From: Anna Krause <collagedesignstudio@gmail.com> Subject: Re: help identifying object Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 14:37:22 -0500 Message-Id: <6CA8B9FA-70B6-4EA9-A925-E7F0261098EE@gmail.com>
Hello all,
I sent this request to my friend Al Thompsen who has years of experience
in the dairy-specifically ice cream industry. He sent me the following
reply.
> On Apr 7, 2021, at 2:14 PM, Big AlLeafFilter
<bigalleaffilter@gmail.com <mailto:bigalleaffilter@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> My pleasure.
>
> This is a 2-3 gallon metal ice cream container. These were some of the
first used by ice cream companies to store many of gallons of finished
products at one time. This way they could make larger batches of product
and reduce cleanup in their production areas.
> In the early years containers like this would have been delivered by
horse and buggy. 3 containers would have been placed in an insulated
sleeve , this created more mass therefore the product would stay frozen
longer.
> After delivery to a restaurant or ice cream shop the soda jerks of the
day would work their magic. Once the containers were empty they would be
returned to the factory, cleaned, and sanitized before the next
production. Paul Thomsen, my uncle had shared he would get paid a nickel
for each container he cleaned.
>
> The note says Russell creamery, the pictures look like Fort Ice Cream,
this would have been the factory in Fort Atkinson. The embossing on the
container typically had the year, the name of who ordered it, and the
can number.
>
>
> Thank you for sharing
>
> Al
> On Apr 7, 2021, at 10:54 AM, Douglas County Historical Society
<dchs@douglashistory.org> wrote:
>
> This was recently found in the woods. It says Russell Creamery
Superior Wisconsin and the number 37.
>
> Any idea what a Creamery would use this for?
>
> Jon Winter
> Douglas County Historical Society
> 1101 John Avenue Superior WI 54880
> Business Manager
> 715-392-8449
>
>
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