Las Cruces Dairy Farm & Wholesome Dairy Milk Bottles

Two clear embossed glass one-pint milk bottles. The bottle embossing reads as follows:

Bottle 1 — Las Cruces Dairy Farm: One Pint Liquid / Las Cruces Dairy Farm / Grade A Milk / Phone 663

Bottle 2 — Wholesome Dairy: One Pint Liquid / Wholesome Dairy / For Wholesome Milk Products / Phone Main 820

Both feature the wide flat rolled collar and tapered body profile standard to American pint milk bottle production from the 1920s through the early 1940s. The phone numbers are the clearest dating clue: three-digit numbers and the "Main" exchange name are hallmarks of pre-dial, operator-connected telephony that was standard in small communities before standardized seven-digit dialing arrived in the late 1940s. Doña Ana County and the Mesilla Valley have a deep dairy heritage — the county was historically among New Mexico's top milk-producing regions, with small farm dairies supplying Las Cruces households long before consolidation reshaped the industry. A Las Cruces-named embossed dairy bottle is seldom encountered on the collector market and carries strong regional appeal for anyone with roots in the Mesilla Valley.

Lot includes both bottles as shown.

CONDITION Very Good. Both bottles show sharp, fully legible embossing with no chips or cracks detected on either.

DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS

• Capacity: 1 pint liquid measure (both bottles)
• Height: 7½"
• Diameter: 3"
• Mouth style: Wide flat rolled collar
• Glass: Clear, machine-made
• Embossing, Bottle 1: One Pint Liquid / Las Cruces Dairy Farm / Grade A Milk / Phone 663
• Embossing, Bottle 2: One Pint Liquid / Wholesome Dairy / For Wholesome Milk Products / Phone Main 820
• Lot: 2 bottles

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