Container - Milk bottle

Historical information

This object was used to distribute free milk to primary school children during the early 1950's. This distribution of milk was a means of ensuring the children had some way of obtaining milk. Each bottle held 1/3 of a pint of milk.

Physical description

A small glass bottle used to hold a third of a pint of milk.

Inscriptions & markings

on shoulder "THIRD PINT MILK..."

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