Penn State
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this was the last embossed milk
bottle used by the Creamery,
and it probably was discontin
ued about 1943.
Five known embossed Penn
State Creamery milk bottle
logos cover the following years.
Years indicated are from bot
tles in the author’s collection.
1. State College Dairy
1904,
2. State College Creamery,
a) ribbed necks 1918-1927. b)
smooth necks 1929-1931.
3. P.S.C.
1922-1923.
Dairy Bam
4. State College Creamery
(Olde English) 1932-1936.
5. P.S.C. Dairy Dept. State
College, Pa. 1933-1943. a)
with Dacro Top 1940-1943.
Pyroglazing
The process of putting col
ored lettering and pictures on
glass milk bottles is called py
roglazing. The process is actu
ally a form of silk screening. It
came into widespread commer
cial use in the U.S. during the
mid-19305.
The first use of pyroglazed
(pyro) bottles by the Creamery
occurred in 1937. This began
the use of red color for all
Creamery bottle logos until
they were discontinued about
1960. The logo of “State Col
lege Creamery” above the Key
stone with the college seal in
side and “State College, Pa.” at
the bottom of the Keystone be
came the standard label on all
Creamery milk bottles.
On the opposite side (panel)
was the slogan “Use College
Ice Cream For All Occasions.”
A picture of Old Main with the
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pre-1929 tower appears in the
center of the above phrase, and
Old Main appeared on Penn
State milk bottles for the rest of
their existence. However, this
was the only bottle that ever
carried the pre-1929 “old” Old
Main bell tower. These bottles
(quart, pint, and half-pint) in
the author’s collection are the
only ones known to exist and
the only Creamery milk bottles
that ever carried advertising.
The second pyro design
showed Old Main on the panel
with the “new” bell tower after
Old Main was rebuilt and re
opened in October 1930. These
bottles were “tall rounds” in
shape and used from 1938 to
1941.
The third pyro design fea
tured war slogans during
World War 11. The bottle
shape had also changed from
“tall round” to “squat round,”
which resembled a bowling pin.
These bottles, used from 1943
to 1945 said, “Buy War Bonds
and Stamps” and “Drink Milk
For Health.” The earliest War
Bond bottles were not dated be
fore 1942.
Following the end of World
War 11, the squat round bottles
continued in use through the
late 19405. The by-now stan
dard label and the “new” Old
Main continued on the panel.
Square bottles replaced
rounds in the U.S. dairy indus
try in the late 1940 s and early
19505. The change resulted
largely from consumers’ com
plaints that the round bottle
took too much space in the re
frigerator. The change was
quick, so much so that few
round bottles remained in use
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Starting With Antiques In The
Pavilion: Oak china closet with
bowed front; Mirrored back and
carved legs; Paint decorated
Victorian cottage bed and
chairs; Rope beds; One with
rolling pin headboard; Boston
rocker; Plank seat chairs;
Dovetailed blank chest; Oak
wall phones; Collection of pen
dulum and shelf clocks; Antique
quilts; Spreads & linens; Sewing
tapes and trinkets; Nautical and
rail lanterns; Pilot radio among
other vintage radios; Good Year
outboard motor; Brass bells;
Cutlery and gadgets; Antique
band boxes; Victorian frames;
Some with early prints;
Victorian photos; CDVs and
scrap albums; Pre-WWII home
movies; a selection of cameras;
25 post card albums - loaded!
Turn of the century to present
day: Trains/RR; Trolleys; Ships;
Hotels; Restaurants; Shore
by the late 19505.
The first square Creamery
milk bottles appeared around
1949. The only label was “Store
State College Creamery” on
both the front and back shoul
der area. These were used until
at least 1954. They were the
only Penn State pyro bottles
that did not exhibit the image
of Old Main.
An unsolved mystery sur
rounds the square Creamery
bottles used in the early 19505.
Some have the college seal in
side the Keystone, while on
others the college seal is miss
ing from an empty Keystone.
It is not known when or why
the college seal and Keystone
parted company. One source
suggests state government in
Harrisburg initiated the disap
pearance of the Keystone, rea
soning, so this theory goes, that
the Keystone was the property
of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, not that of the Penn
sylvania State College
Creamery. Whether this is the
true reason or not, the Key
stone disappeared from the
milk bottles of the Creamery.
