, Owens-Illinois, 1944
 Here is a selection of Borden's milk bottles. Gail Borden was credited with inventing condensed milk in the mid-1800's. An article was published in the July 2, 1853 Scientific American describing his method and he was granted a patent on August 19, 1856. He supplied his milk to the Union Army during the civil war. Early in its history the company was based in New York and was called the New York Condensed Milk Company. In California, Borden's got its start by purchasing the Dairy Delivery Company of San Francisco in the late 1920's and began selling fresh, bottled milk in the state. Elsie the cow was the representative for Borden's milk. The character was introduced in print and radio adds in the late 1930's but an actual live cow was introduced at the 1939 World's Fair.
The first four bottles on the top left are all labeled Property of Borden's Condensed Milk Co. and have the eagle logo. The quart has no cap seat but the other three do. The second bottle is a tall pint. It is the same volume as the third bottle but was designed to be the same height as the quart bottle so the same machine could fill both sizes. The fifth bottle in the top row is a California quarter pint Borden's Dairy Delivery Co. milk bottle. Most California Borden's bottles were labeled this way with no city reference. Some of the early bottles from San Francisco will have the city and Borden's Dairy Delivery Co. on the same bottle. The sixth half pint bottle is a little newer California milk bottle with Elsie the cow but is still labeled Borden's Dairy Delivery Co., a unit of the Borden Co. The seventh bottle is a fairly modern pint. It has a picture of Elsie and is labeled only Borden Co. The eighth bottle in the top row is an Oakland, California Borden's Farm Products bottle. It is one of the few Borden's milk bottles from California that refer to a city. The last bottle on the top row is not a California bottle but still is a nice gallon size with Elsie.
Starting off the bottom row on the left is a square Cream Top with Elsie the cow. This bottle is only labeled Borden Co. The second milk bottle in the bottom row is a Borden's Dairy Delivery Co quart Cream Top. The third bottle is a quart from Borden's Enterprise Dairy, which was located in Santa Barbara, California. It was one of the few Borden's creameries in California to use its own bottle. The fourth and fifth bottles are a quart and half pint from Borden's Capital Dairy Co., which was located in Sacramento, California. The sixth bottle in the bottom row is a Borden's Dairy Delivery Co bottle with a nice picture of Elsie on the back. The last two bottles in the bottom row are two Borden's Dairy Delivery Co. Cream Tops in red and brown. These are the colors of most California Borden's bottles. The brown is almost a gold and was often referred to as Borden's brown.
Milk bottles top row left to right:
Borden's Condensed Milk Co., quart, Thatcher Manufacturing Co., 1918
Borden's Condensed Milk Co., tall pint, maker & date unknown
Borden's Condensed Milk Co., pint, Thatcher Manufacturing Co., 1915
Borden's Condensed Milk Co., half pint, maker & date unknown
Borden's Dairy Delivery Co., quarter pint, California, Owens-Illinois, 1944
Borden's Dairy Delivery Co., half pint, California, Owens-Illinois, 1950
Borden Co., pint, California, Liberty Glass Co., 1971
Borden's Farm Products, quart, Oakland, California, Owens-Illinois, 1932
Borden's, gallon, location unknown, Knox Glass Co., date unknown
Milk bottles bottom row left to right:
Borden Co., quart, California, Owens-Illinois, 1949
Borden's Dairy Delivery Co., quart, California, Owens-Illinois, 1943
Borden's Enterprise Dairy, quart, Santa Barbara, California, Owens-Illinois, 1945
Borden's Capital Dairy Co., quart, Sacramento, California, Owens-Illinois, 1945
Borden's Capital Dairy Co., half pint, Sacramento, California, Owens-Illinois, 1939
Borden's Dairy Delivery Co., quart, California, Universal Glass Products Co., date unknown
Borden's Dairy Delivery Co., quart, California, Owens-Illinois, 1943
Borden's Dairy Delivery Co., quart, California, Owens-Illinois, 1945
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