Collectibles and Photo Gallery

Very nice web site, Thanks. I do not see any photos from the Page Dairy Plant located in Bluffton, Ohio. What was the history of the plant in Bluffton, and were there any other locations?

Hi Ken,

Thank you for your comment on the Page Dairy website. We will look at putting up the pictures of the different locations. There were five plant locations total. The main processing plant was in Toledo and the second largest plant was in Mansfield. Besides milk both of the plants were known for butter processing, ice cream, cottage cheese etc. The other three locations were Bluffton, Whitehouse and Weston, Michigan. These three plants were milk condensing plants which went back a few generations in the Page ancestry.

Thanks for your comment and if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
Tom

Hi Tom!
I have a package of Page Playing Cards. Could you tell me anything about them? I bought them in a box at a yard sale a few years ago. They’re in pretty good shape.
Thanks, Take Care, Chuck Martin

Hi Chuck, for the playing cards, see some of them pictured above, the older ones, like the kleen maid, are more collectible then the ones with the dogs on them. The cards were giving out a promotional items and as Christmas gifts over the years that the dairy was in business. If it is a full deck, you should have one card that shows the different plants of the Page Dairy. I see these decks sell on ebay, and if in good shape I have seen a deck go for $50 to $100 and sometimes more.

Hello! Great site. If you know anything of an A&P connection (The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.) with Page’s we would appreciate any information. In our archive we have an advertising card about the size of an postal card that states, ‘First Again’ A&P leads the way by reducing milk prices. Page’s Sweet MILK now Quart 7 1/2 Cents at A&P Food Stores.

The reverse speaks of the Northeastern Cooperative Dairyman’s Association trying to persuade the Page Co. not to sell milk to the A&P in Toledo.

We do not know the accurate date of this advertising. We have a few Page bottles on display with the card stock ad. We assume by the price it is 20s or 30s. We would like permission to download some of your period pictures to place with an extended exhibit on A&P Milk and dairy processing

Thank you for your time, and again a very informative and interesting site.

Walt Waholek President, A&P Historical Society

Hi. This is a wonderful site. My great grandfather retired from the Toledo dairy, That is the reason I collect Page Dairy items. The pictures you have give me a idea on what items I still do not have in my collection. I meet one of the Page family a couple of years ago when I put a ice cream carton on Ebay. It is a pleasure to have a site to go to that might clear up a lot of history for me.

Thanks
Ty

Great site you have here. I found a picture of a 1920 gold medal creamery cap pick.in your pictures. Wish I had some idea of what it might be worth.
Thanks,Johnny

Hello, I was wondering if you knew anything about Scheffert Bros. Dairy Toledo Ohio. I was told that Page may have bought them out.

I found a 10 to 15 gal.milk can today. It has a brass id tag on it page dairy. Very old

Hi! I have a milk can and was wondering if anyone could tell me anything about it. It has a tag on the lid that says Saline Route L Barbley Milan The Page Dairy Comp Toledo Ohio #25178. I would like to know some history and what this might be worth. Thank you for your time and the great web site.
Carol

Hi Doug and Carol.

As far as the milk cans are concerned it is hard to say what they are worth, the best way is to go out on the auction websites and see what they go for. The brass ID tags were used by the dairy to identify the can for inventory purposes and most of the cans in the early 1900s were used to carry the milk and cream from the farms to the dairy as refrigerated tanker trucks did not exist until the 40s. Some of the cans were specific to a dairy farm, and I believe that is what you have Carol. There are a lot of larger cans still around and they are not as popular as the odd size cans (one gallon, three gallon etc).

Sorry I cannot help you further on what they might be worth.

Thanks, Tom

Great site.I worked at the Mansfield plant from 1953 untill 1972.Best job I ever had.When the plant was closing I went to work for Smith Dairy untill retiring in April 1999.I took a picture of an old 5 1/2 lb. Page cottage cheese carton I have.I will try to send you a copy if any one would like to see it.

Thanks, Jim

My grandmother, Stella Sullinger and my father Edward Miller worked at the Mansfield Plant for most of their lives! I have been keeping an eye on e-bay for collectables. I had no idea so many existed!

Thanks for the web site!

My grandfather Darwin George Cordrey worked as a refrigerated truck driver from 1917 through at least 1929. There is no record of him after this point. although he may have continued his service in Whitehouse, Toledo, or Weston, MI for many years forward. Does the dairy have a personnel archive, paper copy or digitized that can be searched for employee information? Thanks.