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