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Vintage Bornhoff Dairy Glenview, IL 1960's Milk Box and Two Quart Bottles!

$ 20.59

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Volume: Quart
  • Condition: Great Condition for 50-60 years old. A great collection of Chicago's North Shore history you need to own and display on you porch or in your home! Zero rust on the milk box and two very good condition 1 quart Bornhoff Dairy Quart bottles. Long before there was Oberweiss Dairy... North Shore families had Bornhoff Dairy products delivered to their door by "Milk Men"!
  • Bottle Type: Milk
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Ok you folks in Glenview, Northbrook, Wilmette, Evanston... I remember being a senior in high school and was jealous because two guys I knew were going to graduate and begin work as Milk Men!  Crazy, huh?  Their jobs became toast real fast.  Like the Newspaper business.
    But hey, as kids we used to throw packs of firecrackers in these boxes.
    I've owned this stuff for 30+ years because every time I look at it it makes me smile and recall a simpler time when the Milk Truck pulled up and gave us new bottles and took the empties.  We'd leave his money and a tip in the box.  Nobody ever dreamed of stealing it and no one had Ring doorbell cams back then.
    So hey... Your looking at this and I thank you.  We are downsizing and moving from CT to FL and don't have any room for all my favorite old cra...!