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Toy Milk Wagon Rendered by Henry Granet (artist) watercolor and graphite on paperboard overall: 45.9 x 29.3 cm (18 1/16 x 11 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 11" high; 18" long Index of American Design 1943.8.17307 |
Object 13 of 26
This milk wagon is made from a combination of materials: the horse and figure are plaster, the wagon is wood, and the large milk cans and dipper are tin. The wagon dates from 1870. Before that time, milk was delivered from house to house by farm wagons. The Lake Wagon Company built the first vehicle to be used exclusively for milk delivery in New York City. This type of wagon then remained in general use until it was replaced by the closed wagon. Milk was dipped from the large cans into pitchers brought to the driver by housewives.
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