Wrap, Food
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| Nom de l'objet : | Wrap, Food |
| Artiste ou artisan : | Great Village Creamery |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Food Preparation Equipment |
| Matériaux : | wax paper |
| Numéro d'accession : | 00.2502 |
| Autres données géographiques : | [45.416606,-63.599844] |
| Date de début de production : | 1895-06-11 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1999-08-12 |
| Description : | A square wax paper butter lable with logo for 2lbs. butter from Great Village Creamery, Nova Scotia. Two matching labels at top of wrapper. Paper colour is cream, with writing in blue and red. Logo has been printed side by side. The corner of the cube of butter would have originally separated logos. Paper is very thin. |
| Commentaires : | A creamery is a workplace where dairy products are produced or sold. Great Valley was first settled by French-speaking Acadians (it was then called Petit-Louis) somewhere about 1630, who reclaimed land and built dykes in the marshes. They were expelled by Governor Lawrence in 1755, and dispersed among American colonies. The next settlers, whose descendants were to remain, came in the spring of 1762. The Great Village Creamery was opened on June 11, 1895 by J. David Blakie. The creamery was opened conveniently on the Mill Brook. The location of the creamery was a great convenience to the farmers in the area owning nearly 3,000 cows within a radius of six miles. Having the creamery right by the Mill Brook was essential in creating great butter because they had a constant supply of pure water. Being situated in the Great Valley they had access to milk from Highland village, and other areas in that vicinity. In 1901, the creamery turned out two tons of butter per month. In 1920 the patrons numbers rose to about 200 and the output which for over the past 20 years had ranged from $5000 to $8000 and increased to $60,000. Mr. Blakie then purchased the creameries in Glenholme and Bass River and shut them down. As the demand for liquid milk increased there was less butter to manufacture and the creamery closed in November, 1964. It was noted for its high quality butter. In September, 1924 it won the First in Canada at the Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto. |
| Longueur : | 30 cm |
| Largeur : | 30 cm |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Truro |
| Province de l'établissement : | Nova Scotia |
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