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Horse & cart of Hugh Aitchison, farmer & milk vendor, Shannon, early 1920

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Horse & cart of Hugh Aitchison, farmer & milk vendor, Shannon, early 1920.

Caption

Written on back with red felt-tip and ballpoint pens – 29 early 1920

Penciled on back – N Clayton

Stamped on back with blue ink (twice) - Reproduction Peter Sinclair Photos Shannon

Written with red pen on piece of yellow self-adhesive paper – 80%

Horse & cart of Hugh Aitchison, farmer & milk vendor, Shannon, early 1920 1 B&W photo print, copy

Sign on side of cart - H. Aitchison Quality Milk & Cream

The cart has small wheels with either solid rubber or pneumatic tyres.

Used in book – “From Bush & Swamp”, page 80, with caption - Milk was delivered by horse and cart, and ladled from cans into billies at each household. There was no pasteurisation, or sterilisation of containers; hygene was very much the responsibility of the individual.

Information on paper supplied with photo, indicates that Mr Hugh Aitchison had a dairy farm in Margaret Street, now Owlcatraz. {2002}

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”