Dairy Antique And Collectables Show Pays Tribute
To Daily History, Celebrates Holstein Breed
One highlight of the Dairy Antiques and Collectables Show is Penn State’s life-size
Holstein bull and cow models. These models, dating back to 1922, are a rare find. There
are only a few schools that still have these models that were issued to prominent “cow
colleges” in the 1920’5, Penn State being one of them.
The lager’s display includes sets of Dunloggin bottles, including several highly col
lectable bottles with mistakes, the Life Magazine article covering the dispersal, and
other publications on the farm.
Rounding out the Holstein tribute in the Show is Margin and Ellie Stout’s display of
milk bottles from prominent Holstein herds.
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CHARLENE M. SHUPP
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) When one walks into the
Dairy Antiques and Collectables
Show during All-American at the
Pennsylvania Farm Show Com
plex, you take a trip back in time
to the dairy industry of yester
year. This year, the sixth for the
show, remains as strong as ever,
bringing in a variety of amazing
and hard to find items for collec
tors and dairymen to view.
Remaining true to form, this
year the Dairy Antique and Col
lectables show selected a “feature
breed,” this year’s being the ever
popular Holstein breed. As in the
past, Holstein enthusists did not
disappoint, bringing out some of
the best history of the breed for
display.
One highlight according to Dr.
Danin Braund, chairperson of
the Dairy Antiques and Collect
ables Show is Penn State’s life
size Holstein bull and cow mod
els. These models, dating back to
1922 according to Dr. Brawn, are
a rare find. There are only a few
schools that still have these mod
els that were issued to prominent
“cow colleges” in the 1920’5,
Penn State being one of them.
Braund also noted that these
models very rarely leave Penn
State’s Main Campus and the
trip to Harrisburg is a special
treat since the only other time
they have been placed on display
outside of the University was in
1995 for the National Holstein
Convention in Pittsburgh.
There are also several 1/16 life
size models on display including
a modem day model of the Hol
stein cow.
Judy and Charles lager of Ful
ton, Md. placed several items
from their Dunloggin Dairy Col
lection on display. As noted by
Brown, the lagers are “one of the
Fraktur Workshop Offered
SCHAEFFERSTOWN
(Lebanon Co.) Learn about
the Pennsylvania German art
of painted greetings and docu
ments known as fraktur on
Saturday, Nov. 22, from 10
a.m. until noon at the Brendle
Museum, 111 N. Market
Street, Schaefferstown. Tradi
tional fraktur artist Carolyn
Dibert, Lebanon, will teach
this introductory class which
will complete a holiday greet
ing in the fraktur style.
AH materials to complete
one fraktur piece and a quill
pen to take home are included
in the $9 fee. Members of His
few people to own a complete set
of Dunloggin” bottles and memo
rabilia.
Dunloggin Dairy, one of the
premier Holstein herds in the na
tion, had their 1943 dispersal sale
covered by Life magazine.
The lager’s display includes
sets of Dunloggin bottles, includ
ing several highly collectable bot
tles with mistakes, the Life maga
zine article covering the
dispersal, and other publications
on the farm.
Rounding out the Holstein
tribute in the Show is Margin and
Ellie Stout’s display of milk bot
tles from prominent Holstein
herds.
Margin Stout of Tunkhannock,
Wyoming County has been plan
ning for years on this display, in
anticipation of the “Holstein
year.”
The Stouts are quick to thank
Horace Backus, a longtime Hol
stein breed enthusiast who
helped with their display captur
ing the history of each of 22 farm
bottles on display.
While the Holstein breed was
the main feature in this year’s
show, a highlight of the show was
a tribute to past All-American
Dairy Show grand champions.
Pictures were placed on display
of the past grand champions for
the Ayrshire, Guernsey, Brown
Swiss, Holstein, Jersey, and Milk
ing Shorthorn breeds.
The All-American Dairy An
tiques and Collectables Show
continues to delight the young
and young at heart, showing our
dairy industry of yesteryear from
the great herds that are now just
a memory to the technology that
has helped to form the American
dairy industry of today. It pro
vides a link between our dairy
past and present as we continue
to look to our future.
toric Schaefferstown receive a
discount. Class size is limited
to 12 people and is designed
for ages 9 and up.
This is one of Historic
Schaefferstown’s Saturday,
hands-on workshops teaching
colonial era and Pennsylvania
German crafts and traditions.
Advance registration and pay
ment are required by Nov. 14
for this workshop. To register,
send participant’s name, mail
ing address, phone number,
and workshop fee to Historic
Schaefferstown, Inc., P.O. Box
307, Schaefferstown, PA
17088.