not milk, klim
One hundred years ago today … New Yorkers were buying Klim–canned, dehydrated milk–at local markets.
The Evening World, 30 August 1920, p. 9. Chronicling America.
The supermarket chain Gristedes (established 1891) was one outlet.
Gristedes trucks 1920-1925. Courtesy Pinterest user fineprintnyc.com.
Saturday Evening Post, 10 April 1920, p. 182-183. Wikicommons.
The Merrel-Soule Company, based in Syracuse, NY and known for potted meat, had been selling Klim since 1899, according to the Onondaga Historical Association.
POSTED BY JONATHAN GOLDMAN, AUGUST 30, 1920.
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