Encyclopedia Dubuque
"Encyclopedia Dubuque is the online authority for all things Dubuque, written by the people who know the city best.”
Marshall Cohen—researcher and producer, CNN
Affiliated with the Local History Network of the State Historical Society of Iowa, and the Iowa Museum Association.
TREANOR'S DAIRY: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Image:treanors dairy 007.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Peter Treanor inside his dairy.]] | [[Image:treanors dairy 007.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Peter Treanor inside his dairy.]] | ||
[[Image:treanor.png|right|thumb|150px|]]TREANOR'S DAIRY. Peter and Anna (Hoffman) Treanor were the owners and operators of the Treanor Dairy at 928 Central Avenue. They had seven children (Carl [Duke], Opal, Meyrl, Versal [Curly], Dean, Donald (Mud) and Clifford) who all worked in the dairy as well. | [[Image:treanor.png|right|thumb|150px|]]TREANOR'S DAIRY. Peter and Anna (Hoffman) Treanor were the owners and operators of the Treanor Dairy at 928 Central Avenue. They had seven children (Carl [Duke], Opal, Meyrl, Versal [Curly], Dean, Donald (Mud) and Clifford) who all worked in the dairy as well. The family lived in the front and upstairs of the building. All of the equipment was located on the lower level. | ||
Before he opened the dairy, Peter Treanor | Before he opened the dairy, Peter Treanor drove daily to the Galena area to get the supplies he needed and then drove back to Dubuque to deliver milk, butter, and other dairy products. For a delivery vehicle, he removed the back seat from a convertible Hudson car. | ||
The Treanor Dairy pasturized milk and made it into cream, butter, buttermilk, and ice cream. During [[WORLD WAR II]] | The Treanor Dairy pasturized milk and made it into cream, butter, buttermilk, and ice cream. During [[WORLD WAR II]] the company also made kerosine in a 2,000 gallon vat. | ||
The business was opened around 1930 and was sold to Meadow Gold in 1956. In 2001 the building was the home of Barth Realty. | |||
[[Image:treanors dairy 010.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Donald Treanor standing on the original porch of the Treanor Dairy around 1942.]] | [[Image:treanors dairy 010.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Donald Treanor standing on the original porch of the Treanor Dairy around 1942.]] | ||
[[Image:treanors dairy 004.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Treanor's Dairy at 928 Central]] | [[Image:treanors dairy 004.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Treanor's Dairy at 928 Central]] | ||
Revision as of 16:39, 20 January 2010
TREANOR'S DAIRY. Peter and Anna (Hoffman) Treanor were the owners and operators of the Treanor Dairy at 928 Central Avenue. They had seven children (Carl [Duke], Opal, Meyrl, Versal [Curly], Dean, Donald (Mud) and Clifford) who all worked in the dairy as well. The family lived in the front and upstairs of the building. All of the equipment was located on the lower level.
Before he opened the dairy, Peter Treanor drove daily to the Galena area to get the supplies he needed and then drove back to Dubuque to deliver milk, butter, and other dairy products. For a delivery vehicle, he removed the back seat from a convertible Hudson car.
The Treanor Dairy pasturized milk and made it into cream, butter, buttermilk, and ice cream. During WORLD WAR II the company also made kerosine in a 2,000 gallon vat.
The business was opened around 1930 and was sold to Meadow Gold in 1956. In 2001 the building was the home of Barth Realty.
Information and photographs provided by Diane Cavanaugh Treanor and Dave Treanor.