Milk token

[cosmic]

I found this along with a aluminium no name milk token and can't find anything.. Any help would be appreciated..
Thanks,
Ray

 

[intimer]

real neat dairy token. my listing does not show anything.

there is a very informative dairy book out there

good luck

 

[idahotokens]

Recently I have been trying to figure out where the tokens with this ornament (on the lower part of the obverse - the thing that looks to me like a twin-engine airplane but is really a circle with some fancies coming out each side). I have yet to see a non-maverick token with that ornament - maybe since it is where the town and state would go, they just used the ornament for mavericks. I suspect that it is from a Chicago manufacturer, but haven't gotten enough data to tell. There are attributions for various ones in IL, WI, MN, IN, & MI that I have seen. Many years ago one fellow decided they were from the Barnard company in St. Louis, but the MO cataloguer says that all of the St. Louis mavericks are part incuse, not all incuse. The ones I have tracked are from about 1892 to 1905. Your token is not in the Reiter dairy token book. It is going to take a bit of luck to pin it down.

John in ID

 

[Bramblefind]

Thought this family was a possibility based on your location -

Note the son Perry L. (P.L.) also another son William B. (W.B.). They were only listed as farmers - as far as I could find on them so far - but maybe they had a farm shop or something?

1880 United States Federal Census
about W. B. Fuller
Name: W. B. Fuller
Home in 1880: Belmont, Iroquois, Illinois
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1838
Birthplace: Indiana
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Sarah E.
Father's birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male

Household Members: Name Age
W. B. Fuller 42
Sarah E. Fuller 37
Mary F. Fuller 17
Andrew J. Fuller 14
Olive J. Fuller 12
Perry L. Fuller 10
Alexander R. Fuller 6
William B. Fuller 3

 

[intimer]

now that's some cool information Bramblefind

 

[cosmic]

Great info!! When I get out I'll go to the local historical society and inquire..

 

[Blind.In.Texas]

The following article doesn't deal with tokens. It deals with aluminum/aluminium. If you read the entire article there is some good information to follow. It may help with keyword searches on google. I found it interesting.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/elementfacts/a/aluminum.htm