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Milk supply

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Images about Milk supply

2 images from works
  • A maidservant on the doorstep of an Amsterdam house purchases milk from a local milkmaid. Coloured lithograph by J. Vallou de Villeneuve, 1828/1829, after H. Greeven.
  • A boy drinks milk from the flask that a young woman has given him from her panier. Engraving by Giovanni Volpato after Francesco Maggiotto.

Works from the collections

16 works

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    Milk and its relation to public health / Charles E. North.

    North, Charles E. | Date: 1921
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    Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes / By J.C. Curwen.

    Curwen, J. C. (John Christian), 1756-1828. | Date: 1809
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    Address by Dr. Ralph Vincent on "Production of pure milk and its value as a food for infants" : conference of representatives of public bodies and others interested in the supply of pure milk, held in the Council Chamber of the Bradford Town Hall, on Tuesday, May 21st, 1912. Councillor E.J. Smith, chairman of the Health Committee of the Bradford Corporation in the Chair.

    Vincent, Ralph. | Date: [1912]
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    On conditions necessary to obtain a clean milk supply and on methods of testing cows' milk in relation to standards of cleanness : report to the Sub-committee on clean milk / by S. Delépine, June 16th, 1918.

    Delépine, Sheridan, 1855-1921. | Date: 1918
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    A maidservant on the doorstep of an Amsterdam house purchases milk from a local milkmaid. Coloured lithograph by J. Vallou de Villeneuve, 1828/1829, after H. Greeven.

    Greeven, Hendrik, 1787-1854. | Date: [1828/1829] | Reference: 30278i

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