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A portrait photograph of John Pitcairn as a young man. This is one of a very few photographs of Pitcairn without gray hair.

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Portrait of John Pitcairn c. 1900.

Tags: Glencairn, Cairnwood, Cairnwood Farms, Dairy, John Pitcairn, Bryn Athyn Glencairn, Cairnwood, Cairnwood Farms, Dairy, John Pitcairn, Bryn Athyn

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Cairnwood Dairy operated from c. 1895 until 1948. In the early days, milk was delivered by means of horse-drawn wagon. It is known that at least two dairy wagons were used, but not if they were used concurrently or consecutively. Dairy Wagon #1…

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A diagram of Cairnwood Dairy's milk house, drawn by Lloyd J. Conard. Lloyd was dairyman Joe Conard's grandson and occasionally go with Joe on the milk rounds. This is how he remembers the workings of the milk house.

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In 1913, plans were made to accommodate a New Church farming family from Maryland on that farm, to enable the family’s children to attend Church schools. Sylvanus Alonso Powell, agreed to rent the farm for a one-year trial from the Academy while his…

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Digital image taken circa 1920 of Cairnwood Dairy Wagon #2 and long-time dairyman Joseph P. Conard. This wagon no longer exists. Joseph Conard worked the Cairnwood Dairy beginning about 1914 and didn't retire until 1948, the dairy closing soon…

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2011_11_04_0001 Photo of Cairnwood Dairy's dairyman, Joseph Conard in the doorway of the "milkhouse." He is handling a 20 gallon mik can that has come down the "trolley" wire from the cow barn.

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Lloyd I. Conard, son of Joseph Conard (Cairnwood Farms dairyman), with calf.

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Photograph of Cairnwood & Farms taken from the tower of Glencairn. The photo is c. 1940 judging from the lack of residential buildings in the background. The Cairnwood Dairy barn (with the two grain silos) can be seen in the background.

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Lloyd J. Conard, grandson of Joseph Conard (Cairnwood Farms dairyman), with calf.
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