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C2 Centre Daily Times, Sunday, September 20, 2015

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ART&ANTIQUES

Creamery has storied history, collectibles

Some dairy
memorabilia
can fetch
big bucks

Photos provided

Penn State Creamery artifacts are on display through December at Pattee and Paterno Libraries.

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CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATE

2012 Ed Bock

The facts about the Berkey Creamery are well

known to Penn State ice
cream lovers. Its history
dates back to 1865 and
mirrors the agricultural
roots of our central Pennsylvania university estabPhoto provided
lished in 1855. The original
Creamery ice cream was
The largest university
produced in the college
creamery in the country
barns behind Old Main in
celebrates 150 years in
the late 1800s. Todays
2015.
high-tech Berkey Creamery
and Rodney A. Erickson
come popular, interesting
Food Science Building
and valuable collectibles.
evolved from humble begin- Milk bottles, cartons, bottle
nings and continues to
crates and boxes trace the
contribute to the prosperCreamerys rich history
ous local dairy inand that of dairy
dustry.
farming in central
Most people know
Pennsylvania. Now,
that former Presisome are marketdent Bill Clinton is
worthy antiques.
the only person to
There is a collechave received two
tion of 20th century
different flavors
Penn State Creamwhen ordering a
ery milk bottles on
Creamery ice cream
permanent display in
cone in 1996 when
the food science
Lori
he spoke at the May
building lobby. Durgraduation ceremoing the fall semester,
Verderame
nies as he camyou can view some
paigned for a second term.
Creamery artifacts by visIn addition to this and other iting the Creamery exhibit
presidential connections,
at the Pattee and Paterno
the Creamery boasts other
libraries. The exhibit highfun facts:
lights artifacts from the
It is the largest uniCreamerys interesting
versity creamery in the
history. Collectors pay big
country.
bucks for original bottles in
It celebrates its 150th
good condition ranging
anniversary this year.
between $150 and $1,000
Workers there dole out each. Creamery containers
750,000 scoops of ice cream and boxes with Penn State
every year.
and University Creamery
Its products are used
logos from various eras
in the Penn State dining
range in value from $30 to
halls.
$300. Many other antique
It also produces yoand vintage items like tools,
gurt, frozen yogurt, sherscoops and wooden spoons
bet, sour cream, cream
from the Creamery are also
cheese, ricotta and cheddar
of interest on the Penn
cheese (Ever flipped the
State collectibles market.
curd? Its heavy!).
Values climb into the
Sparked by the efforts of thousands of dollars for
Professor Armsby in the
very special Penn State
late 1880s, the now-famous dairy objects in this unique
dairy short course was
collecting category.
offered on campus starting
Whats the most popular
in 1889. In 1904, the
Creamery ice cream flavor?
Creamery moved to the
Vanilla. And the favorite
Patterson Building and, in
flavor of this Penn State art
1932, moved to Borland
historian? Palmer MooLaboratory. By 1961, the
seum. If you want to try the
original Creamery buildnewest flavor, Birthday
ing opened on Curtin Road Cake, which debuted this
and by the turn of the 21st
year in honor of the Creacentury, the Creamery
merys 150th anniversary,
was poised to embark on a
then you better get in line.
new era of production,
publicity and popularity. In
Lori Verderame is an
2006, the Creamery reloantiques appraiser, nationalcated to the food science
ly syndicated columnist and
building and was reauthor, and award-winning
named the Berkey CreamTV personality with a doctoery for donors Earl and
rate in the field. She presents
Jeanne Berkey increasantique appraisal events,
ing its size for shoppers
keynote speeches and lectures
and storage capacity for
to worldwide audiences. Visit
products.
www.DrLoriV.com. Follow
Many of those products
her on www.Facebook.com/
and packages highlighting
DoctorLori or call
the Creamerys longstand888-431-1010.
ing dairy history have be-

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