Object Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2013.023.007 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Milk |
Description |
Transparent glass, moulded bottle. The bottle has a circular base and sides, a tapered neck, and a large lip at the mouth. There are mould marks up both sides of the bottle. There is an orange graphic on the front of maple trees with "Maple Lane/Dairy/Waterloo" printed below. There is a second orange graphic on the reverse of the bottle. The graphic has "Stand/Out/from the crowd/with/Radiant Health/And Energy/Drink Milk" printed on the left side, and five faces of teenagers on the right. There is a circle embossed on the base. Inside the circle is a diamond with the letter "D" in the centre. |
Date |
1940 |
Date |
1959 |
Dimensions |
H-16 Dia-6 cm |
History |
Maple Lane Dairy was started in 1931 by Oscar Martin in partnership with his brother-in-law, Alfred Shantz. The Martin farm was on the west side of King Street, north of the current Northfield Drive in Waterloo, roughly opposite the current Staples store. In 1935, Melvin Snyder acquired a share in the dairy, and a few years later he and his younger brother, Etril, eventually bought out both Martin and Shantz. In 1937, the Snyders moved the dairy to a new plant at King and Spring streets in Waterloo, a building that as of 2013 is Ethel's Lounge. During the 1940s, the company expanded, purchasing about 10 smaller dairies. In 1955, the Snyders moved all of their operations to the former Burkhardt Dairy at Breithaupt and Lancaster streets in Kitchener. The home delivery service operated by Maple Lane Dairy initially used horse-drawn wagons but in 1955, it switched to vans and later trucks. A barn at University Avenue East and Regina Street in Waterloo housed the horses and wagons, and then it was used as a garage for the trucks. Maple Lane was purchased by Beatrice in 1970, which in turn became part of Parmalat Canada in 1997. Parmalat closed the Kitchener plant in 2000. The manufacturer's mark indicates the bottle was made by the Dominion Glass Company. Dominion Glass was a major Canadian glassmaker with product lines ranging from bottles and jars to pressed tableware and art glass. It was a corporation that grew through multiple takeovers of smaller firms and had factories spread throughout Canada. The original company was Foster Brothers Glass Works, established in 1855 in Quebec. The company was renamed the Diamond Glass Company Limited in 1890; the Diamond Flint Glass Company Limited in 1903; and Dominion Glass Company Limited in 1913. The name was changed to Domglas Limited in 1976, and in 1989 it was acquired by Consumers Packaging. Consumers Packaging declared bankruptcy in 2002. |
Search Terms |
Maple Lane Dairy Dominion Glass Company |
People |
Martin, Oscar Shantz, Alfred Snyder, Melvin Snyder, Etril |