Milk Bottle Caps of 1940s Buffalo

       By Steve Cichon
       steve@buffalostories.com
       @stevebuffalo

Over the last few weeks, eBay seller wmlengadairy has been selling a huge collection of Buffalo area and Western New York milk bottle caps from the late 30s, 40s, and early 50s.

These are the paper lids which came on top of glass milk bottles, which were most often delivered daily to homes nearby the particular dairy by a milkman.

Many of these are extremely rare, and together show how the neighborhood dairy was an entrenched part of life not too long ago.

  • Walden Dairy, Buffalo, NY
  • Neeland’s Dairy, Alden, NY
  • Merlen’s Dairy, 167 Grove St., Tonawanda, NY
  • Mayback’s Dairy, 225 Northampton St, West Side, Buffalo, NY
  • Sparks Dairy, 314 15th St, West Side, Buffalo, NY
  • Lancaster Dairy, Lancaster, NY
  • Sparks Dairy, Buffalo, NY
  • Randleigh Farm, Lockport, NY
  • G.V. Goerss Dairy, North Tonawanda, NY
  • Hamburg Dairy, Hamburg, NY
  • E. Wagenbauer Dairy, Depew, NY
  • Walden Dairy, Buffalo, NY
  • O. Miller Dairy, 188 Grape St., Fruit Belt, East Side, Buffalo, NY
  • Quinby’s Dairy, McKinley Parkway, Hamburg, NY
  • Watson’s Dairy, Ebenezer, NY. West Seneca
  • H.M. Perry Dairy, Akron, NY
  • Lacto B Laboratories, Buffalo, NY
  • Robert E. Lannen Dairy, 575 High Street, Medical Campus, East Side, Buffalo, NY
  • Central Park Dairyland, 888 West Ave, West Side, Buffalo, NY
  • Holland Dairy, 420 Holland Ave, Lackawanna, NY
  • Walden Dairy, 72 Walden Ave, Buffalo, NY
  • Select Dairy Products, Rowley Rd, Depew, NY
  • J.V. Schneider Dairy, Lancaster, NY
  • Duggan’s Modern Dairy, Hamburg, NY
  • Cameron & Sons Dairy 317 Riley Street, East Side, Buffalo, NY
  • Fischer’s Dairy, 350 Northumberland Ave, East Side, Buffalo, NY
  • Marian Dairy, Buffalo, NY (Riverside?)
  • Tober’s Dairy, 124 Scoville Ave., Clinton/Bailey neighborhood, Buffalo, NY
  • C.W. Coxson Creamery, 255 Steele St., Jamestown, NY
  • B. Ball Dairy, 59 Johnson St., Broadway/Fillmore neighborhood, Buffalo, NY
  • Nagel’s Dairy, 488 Kensington Ave., Buffalo, NY
  • Lang’s Dairy, Buffalo, NY
  • T.A. Beale & Sons, 20 Mesmer St., South Buffalo, NY
  • Fischer’s Dairy, 350 Northumberland Ave., East Side, Buffalo, NY
  • A.C. Engl Dairy, 1336 E. Genesee Street, Buffalo, NY
  • Henry Kart Dairy, 2990 Main Street (just North of Hertel), Buffalo, NY
  • Central Park Dairyland, 888 West Ave, West Side, Buffalo, NY
  • Select Dairy, Buffalo, NY
  • Keep our forests green, use your ashtray
  • Hamburg Dairy, Hamburg, NY
  • North Park Dairy, 185 Norwalk Ave., Hertel/North Park neighborhood, Buffalo, NY
  • Niagara Creamery, 72 Walden Ave, Buffalo, NY
  • Hillcrest Dairy, Buffalo, NY
  • Hutts’ Dairy, Buffalo/Amherst, NY
  • Robert E. Lannen Dairy, 575 High Street, Buffalo, NY
  • DRINK MORE MILK
  • Queen City Dairy, Buffalo, NY
  • W.H. Beale & Sons, South Buffalo, NY
  • Yates Farms, Orchard Park, NY
  • J.V. Schneider Dairy, Lancaster, NY
  • Sprengers Dairy, Buffalo, NY
  • T.A. Beale & Sons, 20 Mesmer St., South Buffalo, NY
  • T.A. Beale & Sons, 20 Mesmer St, South Buffalo, NY
  • Wm. Manning Dairy, Eggertsville, NY
  • North View Dairy, East Aurora, NY
  • Briggs Dairy, Elma, NY
  • Sterling Amherst Farms Dairy, 4949 Main Street, Amherst, NY
  • Helen Mary Farm, East Aurora, NY
  • A.A. Bauer Dairy, 1970 Clinton St., Buffalo, NY
  • Wm. Manning Dairy, Eggertsville, NY

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Steve Cichon

Steve Cichon writes about Buffalo’s pop culture history. His stories of Buffalo's past have appeared more than 1600 times in The Buffalo News. He's a proud Buffalonian helping the world experience the city he loves. Since the earliest days of the internet, Cichon's been creating content celebrating the people, places, and ideas that make Buffalo unique and special. The 25-year veteran of Buffalo radio and television has written five books and curates The Buffalo Stories Archives-- hundreds of thousands of books, images, and audio/visual media which tell the stories of who we are in Western New York.