This is an end panel of a Borden’s Milk shipping crate. Gail Borden Jr. patented his method for producing condensed milk by vacuum in 1856 and established the New York Condensed Milk Company in 1857. Borden is also renowned for establishing the “Dairyman’s Ten Commandments,” which were health and cleanliness standards that dairy farms had to adhere to in order to supply Borden with milk.
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