Many things changed on No
vember 14, 1953. On that date,
The Pennsylvania State Col
lege ceased to exist in name
and became The Pennsylvania
State University. Thus the
State College Creamery needed
to become the University
Creamery. It was time to
change the milk bottle label
again.
The label wasn’t the only
thing that changed. A two
quart (half-gallon) size was
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Square towards E-town on Maytown Road (Route #743)
50+ Pieces Griswold inch frying pans #l4, #l2, many others, grittles,
Dutch ovens, muffineers, corn stick pans, food choppers, Erie items,
unusual cast iron Enterprise veg. sheer, apple peelers, cherry seeders,
butchering tools, brass school bells, barn and RR lanterns, Hal and sad irons,
cast iron mini, stoves, sleigh bells, (2) 4-prong wooden forks, 4 wooden
rakes. Buche iron trough, cast iron doorstops, Ig. amount other cast iron
items, butter & other scales, wooden churn, frog gigs, early cutting board,
smoked lard tin, lard press, bee smoker, block planes. Hires root beer sign,
cow bells, graniteware, gram cradle, skater’s lantern, bag wagon, augers.
Firestone ashtrays, adv. tins, wooden pulleys, ice tongs, Rayo lamp, finger
lamps, other oil lamps, bracket lamps, demi-Johns, crocks, sm. sponge dec
orated blanket chest, red spatter peafowl plate (damaged). Van Briggel vase,
blue carnival bowls, flo blue plate and saucer, R. S. Prussia 3-footed bowl,
Nippon. Heisey plates. Bavarian cracker jar, Baltimore pear 3-piece set,
pressed & patterned glass. Collection of 75+ vinegar cruets, cat cookie jar,
Shirley Temple bowls & creamers, candle wick, ruby, 2-sets of china. Hall
bowl, salts, cow creamer, 25+ pieces Hadley stoneware, glass basket. Golden
books, old Bibles & books, dog nut cracker, PRR shovel, milk boxes, hames,
pitchei pump, Mountville Pony corn sheller, chicken crate. 8-piece DR set,
3-piece BR set, Ig. stenciled rocker. Mahogany drop-leaf table, cedar chest,
gilt mirror. Mahogany single-pedestal china cabinet, dresser, single beds,
sm. tables, wagon seat, picnic table, kitchen & housewares, washer & dryer,
upright freezer, Maytag wringer washer, clothes tree, barstools, wash boilers,
linens, TOOLS: Craftsman radial armsaw. Craftsman 15 1/2 in. drill press.
Craftsman 16 in. scroll saw, 4 in. jointer, Shopmaster band saw. Power Craft
wood lathe, Walker table sander, bench grinder, router, sander. Many
woodworking & power tools, Ig. amount hand & long-handled tools, pipe
clamps, hydraulic jacks, socket sets, screw jacks, air compressor, OTHER
EQUIPMENT: 4500 KW generator, Bolens 12 hp riding tractor w/ snow
blower, tiller, blade, & 1-bottom plow, 5 hp Chipper shredder, lawn cart.
Craftsman leaf blower, wheel barrow, 16 &28 ft aluminum extension lad
ders, (2) 8 hp riding mowers, scaffolding, Ross bike, CAR (to be sold at
12:00 noon): 1992 Chrysler Leßaron, 4-door, auto, all-power, AC, 73.000
miles.
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towns; Amusement parks; Comics and
novelty cards; Postage stamps; Toys and
games from the 1940 s and 50s; Large
steam engine; Toy boats and model autos;
Large library of cocktail table books:
Antiques, Trains, Ships military,
Hollywood, Celebrities; Harper’s bound
editions; Antique pressed pattern glass;
Turn of the century bisque & china;
Ironstone; Iridescent glass; Simplicity 5-
speed snow blower and mower deck; Yard
and garden tools.
About 1 P.M. in the pavilion: We will
begin selling two collections of antique
trains which include Lionel Standard
gauge
Starting with Antique trains in the Blue
Room, then moving on to a private col
lection of dolls shortly after 12 noon: 70
boxes Madame Alexander Dolls, World
dolls, 36 inch Shirley Temple doll, Many
movie star & famous character dolls,
Ideal, Horsman & Effanbee dolls, numer
ous items are in their original packaging.
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