All Dairy Antiques And
Collectibles Show To
Feature Holstein Items
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The sixth annual All-
Dairy Antiques and Collectibles
Show, exclusive to the All-Ameri
can Dairy Show, will be con
ducted Saturday, Sept. 20
through Thursday, Sept. 25 in
the Dairy Activities Center of the
Pennsylvania Farm Show Com
plex in Harrisburg. This year’s
feature will be Holstein breed
items.
Seventy-two exhibitors from 12
states exhibited unique and very
rare antiques and collectibles,
such as milk bottles, and many
other items at last year’s show.
This year, the All-American
Dairy Show is hosting an unpar
alleled schedule of events, shows,
and exhibits to celebrate its 40th
Anniversary. Collectors and ad
mirers of dairy memorabilia are
invited to attend this show, which
is restricted to dairy-related
items, and which is the only one
of its kind in the U.S.
Enthusiasts will find this show
a great place to see and buy, as
well as learn, since much effort is
devoted to making the displays
educational. The show offers the
opportunity to see very rare dairy
tools used in the late 1800 s and
the early 1900 s, while observing
some of the nation’s modem tools
and finest dairy cattle in the
barns and in the show ring.
One unique feature, via special
permission and courtesy of the
Penn State University Depart
ment of Dairy and Animal Sci
ences, will be the one quarter-life
size models of the True-Type
Holstein Cow and Bull. These
models were developed and dis
tributed by the Holstein-Friesian
Association as educational tools
to help improve breed type in
1922. This showing of the models
is only the second time Penn
State has allowed them to leave
the campus. Previously, they
were on display when the 1995
National Holstein Convention
was hosted by Pennsylvania in
Pittsburgh.
A special exhibit will be items
Milk bottles were übiquitous in last year’s show And added beauty, in
terest, and history.
Antique Carnation Malt
ed Milk is a porcelin con
tainer in mint condition and
will be on display at the All-
Dairy Antiques and Collect
ibles Show.
for sale and display owned by a
Western Pennsylvania enthusiast
who has attended all five previ
ous shows. He will be exhibiting
items from an exclusive collection
which he has been acquiring for
more than 50 years. One of his
favorites will be a seldom seen
Meloney automatic registering
milk scale, which was manufac
tured in and marketed from
Landsdown, Pennsylvania.
This scale contains all original
parts including the spring-based
scale, measuring buckets, and the
original paper pads to record the
milk weights.
The exhibitor also has an origi
nal advertisement from the
Country Gentleman newspaper
for the milk scale dated August
10, 1912, which he purchased in
St. Louis, Missouri.
A very similar scale was sold at
the 2003 International Society of
Antique Scale Collectors Conven
tion in Texas for more than
$l,OOO. This scale will be on dis
play for all to appreciate.
Other items from his extensive
collection will be a Borden’s Toy
Horsedrawn Milkwagon with
driver, milk bottles, and carrying
tray, a Carnation Malted Milk
Porcelin Container in mint condi
tion with Seattle, Washington
printed on the front, and a glass
ice cream freezer with original
wooden hand crank with the pat
ent date of April 29,1890.
His most recent purchase from
this summer will also be exhibi
ted. It is a canvas advertising
banner made in 1930 for De Laval
Cream Separators and Milkers is
extremely rare and hardly ever
seen and will be a very special
feature for all to enjoy. The ban
ner still has the original fold
marks and is in mint condition.
The All-American Dairy Show
is scheduled for Sept. 21-25 in the
Farm Show Complex in Harris
burg. For information about the
All-Dairy Antiques and Collecti
bles Show or the All-American
Dairy Show, contact the All-
American office at (717)
787-2905, or e-mail aads@sta
te.pa.us.
Taken from the seat of the Reist Price’s Dairy milk wagon this view shows the size
and diversity of the annual show.
1922 True-type Holstein Bull and Cow V« life-size com
pared with 1/16 life-size cow will be on display from Penn
State University Department of Dairy and Animal Science.
Butter churns and dairy advertising highlighted Les and
Elaine Firth’s exhibit last year.
Dairy memorabilia exhibited at the All-Dairy Antiques and Collectibles
Show can be bought and sold, but is also educational.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 6, 2003-B2:
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