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One Pint REPP AND SONS milk bottle ... Does anybody know anything about this bottle? Found this at an Indiana auction ...
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Reprinted from the Huntington Herald (Indiana) -- Carl Repp was 103 years old when he died, and he contributed to Huntington all his life. He was one of the “sons” of the Repp and Sons markets in Huntington. The flagship store was on the triangle at Division and Guilford streets; others were at Etna Avenue and Wright Street and on East Tipton Street at Wilkerson Street. Carl Repp’s father, David, started in the business in 1901. Sons Carl and Meredith worked for their dad as teenagers and, when they graduated from college, joined the family business. That was in the days — the first half of the 20th century — when a small grocery could be a family business, provided it was run as well as as the Repps ran theirs. The Guilford Street store contained a large butcher shop and even a milk-bottling plant.
Thank you so much very informative ...
The pint bottles were usually used for cream and are much harder to find than the quart size.