Vintage 1950 ' S H P Hood Milk Dairy Boxed Set Plastic Truck Banks A E Roberts
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:989707 | Brand: Hood |
Rare Vintage 1950's Hood Milk Toy Trucks Kit A E Roberts Hazleton PA With Box. Makes 3 plastic truck banks each one unique. I did not inventory every part but it looks like everything is here - check my 11 photos. The trucks are not commonly found and a complete boxed set is extremely rare. Guaranteed a genuine old vintage toy play set.
Harvey Perley Hood was born 6 June, 1823 in Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont. The story of H.P. Hood Milk begins as a delivery service only in 1846 i...n Charlestown, MA. In order to expand into the wholesale milk business, Harvey bought a farm in Derry, NH in 1856. His son, Charles Harvey Hood, joined the company in 1880, forming the partnership of HP Hood & Son. In 1890 it was incorporated as HP Hood & Sons and by that time, the company owned four wagons, nine horses, operated three railroad cars daily.HP Hood & Sons grew throughout New England to eventually become a national company. The farmers of New Hampshire were capable of producing lots and lots of milk. With Derry as a transportation hub, milk could be loaded onto rail cars and hauled to Boston in about an hour. Hood was also the first New England milk producer to employ pasteurization, which allowed him to advertise that his product was certified as safe for children. He was also a pioneer in the use of sterilized glass milk bottles.In 1906, the Hood Company was producing 120, 000 quarts of milk a day. This was the product of nearly two thousand farms scattered throughout New England. Today the company has sales of 2.2 billion dollars and has five thousand employees. Hood’s cooperate headquarters is now in Chelsea Massachusetts. H. P. Hood Inc. is owned by the family of CEO John Kaneb.
Harvey Perley Hood was born 6 June, 1823 in Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont. The story of H.P. Hood Milk begins as a delivery service only in 1846 i...n Charlestown, MA. In order to expand into the wholesale milk business, Harvey bought a farm in Derry, NH in 1856. His son, Charles Harvey Hood, joined the company in 1880, forming the partnership of HP Hood & Son. In 1890 it was incorporated as HP Hood & Sons and by that time, the company owned four wagons, nine horses, operated three railroad cars daily.HP Hood & Sons grew throughout New England to eventually become a national company. The farmers of New Hampshire were capable of producing lots and lots of milk. With Derry as a transportation hub, milk could be loaded onto rail cars and hauled to Boston in about an hour. Hood was also the first New England milk producer to employ pasteurization, which allowed him to advertise that his product was certified as safe for children. He was also a pioneer in the use of sterilized glass milk bottles.In 1906, the Hood Company was producing 120, 000 quarts of milk a day. This was the product of nearly two thousand farms scattered throughout New England. Today the company has sales of 2.2 billion dollars and has five thousand employees. Hood’s cooperate headquarters is now in Chelsea Massachusetts. H. P. Hood Inc. is owned by the family of CEO John Kaneb.
