Vaqueria Tres Monjitas Milk Bottle, circa 1935
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Vaqueria Tres Monjitas, a dairy company founded in Puerto Rico -- a U.S. territory -- began in 1918. An active part of Puerto Rico's economy today, it prides itself on being 100% Puerto Rican in capital and production. Tres Monjitas used glass bottles just like this -- an industry standard -- until a switch to paper in 1971.
Vaqueria Tres Monjitas, a dairy company founded in Puerto Rico -- a U.S. territory -- began in 1918. An active part of Puerto Rico's economy today, it prides itself on being 100% Puerto Rican in capital and production. Tres Monjitas used glass bottles just like this -- an industry standard -- until a switch to paper in 1971.
Artifact
Milk bottle
Date Made
circa 1935
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Manufactured by Owens-Illinois Glass Company for Vaqueria Tres Monjitas, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
71.1.809
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of David M. Gwinn.
Material
Glass (Material)
Round
Neck
Short
Wide
shoulders
Sloped
Body
Form
Cylinder
Bottom
Flat
Label
Pressed
Pyroglaze
Orange
Color
Blue
Colorless
Dimensions
Height: 9.75 in
Diameter: 3.5 in
Inscriptions
embossed: ONE QUART / LIQUID pyroglaze label: VAQUERIA LAS TRES MONJITAS / J. FONALLEORS . TEL. 155 HATO REY / [image: three nuns and tray with milk bottles and glasses] / MARCA REGISTRADA
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