A delivery truck for Page's Pittsburgh Milk Company, shown here in the Oakland neighborhood, near the Carnegie Library, circa 1940. In this promotional photo, the truck pictured was modified by the Schnabel Company, a metal fabrication firm then located on Pittsburgh's South Side.

Page's was founded by John D. Page in 1899 in a small plant located at 1906 Bedford Avenue in the Hill District. John D. Page and Sons Company was officially incorporated in 1915. The name changed to Page's Milk Company in 1934.

Four years later, in 1938, the dairy moved to a new plant at 1623 Saw Mill Run Boulevard, between the Whited and Edgebrook intersections.

The Page's Dairy plant on Saw Mill Run Boulevard - October 29, 1941.

In 1948, Page's purchased the Pittsburgh Milk Company and acquired a 43-truck fleet and 8000 wholesale and retail customers. The name was changed to Page's Pittsburgh Milk Company and the Saw Mill Run plant expanded and modernized.

By 1954 Page's had grown to the fourth largest dairy in the district and entered into an agreement with nine other firms to form a co-operative that did business under the name "Country Belle."

The headquarters of the Country Belle Cooperative Farmers was at Page's Saw Mill Run location. The dairy continued operation for another twenty years before filing for bankruptcy in 1974.

The Saw Mill Run property and all of the milk processing equipment were auctioned off in October 1975. The former dairy buildings have long since been torn down.

The Country Belle dairy plant on Saw Mill Run Boulevard - May 24, 1965.

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