D for Dairy

In 1910, the Berman family, headed by father Kalmin, and mother Leah, emigrated from Russian to New York City. By 1920, they had moved to Colchester, Connecticut. The family ran a DAIRY FARM on Pleasant Street, and for many years delivered milk to people’s homes.

 

In the early to mid-1900’s, there were a few dairies in Colchester, and one resident remembered how bottles of milk used to be left in a metal box on his front steps, and how the cream in the milk would rise beneath the bottle cap.

 

In the 1930s, Kalmin and Leah's sons Sam, Louie, and Jack started the Berman Brothers store. It was located on Lebanon Avenue and sold hardware, surplus, machinery products, and farm equipment until the 1970s

 

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