Carrier, Egg

2009.07.001.JPG

Dublin Core

Title

Carrier, Egg

Identifier

2009.07.001

Subject

1930s, Eggs, Crates, Chicken industry

Description

Wooden egg crate with metal and wood handle mounted to a removable lid. Crate held together with four long nails, one in each corner. No paint. Contains three stacked paper pulp egg trays that each holds thirty-six eggs.

Local egg farms in the Buffalo Grove area used this type of crate in the 1930s.

Date

C. 1930s

Format

Wood, Metal