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Vanishing Americana

Got milkmen? Just a few decades ago, glass milk bottles clinking in the chute signaled the start of a fresh day. Today only a few diehard local dairies still deliver to your doorstep.

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    Got milkmen? Just a few decades ago, glass milk bottles clinking in the chute signaled the start of a fresh day. Today only a few diehard local dairies still deliver to your doorstep.

    Rich Wasilewski is part of that vanishing breed, a home-delivery milkman who greets customers by name and makes us pine for a more innocent time when fresh food and personal service were the norm rather than the exception.

    Published: Apr 2, 2006

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    Ed Kashi | Ed Kashi Photography
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