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One side of the bottle has the slogan "They all look happy & fine as Silk". They drink! Americas Finest Milk!" in red with "Roe Dairy" below it. Above that is image in blue of a cat drinking from a bowl with a fiddle on it's back side. To the right of the cat is a dog watching a cow jumping over the moon. In the distance a spoon & dish are running away. The other side of the bottle has "Roe Dairy" in blue.
Around the base of the bottle it says "Registered Sealed 1-11-14: mTc One Quart Liquid". The bottom has a "44", a "7", & a "S" on it.
Roe Dairy was located in Sioux City, Iowa. The manufacturer of the bottle mTc (Thatcher Manufacturing Co.) was located in Kane, PA. The mark on the bottle "mTc" was used by the Thatcher Manufacturing Co . from 1923-1941.
The bottle measures approximately 9 1/2" (24.1 cm) tall & 3 3/4" (9.5 cm) wide at it's widest point.
Milk BottlesFor many young people today, the milkman must seem like some creaky myth fr…