JAR

Description: CLEAR GLASS. JUG IS ALMOST SQUARE, WITH ROUNDED CORNERS. HAS RED PRINT ON TWO SIDES. ONE SIDE READS "PURITY MEADOW-DEW HOMO MORNING FRESH QUALITY WITHOUT COMPROMISE". THERE IS A PICTURE OF A FARM ON THIS SIDE. THE OTHER SIDE READS "PURITY MEADOW-DEW HOMO MORNING FRESH YOURS TO LOVE OURS TO PROTECT". THERE IS THE BUST OF A CHILD ON THIS SIDE. EMBOSSED ON BOTTOM OF JAR IS "9603". AROUND LIP OF JAR IS A PIECE OF RED PLASTIC THAT EXTENDS UP TO FORM A HANDLE. EMBOSSED ON PLASTIC IS "RD-1958".

History: AS A CHILD DONOR LIVED AT 826-7TH ST. SOUTH. SHE RECALLS GOING FOR WALKS TO PURITY DAIRY, THEN LOCATED WHERE NOW IS ENGLISH OAKS. IN THE '40S, AS A CHILD MILK WAS DELIVERED DAILY BECAUSE IT WENT SOUR OVERNIGHT (NO FRIDGE, ONLY ICEBOX AT THAT TIME). AFTER SHE MARRIED IN THE 50S, THEY NOW HAD A FRIDGE, AND MILK WAS DELIVERED DAILY BY TRUCK. MILKMAN COLLECTED EMPTY CONTAINERS AND LEFT FULL ONES, HE LEFT REMINDERS WHEN EMPTIES WEREN'T PUT OUT FOR HIM. DONOR RECALLS SKIMMING CREAM OFF THE TOP OF THE MILK AND WHIPPING IT FOR DESSERTS. DONOR CAME ACROSS JUG WHILE CLEANING OUT HER HOME BEFORE MOVING TO PEMMICAN LODGE. SHE RECALLED SEEING SIMILAR CONTAINERS FROM PURITY AT MUSEUM AND THOUGHT THIS WOULD FIT WELL WITH THEM.