Old dairy bottle
September 16, 2009 - 12:26pm
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When digging in my backyard (My house is located in the Beach and was built in 1919), we found many old bottles buried undergrown. I assume most of the bottles came from around the time my house was built. We are keeping them all for now.
One of the bottles is a dairy glass pint that has the following inscription engraved in it: Beach Dairy, 19 Herbert Ave. William Muir.
I could not find anything on Google or anywhere else on Internet.
19 Herbert Avenue is currently the address of a house.
Anyone knows anything about that Dairy?
Thanks
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Muir's Beach Dairy Milk Bottles
S. I. Ackerman
We have a book called "A History of Toronto Dairies: When Milk Came in Bottles". It is written by Dave Thomas and Bob Marchant and it is full of the MANY different dairies that used to be part of our ( long gone) history as well as the few that are left today.
It was published by Cowtown Publications, 30 King St , Port Hope, Ont. L1A 2R5 (905) 885-6644
I looked up the name " Beach Dairy" in the book and was pleased to find a write-up about it for you.
Muir's Beach Dairy
19 Herbert Ave. Birch Cliff
Tel: Main 1268, Howard 4260 and Beach 1268
Operating years: 1910-29
Owner/mng: William Muir
Other Names: W Muir Dairy, Beach Dairy
Bought out: W/H Willison Dairy
Sold to: Caulfield's Dairy.
The building was previously home to W.H. Willison Dairy ( 1908-09) In 1929, Might's showed Wm. Muir at 1966 1/2 Queen St E The same address was shown as a depot for Caulfield's Dairy.
The surviving bottles are scarce and the ones found are embossed Beach Dairy-19 Herbert Ave.
There are a few other comments listed about the bottles that they sold as well as a photo of the business card with a delivery wagon which was an ad from 1920's.