"Blue Boy Sparkle" Milk Bottle, 1934-1955

Artifact

Milk bottle

Date Made

1934-1955

Creators

Thatcher Manufacturing Company 

Place of Creation

United States, New York, Elmira 

Creator Notes

Bottle made by Thatcher Manufacturing Company.

Keywords

Milk bottles 

Bottles 

Glassware 

Packaging 

Milk 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

96.34.4.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift John M. Ivanko.

Material

Glass (Material)

Color

Amber (Color)
Yellow (Color)
Blue

Dimensions

Height: 8.625 in

Diameter: 1.875 in

Inscriptions

on front of bottle: Blue Boy Sparkle VITAMIN - MINERAL FORTIFIED Milk / IT'S HOMOGENIZED pressed on front: SEALED S pressed on proper left: ONE QUART on back of bottle: Look and feel your Sparkling Best / FORTIFIED TO CONTAIN / 4,000 U.S.P. UNITS ... VITAMIN A / 400 U.S.P. UNITS ... VITAMIN D / 1 MG ............. VITAMIN B1 / 2 MGS .............. VITAMIN B2 / 10 MGS ...... NIACIN / 10 MGS .......... IRON / 1/10 MG ........ IODINE pressed on back of bottle: LIQ-X 1488 / SEALED MTC S pressd on proper right side: 2 REG pressed on bottom S 58