Contributed by Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum
Description
An egg carrier for transporting 2 dozen eggs from the farm to the store. Each partition in the carrier is padded with a bit of crumpled tissue paper to reduce the risk of breakage. A small farmer may keep forty to fifty hens producing three to four dozen eggs a day in season. The eggs were bartered for credit at the local store.
About This Item
- Title: Egg Carrier, ca. 1920
- Creation Date: circa 1920
- Subject Date: circa 1920
- Location: Littleton, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Tin
- Dimensions: 8 cm x 33 cm x 24 cm
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum1678 U.S. Route 1, Littleton, ME 04730
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