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What is the bottle that says "It's Hoods be Good"?

Shipped to Boston by ferry on the “Great Bottle Sail” the bottle has called the Boston Children home for the last thirty years. Now sporting the phrase “It’s Hoods be Good.” it is an ice cream stand – Gagner would have been proud – and snack bar during the summer and there are tables nearby where you can sit and relax.

Who made the milk bottle?

In 1930, Arthur Gagner built the milk bottle next to his store to sell his homemade ice cream. Gagner built the structure entirely of wood, and while these days people are now quite used to this kind of novelty architecture, at that time it was one of the first. Gagner sold his giant bottle in 1943.

When did Gagner sell his milk bottle?

Gagner sold his giant bottle in 1943. By that time the shape of milk bottles had already changed to a square squat style bottle, dating the large bottle, and by the 1960s, like glass milk bottles themselves, the bottle was abandoned. It stood empty and neglected for a decade when H.P. Hood and Sons, Inc. a dairy company, was persuaded to buy it and give it to Boston Children’s Museum in 1977.

Where is the first bell in Boston?

Site of Boston's First Bell. Boston, Massachusetts. Copp's Hill Burying Ground. Boston, Massachusetts. See All. aoc-arrow-forward. Standing 40 feet tall, this giant milk bottle sits next to the Boston Children’s Museum, just across the Fort Point Channel. In 1930, Arthur Gagner built the milk bottle next to his store to sell his homemade ice cream.