Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Have you ever noticed the giant milk bottle on North Monroe St? It doesn’t take long to figure out that this was a dairy facility—Cloverland Dairy to be exact. Beginning with its home deliveries around the city, Cloverland’s story is intertwined with beloved Maryland history. Our favorite fried chicken spot, Royal Farms, started when Cloverland wanted to sell milk in stores. And in 1965, Cloverland hired a young Jim Henson to make a tv commercial featuring a puppet cow! Thanks for watching and see you next week with another video.

This is our series called "Five Minute Histories." Every week, we’ll record a short video about a different historic place in Baltimore and post it on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.

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