This 1966 newspaper archive photo shows a half-gallon of McDonald Farm Cherry Garden-flavored ice cream priced at 57 cents.
The historic McDonald Farm in Sale Creek, Tennessee, has been in the news recently. Hamilton County leaders have said they are scouting the family owned property as a possible industrial park.
At one point in the 20th century, the 2,100-acre farm also operated a creamery in Sale Creek, which produced ice cream, milk, butter and cheese. The dairy goods were distributed to the McDonald family’s Home Stores, a grocery chain which at its peak had 70 locations, according to newspaper archives.
This photo is part of the Chattanooga Free Press photo collection at ChattanoogaHistory.com, a website curated by history buff Sam Hall and devoted to archiving historical photos of the Chattanooga area.
For decades, the Chattanooga Free Press was operated by members of the same McDonald family who own the Sale Creek farm. The morning Chattanooga Times and the afternoon Chattanooga Free Press were purchased and consolidated by WEHCO Media in the late 1990s.