Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas)
(March 23, 1904 – May 10, 1977)

Joan Crawford won an Academy Award for her role in Mildred Pierce
(1945). She starred in many rags-to-riches movies as a flapper during
the Great Depression. She was originally discovered while dancing in
Detroit. In addition to being a flapper in the late ’20s, she was on the
board of directors for Pepsi-Cola.

In 1898, the Washington Condensed Milk Company established a condensing
plant in Kent, Washington. Within one and one-half years the company went
bankrupt. The Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company, established by Elbridge
Amos Stuart (below), acquired the plant and in 1899, produced the first cases
of evaporated milk, called Carnation Sterilized Cream. The company would later
change its name and become the world famous Carnation Milk Company.

Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company, Kent, 1900s.

(1856 – 1944)

 Milk Ad with a young Ron Howard from a 1967 magazine.