...OK, y'all, get THIS: TCM is offering ORIGINAL "4-R" Milk Bottles on their website - these are the actual ones used to deliver milk from her Oregon ranch back in the 40s, and include a Certificate of Authenticity (COA). For you newer G-ologists, "4-R" refers to Rogers Rogue River Ranch, which was near Medford, Oregon. Ginger spent a lot of time there in the 40s, as it was generally a 'vacation / retreat' for her. Above is one of the bovines she cared for...pretty dang cool!
Here's the link to the site:
Official Ginger Rogers Milk Bottle
...and to verify the authenticity even further, Ms. Roberta Olden commented on the
Ginger Rogers IMDb message board (see the "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GINGER!!!" post, which I actually made in 2013, but resurfaced for GingerTennial +3 in 2014) that she has teamed up with TCM in order to make these available to Gingerologists - here's part of her post regarding it (hopefully she doesn't mind I transcribe it here):
"In honor of her birthday, I would like to alert her fans to a special
partnership I have made with Turner Classic Movies. They have agreed to
put the glass milk bottles from the 4R Ranch Dairy in their collectible
shop on the TCM website. There are a limited number of them available,
so I have put the web address in case anyone is interested."
Now of course, this has ALWAYS been a big 'want' for Huey's Gingerbilia collection (as the pic I took at the GingerCentury exhibit at B.U. indicates)...so...well, you know, Visa and all that works pretty well for these sorts of things...until next month's bill shows up, anyway... but anyway, I'll follow up with y'all when I receive mine (I know a few of y'all have already 'popped' on one as well)... of course, at the end of the day, its a bottle... but a VERY cool one that really reminds us how 'go-getter' Ginger really was!
With that, it's good to be back from vacation - had a great time at the beach last week! But ready to get back to work...I guess...
KIG, y'all!
Hu
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