Dairy industry vintage accoutrements prized among the estimated 3.000 milk bottles in the collection stewarded by Jim George of Milford include the only known example of a green Alta Crest Farm milk bottle, a rare specimen of the Milford Farm Produce Company. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

Clear glass vintage milk bottles that evolved over the years from having tin tops to cardboard plugs as caps are a part of the vast collection cherished by Milford’s Jim George, longtime dairy collectibles expert, author and lecturer. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

Jim George of Milford, descendent of dairy industry professionals including his grandfather and father and a passionate milk bottle and dairy memorabilia collector and vendor of nearly 30 years, displays mostly New Hampshire milk bottles, along with two of reference books documenting hundreds of milk bottles — one written by his father and a colleague and a follow up penned by regional historian Richard Clark other experts including Jim George that identifies more than 1,200 dairies in New Hampshire. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

The themed license plates of George Family kin, including the grandfather and father of Milford dairy history and artifact preservationist Jim George of Milford, are proudly displayed at his Milford home, alongside milk bottles, milk bottle carriers, dairy tools and dairy signage. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

Jim George of Milford, longtime lecturer, author and collector of vintage and antique dairy industry relics including around 3,000 milk bottles and additional advertising memorabilia, finds this cow needs no pasture. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

Heavy metal containers that protected milk shipped by rail or other means are a part of the vast milk bottle and dairy industry items collected by Milford’s Jim George, who especially prizes the memorabilia of H.P. Hood & Sons, founded in 1846 by Harvey Perley Hood. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON