Coble Dairy Products, Inc. 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 Coble Dairy Products, Inc., Lexington, North Carolina.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
71.1.1622
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of David M. Gwinn.
Material
Cardboard
Color
Cream (Color)
Orange (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 9.375 in
Width: 5.5 in
Inscriptions
on front of carton:
ONE PINT / TO CLOSE / PRESS HERE / Lift Here / TO POUR / OR DRINK / COBLE / Quality Controlled / Milk / Pasteurized Homogenized / D vitamin added / Packaged by / COBLE DAIRY PRODUCTS, INC. LEXINGTON, N. C. / Select Milk
on side of carton:
T 119 S / 2 / 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. / Your Assurance / of Quality / COBLE LABORATORY / CONTROLLED / Seal / of / QUALITY / Farm Supervised / Laboratory Controlled / Carefully Controlled
on back of carton:
Pasteurized Homogenized / Grade A / D vitamin Added / Milk / DAVIDSON COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. / PERMIT NO. 1 / ONE PINT / COBLE / Quality Controlled / Milk / Pasteurized Homogenized / D vitamin added / Packaged by / COBLE DAIRY PRODUCTS, INC. LEXINGTON, N. C. / Select Milk
on side of carton:
667 / Pure-Pak / Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. / CONTAINER - A PRODUCT OF / EX-CELL-O CORPORATION / DETROIT, MICH. / There's Cream / In Every Drop / Homogenized / [...] / D vitamin added / Coble Quality Controlled Milk has / 400 U. S. P. Vitamin D units Vios- / terol added per quart. / Carefully Controlled
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