Milk Bottle – Mathis Dairy
$15.00
Description
Vintage glass milk bottle featuring Rosebud the dairy cow, from Atlanta, Georgia, America. Measures 21cm high x 8cm square.
On Rainbow Drive, Decatur the family could go to Mathis Dairy & milk Rosebud the dairy cow. Mathis Farm & Dairy began in 1917 with five cows and a horse and buggy. R.L Mathis was a household name by the 1950’s. 250 children a day visited the dairy. Other visitors included President Jimmy carter. Rosebud retired in 1984. In 1988 the dairy had 130 employees producing 12,000 gallons of milk a day, with 300 commercial accounts, stores & restaurants and 17,000 home delivery customers. Home delivery ceased in 2018 – 100 years on from 1917 when they began. R.L Mathis died in 1992.
