Agate Takes the Holiday Road..

Head for the mountains with our favorite photo of the moment, which takes us back to 1962 on the road to the Savoyard summits. A caravan of vehicles travels in single file along the Montagne de Séret pastoral path to watch a demonstration of mechanical milking on the mountain pasture. A summery nod to a time when tradition and modernity went hand in hand.

A caravan of vehicles on the pastoral path of Séret for the mechanical milking demonstration. Séret mountain (Savoie). By Lucien Anchierri (photographer) - Year 1962.

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