Milk Bottles

I have many milk bottles but mainly collect bottles from either the Long Island, NY, area or from the Lancaster, PA, area.

I especially treasure the "Aggie School" milk bottles that I have in my collection. The State University of New York at Farmingdale was located in the town we lived in when we lived in New York. On a trip to New England one year, we found one of their bottles in an antique store in New Hampshire!

Since moving to Pennsylvania, I have also become interested in the Lancaster County bottles that I find. Some of them can be pretty "pricey"--especially right here in the county. But as you travel further out of the county, the prices do become more reasonable.

I don't have any pix of them right now--but as I get them photographed--I'll add that to this page.

A very rare bottle that I have in my collection is a half-gallon war bonds orange pyro bottle from Kentucky (with the state of Kentucky written out). It is for sale, so if you are interested--you can email me for more details. Both front and back sides are shown here. Bottle is in excellent condition.

I also have had fun combining both my DIVCO toy truck collection and my milk bottle collection. For instance, I purchased a "Blue Bunny" Dairy DIVCO Ertl truck and then was happy to find a Blue Bunny Dairy half-pint milk bottle at an online auction.

I also have collected numerous Rosenberger Dairy bottles (in all sizes) along with all the different size toy trucks that are now available with the Rosenberger logo--and they are a fun addition to "Rosie", my partially restored 1969 DIVCO milk truck.

And then I have always had a liking to Becker Dairy from New Jersey. In fact, I used to own one of their old Becker Divcos (wish I still had it). Here's a look at my combination collection from Becker Dairy.

Click here to find the web page for the Aussie Bottle Digger. A great page about bottle digging and milk bottle collecting in Australia

Click here to find the web page for the National Association of Milk Bottle Collectors

Trade cards are other fun collectibles--but then that would be another page!