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Wellington City Council. Milk Department :[Cardboard milk tops, covering all days of the week, and cream tops for weekend days. 1940-1950s?]
- Date
- 1945 - 1960
- By
- Wellington (N.Z.). City Council. Municipal Milk Department
- Reference
- Eph-A-MILK-1940/1950s-01
- Description
Circular cardboard tops, used before the advent of metal foil tops. They were pushed down inside the bottle-rim. Each top shows the day of the week of the delivery. The milk tops are stamped in green ink, the cream tops in red ink.
There are two green milk tops for each day of the week, except for Sunday when there are three. There are also red cream (40% double cream) tops, one for Friday, two for Saturday and one for Sunday.
For an illustration of the use of these tops, see poster image at Eph-D-HEALTH-1940s-01.
Quantity: 19 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Red or green relief prints, on circular cardboard, each 44 mm diameter.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 19 colour art print(s), Ephemera, Relief prints, Labels, Red or green relief prints, on circular cardboard, each 44 mm diameter., Orientation: Circular image
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