From: Douglas County Historical Society <dchs@douglashistory.org> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 15:47:20 -0500 Message-ID: <CAOJc7Hs1VnUStGAd5uH98FE1cWuhaHV2oz3Wt_e5tp-_DwwaEw@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: help identifying object
Anna Krause, did your friend see my original photos or the other reply with
the Fort Ice Cream photo? Confused by her reply.
Jon Winter
Douglas County Historical Society
1101 John Avenue Superior WI 54880
Business Manager
715-392-8449
On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 3:43 PM Anna Krause <collagedesignstudio@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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>
> 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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