A Door Made for the Milkman

If you live in an older American home, you might have a small, square door set into an outside wall. Many people have no idea what it was for.

It is a milk door.

These little cupboards opened on both sides, one door outside and one inside, usually near the kitchen.

The milkman could slip fresh bottles in from outside, and the family could take them out from inside, without anyone opening the front door.

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