Pennbrook Aristocrat Milk Carton
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Artifact Overview
The quest for a shatter-proof milk container prompted John Van Wormer to patent a paper carton in 1915. Many processors and distributors continued to use breakable glass bottles, but, after 1937, mechanized production made the disposable, wax-coated folded cartons inexpensive and indispensable liquid containers. The iconic design, a box with a gable-end top with a pouring or drinking spout, remains the industry standard today.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carton (Container)
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Manufactured for Ex-Cell-O Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, by the Kieckhefer Container Company, Cherry River Division, Delair, New Jersey, Bensenville, Illinois, and Whittier, California, for Pennbrook dairy Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
71.1.1656
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of David M. Gwinn.
Material
Cardboard
Metal
Wax
Color
Cream (Color)
Red
Dimensions
Height: 9 in
Length: 2.875 in
Width: 2.875 in
Inscriptions
on front of carton:
HOMOGENIZED / TO CLOSE / PRESS / HERE / LIFT / HERE / ONE QUART LIQUID / PENNBROOK / Aristocrat / PASTEURIZED / HOMOGENIZED / MODIFIED WITH VITAMIN D / 400 U. S. P. Units of Activated Ergosterol Added / MILK / PENNBROOK MILK COMPANY / 500-520 SO. 27th ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA.
on sideS of carton:
ONE QUART LIQUID / PENNBROOK / Aristocrat / MILK / NOTICE BETTER FLAVOR / PASTEURIZED / HOMOGENIZED / MODIFIED WITH VITAMIN D / 400 U. S. P. Units of Activated Ergosterol Added / MILK / PENNBROOK MILK COMPANY / 500-520 SO. 27th ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA.
on back of carton:
HOMOGENIZED / APPROVED STATE BUREAU / Weights and Measures / PENNA. SERIAL No. 1 / NEW JERSEY APPROVED / ONE QUART LIQUID / PENNBROOK / Aristocrat / PASTEURIZED / HOMOGENIZED / MODIFIED WITH VITAMIN D / 400 U. S. P. Units of Activated Ergosterol Added / MILK / PENNBROOK MILK COMPANY / 500-520 SO. 27th ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA.
on top folds:
1465 / SEALED / SANITARY SINGLE SERVICE / Pure-Pak / Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. / CONTAINER - A PRODUCT OF / EX-CELL-O CORPORATION / DETROIT, MICH.
on top folds:
S 10 / L 1 3 1 / Covered by one or more U. S. Patent Nos. / 1,763,025 / [...] / 2,329,797 / OTHER PATENTS PENDING
/ MANUFACTURED FOR EX-CELL-O CORP. BY / KIECKHEFER CONTAINER COMPANY / CHERRY RIVER DIVISION / DELAIR, N. J. BENSENVILLE, ILL. WHITTIER CALIF
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