Kōrero: Dairying and dairy products

The milkman

The milkman

In the past, the rattle of glass milk bottles signalled the arrival of the local milkman at the front gate, usually in the late afternoon. Empty milk bottles and milk tokens were placed on the mailbox or in a milk box, and these were swapped for full ones. The arrival of refrigeration and, later, the development of supermarkets heralded the decline in milk deliveries. This photograph shows a Wellington milkman on his rounds.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP-Industry-Milk industry-Milk general-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Hugh Stringleman and Frank Scrimgeour, 'Dairying and dairy products - Pattern of milk production', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15718/the-milkman (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Hugh Stringleman and Frank Scrimgeour, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008