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Object Id #1984.123.1c

Milk bottle lid /cap: circular disc with an indented center, where label/writing is.
Label design: Purple rim around center indentation and purple line across diameter. Writing in black.

Gift of James Batchelder

made of waxed cardboard/paper

from from Rolling Acres Farm on Argilla Road, Andover, MA. Farm bought  1928; sold 1952

imprinted: “TEL.122R” in white at top of label; MILK PASTEURIZE” “ROLLING ACRES” in black script ” ANDOVER, MASS.” at bottom in small block letters.

dates to late 1940s

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