Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

Eskay Dairy

Became a Meadow Gold dairy- Fairfield at 449 West Baker Street in the 1960s, published baby photos in early to mid-20th century newspapers. Eskay’s Albumenized Food, Philadelphia, PA Posted on April 24, 2015 by Jessica Eskay’s Albumenized Food, Philadelphia, PA April 24, 2015 Jessica on Old Main Artifacts

See our Dairies section.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 post by the original Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne, Indiana page on Facebook:

Year? [ comments guess around 1914? ]

1922 - Announcing: The Eskay Dairy Co. Inc. - Successor to The Seeley Dairy

Article from Dec 6, 1922 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1922, Eskay dairy, Seeley dairy

1922 - Announcing: The Eskay Dairy Co. Inc. - Successor to The Seeley Dairy The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Wednesday, December 6, 1922, Page 18

1923 - Thousands of Milk Bottles in cellars sheds Property of Daisies Return Promptly

Article from Dec 10, 1923 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1923, Dairies

1923 - Thousands of Milk Bottles in cellars sheds Property of Daisies Return Promptly The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Monday, December 10, 1923, Page 12

July 18, 1929 Babies Thrive on Eskay Milk posted July 26, 2024 on Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne Private Facebook Group. Wanda Jeanne Stillwell, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Stillwell, 619 Kenwood; Edward Steger, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Steger, 802 1/2 Huffman St.; Lawrence Franklis Jr., son of Mr.s and Mrs. Lawrence and Beulah Franklis, 416 W. Masterson; Theodore Herold Carlson, so of ?W. Carlson, 1102 Burgess St.; Betty Jean R. Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Miller, 913 Huffman Street; June Joan Adams, daughter of Leonard and Helen Esther Adams, 402 E. Lewis Street; Ralph Junior Woods, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Woods.

Copies of historic newspapers are on microfilm at the The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Comments to this July 27, 2024 post on Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne Private Facebook Group say they were Eskay babies in the 1940s.

Bloomingdale residents in 1936 became accustomed to seeing this unusual trio - Kip, a dog owned by Hubert J. McComb,...

Posted by Indiana News 1 on Monday, February 13, 2012

February 13, 2012 post by the original Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne, Indiana page on Facebook:

Bloomingdale residents in 1936 became accustomed to seeing this unusual trio - Kip, a dog owned by Hubert J. McComb, 1216 Orchard St.; Joe Underwood, 645 Archer Ave., a driver for the Essay Dairy Co.; and Mickey, his horse. Kip would wait for the wagon to arrive every morning and would run in front of it, barking happily and running back and forth. Sometimes the dog would even accompany Underwood to the door as he delivered milk.

Loveable Portraits in Eskay's Gallery of Healthy Happy Babies May 30, 2024 post on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook. The same image is shown above in an email from William Tarr saying this image is from a June 1948 newspaper ad in an old family album.

Karen Lynn Holmes, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Byron Holmes, 2319 Kenwood; Jackie Tarr son of Mr. & Mrs. John Tarr, 528 E. Wayne, Danny Lee Ramsy, son of Mr. & Mrs. Earl Ramsey, Jr., 3133 Abbott, Thomas A. Schaab, Jr., son of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Schaab, 2051 Reidmiller.

Copies of historic newspapers are on microfilm at the The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Wayback Wednesday! Are you dreaming of warm, summer days? Kids would come running when they saw Ralph E. Beard's Eskay...

Posted by Genealogy Center on Wednesday, January 4, 2023

January 4, 2023 post by the Genealogy Center on Facebook:

Wayback Wednesday! Are you dreaming of warm, summer days? Kids would come running when they saw Ralph E. Beard's Eskay Dairy truck as he would pass out ice chips to them on hot summer days in Fort Wayne! This picture from 1956 is courtesy of the Harter collection in our Community Album. Check it out here: Ralph Edward Beard giving out ice chips in the Allen County Public Library Digital Collections at the Allen County Public Library.

Shared January 4, 2023 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.

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