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Description

This photograph shows freshly made butter coming from one of the churns at the Rongotea butter factory. The Rongotea Co-op Dairy Co. was established in 1895 and was amalgamated in 1960 with the Awahuri Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd, to form the Manawatu Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection D 35
Date
circa 1944
Digitisation ID
2010N_D35_3355
Held In
"Coolstore"

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Taxonomy

Tags
agriculture,
butter churn,
cream,
farms,
industry,
milk,
photographs,
rural towns and life,
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