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Welcome to Ontario Dairies - Bienvenue aux laiteries de l'Ontario


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I have added a link at the botttom of the links in the top left corner of the page for towns with multiple listings so you do not have to exit the page to view the rest of the dairies for that town.


About

Since 2007 Ontario Dairies has been showcasing your images and has grown to now include a substantial history of the provinces dairy industry. With the continued assistance of dairy collectors and contributors from across the country and beyond, Ontario Dairies is moving closer to the original goal of one image for every dairy that operated in Ontario. I am looking for any dairy related images including; bottles, caps, advertising, go-withs, people, dairy operations etc. If you are interested in contributing your images please contact me through the link at the top of the page.


Contributing Your Images

I am looking for good quality photographs / scans. Please make sure that the photographs / scans are yours that your have taken yourself. If you have saved Ebay images, copies of copyrighted material or any web images from other sites, please do not submit them. The larger the image or file, the better and easier it is to work with. Please photograph or scan items individually as this also saves me time (group photos of bottles and other items is not recommended) and allows for a better end result. It is best to send me a couple of samples to confirm quality and size prior to sending multiple images or a whole collection. All images you contribute remain your property and will not be used for any other purpose without your prior consent. Any request for image use will be forwarded to the contributor for permission. One last thing, please be patient. Once you have sent me your images I will usually post some right away. The rest I will post over a period of time that depending on how many photos you have sent. At any time I have many contributors and try my best to evenly distribute the posting of everyone's images. If you have sent a substantial amount of images, don't worry I will eventually get to posting all your images. Lastly, thanks for your contributions to Ontario Dairies.

I will credit all images used on the site unless you specify that you wish to remain anonymous.

NOTE: please use the email link at the top of the page for contributing images as I change the email annually. If you have submitted images before and use the same email, I may not recieve your email. Just click on "SUBMIT YOUR IMAGES". Thanks


Thanks to all the Contributors

Cliff Stunden - Paul Huntley - Laurence Graff - Tim Maitland - Jim Maitland - Cliff MacMinn - John Knight - David Moncrief - Steve Lussier - Darryl Rice - John Calder - Jack McCallum - Carol Murphy - Arthur McDermott - Murray Sweetman - John Knight Sr. - Victor Sharman - Rick Boerner - Pat Louch - Jacques Fauvelle - David Menard - Steve Soltys - Maureen McKillican - Robert Klages - George Miller - Art Toy - Andrew Garland - Russell Hunsperger - Jim Winton - Steve Peters - Jamie McDougall - Richard Avery - Tammy Frakking, Maurice Corfield Collection - Doug Bayliss - Mike Tazzeo - Maurice Kenny - Richard M. - Ace - Danny Currie - Jim Butler - Ron & Enola Kelly - Vay Jonynas - Kert Wrigley - Terry Ellsworth - Steve Moreland - Steve Forten - Sean Murphy - Alice Bennett - Somerville Family - Doug Ford - Barb Tatler - Lynn Weller - Jim Janssen - Joy Lynch - Doug Imrie - Dennis Bender - Kirk Ralph - Ed Jarvis - Brad Schneller - Ron & Marie Hoogkamp - Bill Clifford - Stephen Oatway, https://britannianumismatics.com/ - Carl Waun - Royden Richardson - Robert Benoit - P. Silver - Matthew Gill - Mike Koeniger - Alison Mitchell-Reid - Jamie Pole - Patrick Morrison - Richard Dobing - Ian Kinzie - Rejean and Brenda Benoit - Bert Vanderdonk - Scott Oliver - Adin Wesley Daigle - Stephen Wuerch - Josh Currie - Dan Stone - Ann McClure - Jack Slater - Zac Miller - Tom Hollands - Bill Kilpatrick - Adam Jarzabek - David Krohnert - Mike Johnston - Tim Medeiros - Jefferey St. Thomas - David Bell - Robert Cook - Glen Woodcock - James Overstreet - Jan Devereux - Robert Ashton - David Bell - Phil Coleman (Vintage Barrie Ontario Photographs, Moments & Memories) - Murray Jinks - Ralph Vleestra - Tyler Kolmel - Ryan Lawson & everyone who wished to remain anonymous.


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I started collecting in the early 1990's finding 1930's-60's sodas and milks. I have always had a preference for embossed milk bottles probably because I could dig them quite easily. The early days of dump digging rewarded me with many local dairy bottles plus a selection from all parts of the province and beyond. I know there are many collectors who prefer the pyro (ACL, silk-screened) bottles and I can see the reasons why; the great graphics, war slogans, various colours make them wonderful to collect especially when you have a whole wall of them displayed. Then you have all the milk caps, calendars, and other go-withs which just add so much more to a collection. It is a great learning experience for me to showcase your images and I will continue to do my best in presenting dairy related items from collections across the country.






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All photographs and other material found on this website are Copyright © Early Canadian Bottle Works - Ontario Dairies unless stated otherwise. Photographs and other material found on the website may be used for personal reference only. All photographs submitted to the site remain the property of the contributor and require permission from the original copyright owner.Any use of photographs and other material found on this website in part or in whole on any other website or in any publication is strictly prohibited without prior permission from the author. To request permission to use any photographs and other material found on the Early Canadian Bottle Works - Ontario Dairies website please contact Darren Spindler, submit2024@ecbw.ca. Thanks.

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