Lyndon Johnson on the 1964 presidential campaign trail in Nashville, Tennessee (Notice the outdoor board in the background).
Miles Ezell Sr. (left) founder of Purity Dairies, also known affectionally as "Pop", is shown here with Jim Varney. You may recognize Jim as "Ernest". Jim began producing TV commercials for Purity in the early eighties.
1963 - A Purity secretary "doubles" as a model for an ad that introduced Purity's new "scotch plaid" carton.
1955 - Purity trucks lined up on Murfreesboro Road, ready to make deliveries.
1952 - Before refrigerated trucks were introduced, ice was shoveled on top of Purity milk to keep it cold and fresh.
1961 - Miles Ezell Jr., Purity's treasurer, holds Nashville's first "no wax" carton.
1965 - Purity introduces Nashville's first one-gallon milk carton.
1946 - Mr. Luther Head cases half-pint bottles with "cellophane hoods" in newly opened plant.
1961 - Mr. Porter Clinard operating the new Sealright no-wax cartons filler.
1956 - Bill Ezell monitors the new "vacuum-pasteurizer" - Nashville's First.
1962 - Ray Rottero heads up Purity's "state of the art" certified laboratory.
1948 - Chinky Brewer, Miles Ezell Jr. (Driver unidentified), Jennings Davis and Bob Brewer gulping milk at David Lipscomb College.
Mr. Albert Gasser (right) receives an award from the Civil Defense Agency.
Purity was, and still is, a leader in the promotion and advertising of dairy products.
1960 - Employee checks the volume gauges on milk storage tanks.
1958 - Purity introduces one of the first refrigerated delivery trucks.
Those who have carried on the Purity family tradition are (left to right) Mark Ezell, Stan Ezell, Bill Ezell, Miles Ezell Jr. and John Robinson.
