What did the gallon milk jug look like in America before the plastic jug came along?
Milke primarily came in glass quart jars. Often times, milk was
delivered house to house by the milk man.
The glass quart jars delivered to home, were before the
cardboard cartons, sealed with wax, which came in only half
gallons. Years and years...and still more more years, milk came in
cardboard / wax cartons. The "gallon" of milk in a plastic jug came
into existence after the era of cardboard/wax cartons. The Milkman
still delivered to the home but glass hasn't been used for milk
since....well, I'm 55 years old, I cannot remember it being widely
used since I was a small child. You can still to this day buy milk
in a glass jar or jug if you search for it...but cardboard cartons
coated in wax were the long time norm prior to the "gallon" in the
plastic jug. It was a big deal when you could purchase an entire
GALLON of milk, I remember it vividly. Milk went from glass jars to
cardboard with wax coating to seal them, to the plastic gallon jugs
we know today. Prior to glass jars...well, we could go way back but
I think the qustion has been thoroughly addressed...smiles.