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| Milk Carton [gone] Ontario, Canada |
Milk Carton [gone] Mount Airy, NC |
Milk Carton Goldsboro, NC |
Milk Carton [gone] Fayetteville, NC |
Milk Carton [gone] Jacksonville, NC |
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I assume this Canadian Carton is no longer there. There was one in Thunder Bay that served as a ticket booth but its design looked significantly different.
The 12 feet tall Milk Carton in Mount Airy revolved on an eight-foot-tall pole. It was made of metal and was built in the 1940s for Coble Dairy. In this photo from around 2000, it advertised for the Flav-o-Rich dairy behind it. It was later repainted to reflect the change to Pet Milk. By 2024, this Milk Carton was gone. The Milk Cartons in Goldboro and Fayetteville are identical to the quart carton in Mount Airy. They no longer revolve. These cartons used to advertise for Flav-o-Rich and were repainted for Pet Milk. By 2016, the Goldsboro carton had been painted white. [map] By 2015, the Fayetteville carton had been painted white. By 2016, Pet Milk moved to Lumberton and the carton was removed. It was supposedly repainted at that time but it's not known where it wound up. The Milk Carton in Jacksonville was the only half gallon version that I know of. This plant was still open in 2012. By 2017, the carton had been painted white. By 2024, it had been removed. |
| Milk Carton Myrtle Beach, SC |
Milk Carton Athens, GA |
Milk Carton Cleveland, OH |
North Siskiyou Dairy Yreka, CA |
Sunshine Dairy Foods [gone] Portland, OR |
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The Milk Carton in Myrtle Beach looks like it may have revolved, too, at one time. It probably advertised for a milk company at one time (same location?) but now promotes a cold storage facility. [map]
The Milk Carton in Athens was installed for the Better Maid Dairy in the 1950s or 1960s. The company was purchased in the mid-1990s by Coble Dairy. By 2008, the carton had been painted for CSA, the Collections Services of Athens. [map] The Milk Carton in Cleveland acts as a sign for the Parkwood Drive Thru, a convenience store. [map] The milk carton at the North Siskiyou Dairy had different plastic panels in 2007. [map] The milk carton at the Sunshine Dairy Foods plant was installed in the early 1960s. It might have been the same one that appears in this magazine clipping. By 2024, a new building was being constructed and the milk carton was gone. |
| Houlton Farms Dairy Bar Presque Isle, ME |
Houlton Farms Dairy Bar Houlton, ME |
Valley Dairy [gone] Grand Forks, ND |
milk carton Sylacauga, AL |
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These two Houlton Farms Dairy Bars feature giant milk cartons. I believe these are the only two locations. The Houlton Farms Dairy was established in 1938. The Presque Isle milk carton was repainted in 2021. [Presque Isle map]; [Houlton map]
There are a few other Valley Dairy convenience stores around town. I don't know if any of them had milk cartons on the roof. By 2024, this one was gone. The milk carton in Sylacauga is located in front Dark's Dairy. This photo is from 2020. In 2023, it was repainted with lettering for the dairy. [map] |
| Orlando Milkhouse Orlando, FL |
Milk Jug Fair Oaks, IN |
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The Orlando Milkhouse opened in 2021 and this milk carton was installed then. It is located in the Milk District, named after the T.G. Lee Dairy which is located nearby. [map]
This Milk Jug in Fair Oaks is located at Fair Oaks Farms. It functions as a climbing wall and has been there since at least 2008. [map] |
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More Milk Cartons & Jugs:
Batesville, AR San Francisco, CA [building and both cartons gone] Minneapolis, MN [gone] Eden, NC [map] Mt. Ulla, NC Evans City, PA Milwaukee, WI [gone] Toronto, ON [map] [gone?] Liverpool, UK |
| Ice Cream Carton Memphis, TN |
Ice Cream Bucket Dartmouth, MA |
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The Memphis Ice Cream Carton bore the Angel Food label until at least 2007 when this photo was taken. The revolving carton measures 15 feet tall by 20 feet wide. It stands in front of what was the Angel Food production plant alongside I-240. The Klinke Brothers Ice Cream Company began producing Baskin-Robbins and the cup was repainted in 2009 with that label. The plant closed in 2022 but this carton remains. [map]
The Ice Cream Bucket was built in 1929 and originally housed the Gulf Hill Dairy ice cream stand in South Dartmouth. The building had a top and more windows then. There was once another glass-fronted building for watching the cows being milked. The Bucket's handle blew off during a hurricane in the 1950s. The building was being used by the Children's Museum when the two photos at the left were taken in 2001. When it closed, local residents fought to save it. It was moved to Apponagansett Park in Dartmouth in 2003 where it was restored (2006 photos at right). The building is used to sell ice cream and snacks during special events. [map] |
| Supreme Coffee & Donut Seekonk, MA |
Cedar Bucket [gone] Oxford, MS |
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The Supreme Coffee & Donut was originally an ice cream place (Hilton's?). It was built in the 1930s or 1940s and meant to look like an ice cream freezer with a handle at the side (now missing). I believe the boxy building was added later. The similarity of this building to the Ice Cream Bucket in Dartmouth described above may indicate that they were built by the same person, around the same time. In 1984, the place was known as the Golden Bucket. In 2021, the building was remodeled for Solar Cannabis. The bucket detail remains but the windows are gone. For more, see this website. [map]
This Cedar Bucket was built in 1985 for the Cedar Bucket Furniture Company. It was seven feet tall and six feet wide. In 2023, the business closed and the Bucket is missing. |
| Old Town Churn Ice Cream Fort Collins, CO |
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| The Old Town Churn Ice Cream building simulates an ice cream churn. It is 26 feet tall and was built in 2018. It is part of the Little Man Ice Cream Company chain. The original Denver location was built in the shape of a milk can. [map] |
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| The Bucket was built in 1935 and meant to resemble a lunch bucket with a hinged lid. I've read that there was another giant bucket like this down the road. The Bucket closed in 2013. After that, the building housed Patio Burgers & Beer. In 2019, it was named The Bucket again. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map] |
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More Buckets:
The Freezer (Los Angeles, CA) [vintage; gone] Cedar Bucket: 1, 2 (Murfreesboro, TN) Kentucky Fried Chicken (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico) |
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