The front of a long white paper garment bag: "Manhattan Laundry/ 229-231 West King St./Lancaster----PA./ Phone 7617/ Exclusive Launderers/ and/ Garment Cleaners"
Manhattan Laundry operated in a building originally built in 1877. 4-digit phones numbers began to be used in 1929.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Storage Container
Box 0037
Object Name
Bag, Garment
Material
Paper
Length (cm)
100.33
Length (ft)
3.2916666667
Length (in)
39.5
Width (cm)
53.34
Width (ft)
1.75
Width (in)
21
Dimension Details
Only the front of the garment bag: pinked edge on bottom, sides and top torn from back. Shape at top angled for shoulders slopes upward to center for a hanger.
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-04-27
Condition Notes
Heavy creases, purposely torn--only front of paper garment bag
Neck and upper bottle decorated in glass with a fluted collar that ends with a scalloped edge. On the side, enclosed in an oval, "Ideal Milk Products co. Lancaster, PA." On the other side "One pint liquid." On the base "A.B.C. 2 - Registered" On bottom, in big letters "LMP"
Provenance
Donor states that on Jan. 1, 1929, York Sanitary Milk Co., Lancaster Sanitary Milk Co. and Ideal Milk Products Co. combined to form Penn Dairies.
Clear glass bottle with glass band around base of neck. On one side "5cent bottle deposit" and on the otter side states "Redeemed by TRI-co. Milk Bottle Exchange." At the bottom states "One quart liquid - Registered 88 48" and on the bottom states "Harrisburg, PA /1746 Durglas"