Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
1951-1971
GUSN-10105
Yellow paper bottle cap with twelve folds in outer rim and red border; printed with repeats of brown cow logo; yellow central disc printed in brown with central oval and "Balance" in white
caps (closures)
cardboard
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
cows
Transfer Printed
Cardboard
Unidentified Paper
Cow
CAP, BOTTLE
Printed on central disc: H.P. Hood & Sons/ Fortified/ Skimmed/ Milk/ Pasteurized/ Homogenized/ Balance/ 400 U.S.P. Units of/ Vitamin D added/ per quart/ General Offices Boston Mass.
Unknown
3.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Elizabeth McAfoose
1995.244
Maine (United States)
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
