Bottle
Object number99.35.5
Retailer
Edward E. Rieck Company
Datec.1930
MediumGlass
Credit LineGift of John E. Rieck
DescriptionColorless glass, mold -blown one-quart milk bottle with applied upper rim.Dimensions9.25 x 3.75 in. (23.5 x 9.5 cm)Marksembossed on base: "E E (Large R) C O"; on back edge near base: G
embossed block letters read: "Liq 1 Qt. RIECK'S Pure Milk & Cream Registered"
Label TextWith an inheritance of $376 he received in 1886, Edward Rieck bought the South Side milk route he drove from his uncle, and started the Rieck Dairy Co. Of Prussian and German heritage, his small enterprise grew into a dairy empire that dominated Western Pennsylvania for more than fifty years.
On View
On view
c. 1960
c. 1860
