My contribution to this post is about something my mother made in ND in 1951. My brother had been born in January as a preemie, and it was a "closed" winter (that means a winter when you are stuck at home because of snow). My dad would ski cross country 2 miles to my grandparents' farm to get milk for us. Mom made a backpack from a pair of Grandpa's bib overalls for Dad to use. She custom designed it to hold the 1 quart milk containers.
The good news is that we were able to get out for church on Easter.