Morgantown
Roy P. Anderson
Information needed.
Roy P. Anderson Dairy Farm, Morgantown milk bottle. Pint-sized, round, embossed. Full name embossed on this example.
R.P. Anderson Dairy, Morgantown milk bottle. Pint-sized, round, embossed. "Roy" abbreviated.
Same as bottle to the left, but with an added phone number and quart-sized.
Bonner Dairy Co.
Information needed.
Bonner Dairy Co. Inc., Morgantown milk bottle. Half-pint, round, embossed.
Cloverdale Dairy — G.H. Poole
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Cloverdale Dairy, G.H. Poole, Morgantown milk bottle. Pint-sized, round, embossed.
Chico Mahoney Dairy/Ice Cream Co.
1941—1995
WV Sec. State, n.d.
Chico Mahoney, Morgantown milk bottle. Half-pint, round, embossed, w/ ribbed neck. Earlier mold, indicated by thicker lip.
Chico's Milk & Cream, Morgantown milk bottle. Quart, round, embossed w/ ribbed neck.
Chico Dairy, Morgantown milk bottle. Quart, square, embossed around shoulder.
Chico's Ice Cream & Milk Co., Morgantown bottle. Quart, round, orange pyro painted label w/ ribbed neck. Front design.
"Jack and Jill" rear design, corresponds to the pictured front.
"For Mothers Who Care" rear design, corresponds to the pictured front.
Chico's, Morgantown milk bottle. Quart, square, orange pyro painted label. No town name.
Chico's Pasteurized Dairy Products, Morgantown milk bottle. Quart, square, red pyro painted label.
Chico's Pasteurized Dairy Products, Morgantown milk bottle. Quart, square, orange pyro painted label. No town name.
Chico's Pasteurized Dairy Products, Morgantown milk bottle. Quart, square, orange pyro painted label. Has town name and phone number.
Coburn Creek Dairy/Dalton Dairy
Information needed.
Coburn Creek Dairy, Dalton Dairy, Morgantown milk bottle. Half-pint, round, embossed.
Fair View Farm
Information needed.
Fair View Farm, Guthrie prop., Morgantown milk bottle. Pint-sized, round, embossed.
Nu-Grape Bottling Co.
19??—19??
Green Valley Dairy, R.S. Radcliff, Morgantown milk bottle. Quart, round, embossed w/ hobtail neck.
Hawkins Dairy
Information needed.
Hawkins Dairy, Morgantown milk bottle. Quart, round, embossed w/ "Pure Raw Milk" graphic.
Highland View Dairy Farm
Information needed.
Highland View Dairy Farm, Morgantown milk bottle. Pint, round, embossed w/ hobtail neck.
Highland View Dairy, Morgantown milk bottle. Quart, round, red pyro painted label. "Produced Under Health Regulations" graphic. Front.
"Produced Under Health Regulations" reverse.
Highland View Dairy, Morgantown milk bottle. Quart, round, red pyro painted label. "From The Cow to Your Door" graphic. Front.
"From The Cow to Your Door" reverse.
George J. McClure Dairy
Information needed.
George J. McClure Dairy, Morgantown milk bottle. Half-pint, round, embossed. Location given as on Route 6.
Same as left bottle, but pint-sized.
Morgantown Sanitary Milk Co.
Coming soon.
Morgantown Sanitary Milk Co., Morgantown milk bottle. Quart, round, embossed w/ short neck ribs and and "PASTEURIZED" embossed slanted on reverse. Front.
Reverse.
Sand Hill Dairy — Charles Babich
Information needed.
Sand Hill Dairy, Chas. Babich, Morgantown milk bottle. Half-pint, round, embossed w/ "diamond" neck.
Sanitary Milk & Ice Cream Co.
Coming soon.
Sanitary Milk & Ice Cream Co., Morgantown milk bottle. Pint-sized, round, embossed w/ short neck ribs.
Sanitary Milk & Ice Cream Co., Morgantown milk bottle. Gallon, square, red pyro painted label. Front.
Reverse.
Sanitary Milk & Ice Cream Co., Morgantown milk carton. Front.
Side.
Reverse.
Sanitary Milk & Ice Cream Co., Morgantown milk bottle. Half-gallon, square, red pyro painted label. Front.
Reverse.
Sanitary Milk & Ice Cream Co., Morgantown milk bottle. Quart, round, red pyro painted label w/ short neck ribs. Front.
Reverse.
Sanitary Milk & Ice Cream Co., Morgantown milk bottle. Quart, square, red pyro painted label. Front.
Reverse.
Santo Dairies Inc.
Information needed.
Santo Dairies Inc., Morgantown and Terra Alta milk bottle. Quart, round, embossed.
Santos Ice Cream, Morgantown milk bottle. Quart, round, black pyro painted label. Front.
Reverse of bottle to the left.
Sunny Slope Farm
Information needed.
Sunny Slope Farm, Morgantown milk bottle. Pint, round, embossed.
W.V.U. Dairy & West Virginia Experiment Station
1917— 2019
The story of the W.V.U. Dairy and the West Virginia Experiment Station actually begins in Wheeling. In 1897, Lawrence Reymann, the owner of Reymann Brewing Company, founded the Hill Top Farm in Wheeling (Hebel, 2019). His dairy farm was lauded by the Journal of Dairy Science as being one of the greatest Ayrshire cow herds of the 19th Century.
To prevent the spread of disease within the herd, Reymann began an additional farm in Wardensville, West Virginia named Cacapon Farms. Lawrence Reymann passed away in 1911, upon which his brother Paul Reymann took control of the dairy business in his brother’s stead. In 1917, Paul Reymann gifted both the Wardensville and Wheeling farms to the West Virginia University Experiment Station.
The 1887 Hatch Act provided federal funds to begin experimental stations at land-grant universities; WVU was one of those institutions. The West Virginia Experiment Station was in the basement of Oglebay Hall. In 2019, the university announced that they would be selling their cows and divesting themselves from the dairy industry (Nolting, 2019).
Go Mountaineers.
West Virginia Experiment Station, Morgantown milk bottle. Pint-sized, round, embossed. Earliest milk bottle from the WVU dairy.
W.V.U. Dairy, Morgantown milk bottle. Pint-sized, round, embossed. Comes in all sizes.
The West Virginia University Experiment Station herd, ca. 1904. From West Virginia History OnView.
The W.V.U. Dairy Farm on Easter Sunday, 1925, featuring students with their cows. From West Virginia History OnView.
References
Hebel, H. (2019). The 100-year-old history of the WVU dairy herd. The Daily Anthenaeum. https://www.thedaonline.com/news/university/the-100-year-old-history-of-the-wvu-dairy-herd/article_488acae4-e85e-11e9-be9d-6b65896fa847.html
Nolting, M. (2019). WVU decides to sell dairy cows. West Virginia MetroNews. https://wvmetronews.com/2019/09/25/wvu-decides-to-see-dairy-cows/