Short Blog 5 — A Toronto Dairy Delivery

An image of a 1900 city of Toronto dairy delivery in progress. Pictured is a dairy company worker next to a horse-drawn wagon abundant in glass milk-bottles and travelling across a neighbourhood. The atmosphere depicts an early morning of simplicity and warmth from a routine ride around the block to distribute dairy while simultaneously portraying a worker on the job who has the responsibility to tend to a horse, a wagon, and a whole neighbourhood’s supply of milk, all for what would be considered an “honest man’s wage.” This “honest wage” is enough to keep a worker occupied for many seasons serving their community while also subjecting them to the bright and early chatter and the happenings of modest neighbourhood-living.

Work Cited

City of Toronto Archives SC 198–3. “City Dairy Company driver and horse drawn wagon,” 1900.

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