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  • Rush Barn along Tilbrook Rd.

    Rush Farms
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  • Miller/Solomon Farm. The building in the background is the summer kitchen used to separate milk and cream, and also used as the kitchen for Passover. Foreground is Maurice Miller with his wife, Shirley.

    Miller/Solomon Farms
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  • Miller/Solomon Farm. Boy on a horse; tool shed in background.

    Miller/Solomon Farms Horses
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  • Miller/Solomon Farm - McGinley House. Truck in front of tool house; building in back is chicken coop.

    Miller/Solomon Farms Horses
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  • Harry Solomon with trotter and sulky in the 1950s on the Miller/Solomon Farm.

    Miller/Solomon Horses Farms
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  • Johnston's Dairy Farm c.1970.

    Johnston Farms
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  • Miller/Solomon Farm - McGinley House. In front, Mary Solomon Linhart and Clara Louise. By side porch, Betty Miller.

    McGinley Miller/Solomon Farms
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  • Miller/Solomon Farm. - 1957. Clara Louise with two children (Harry to the right). In background is summer kitchen.

    Miller/Solomon Horses Farms
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  • Hill Crest Farm House on Northern Pike in 1915 (later site of Presidential Apartments).

    Hill Crest Northern Pike Farms
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  • johnston's Dairy Farm. c. 1970.

    Johnston Farms
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  • Kuehn's Dairy Farm. c. 1980.

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  • Kuehn's dairy farm. c.1970.

    Kuehn Farms
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  • Kuehn's Dairy Farm. c. 1980.

    Kuehn Farms
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  • Duff Farm. c. 1930.

    Duff Farms
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  • Maxwell Farm barn in 1946.

    Richard Maxwell Family Farms
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  • Maxwell Farm with "Babe". c. 1940.

    Richard Maxwell Family Farms Horses
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  • "Jingles" (owner: Gerri Tucker) at Miller/Solomon Farm. 1962.

    Miller/Solomon Farms Horses
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  • Family outing on Tilbrook Road. c. 1920.

    Taylor Horses Farms
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  • The Householder Family on Tilbrook Road near the Grimm Farm in the late 1920s.

    Grimm Householder Horses Farms
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  • Harry Solomon and "Mo." c. 1950.

    Miller/Solomon Farms Horses
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  • Harry Solomon and pony. c. 1950.

    Miller/Solomon Farms Horses
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  • Kuehn's dairy in the late 1980s. The last family-owned dairy farm in Monroeville closed in 1995.

    Kuehn Farms
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  • Richard Maxwell, Jr. and "Daisy." in 1947.

    Richard Maxwell Family Farms
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  • Johnston's Dairy Farm in 1980.

    Johnston Farms
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  • Richard Maxwell, Sr. on "Bob" and Stan Morse on "Teddy," in 1947.

    Richard Maxwell Family Horses Farms
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  • "Toodles" guarding Hill Crest Farm.

    Hill Crest Farms
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  • Ricahrd Maxwell on "Big Red". c. 1950.

    Richard Maxwell Family Horses Farms
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  • Carothers Farm in 1800s (woodcut).

    Carothers Farms
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  • chrismas card from Hill Crest Farm.

    Hill Crest Farms
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  • Kuehn brothers (Fred, Carl, and Bud) on horse.

    Kuehn Horses Farms
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  • James and Rebecca Carlisle at their wedding at Hill Crest farm.

    Carlisle Hill Crest Farms
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  • Olivia and Evelyn Treher at Hill Crest Farm.

    Hill Crest Treher Farms
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  • Rebecca Carlisle with Nellie Bishop Gillis and Evelyn Treher Gillis.

    Gillis Carlisle Treher Farms
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  • Johnston's Dairy Farm, established in the late 1700s, was the oldest family farm in continuous operation in Monroeville. It finally went out of business in the early 1980s, and the land along Monroeville Blvd. was sold to developers.

    Johnston Farms
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  • Kuehn's Dairy Farm.

    Kuehn Farms
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  • Mary Thompson in her "Victory Garden." c. 1940.

    Thompson Farms
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  • Family outing at Grimm farm on Tilbrook Road.

    Grimm Farms Horses
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  • Johnston's Dairy Farm. The oldest family farm in Monroeville, Johnston's Dairy farm finally went out of business in the early 1980s when the land along Monroeville Blvd. was sold to developers.

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  • Urick farm. The Urick's raised turkeys and the gentlemen seen here were friends, or "hangers-on" who, according to family lore, came to the farm every weekend to "freeload." c. 1930.

    Urick Farms
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  • Loaded hay wagon on the Beatty Farm on Logan's Ferry Road in 1945.

    Beatty Farms
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  • Frank Urick (1881-1946) with horse "Babe" on the Urick farm c. 1937

    Urick Horses Farms
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  • Joe Urick Jr, the son of Joe and Rose Urick, grandson of Frank and Dora. c. 1940. In the background is the turkey shed that the family moved into when their farmhouse burned down. All the turkeys were moved to one end, when the family took over the other end for themselves. they lived there for maybe a year. They had been in the process of building a new chicken house. When the house burned down, they finished that building as a house for themselves. Needless to say, it had extremely low ceilings. But that became the new farmhouse.

    Urick Farms
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  • James E. Speelman at a horse show on the Speelman farm (near today's Hill Crest Church) in the 1950s. James Speelman later went on to found the Diamond Cab Company in the east suburbs.

    Speelman Horses Farms
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  • Peg Heasley (Rider and trainer) with Jean Colbaugh (mounted on "Lucky Lady")at a horse show in Monroeville at the Speelman farm in the 1950s.

    Heasley Speelman Colbaugh Horses Farms
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  • Crowds gathered for the regular Horseshows held at the Speelman Farm in at the "upper ring" near Speelman St. and Miller Ave. in the 1950s.

    Speelman Horses Farms
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  • Jack Speelman driving the pony wagon with his brothers Tom and Bill, his uncle Will, and his mother.

    Speelman Horses Farms
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  • Dora Urick, collecting eggs from her chicken house on the Urick farm. Dora is collecting the eggs in her apron, which is the way she always collected them, never in a basket. This picture was taken in the early 30s. The chicken house was located on the lower part of Urick Lane across from Urick Court.

    Urick Farms
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  • Charles Vercelli on the Vercelli Farm - Summer 1935.

    Vercelli Horses Farms
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  • Charles Vercelli on the Vercelli Farm - C. 1930s.

    Vercelli Horses Farms
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  • Louisa Vercelli on the Vercelli Farm - September 1936.

    Vercelli Farms
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  • Frank and Dora Urick on the Urick Farm.

    Urick Horses Farms
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Rush Barn along Tilbrook Rd.

Rush Farms

Miller/Solomon Farm. The building in the background is the summer kitchen used to separate milk and cream, and also used as the kitchen for Passover. Foreground is Maurice Miller with his wife, Shirley.

Miller/Solomon Farms

Miller/Solomon Farm. Boy on a horse; tool shed in background.

Miller/Solomon Farms Horses

Miller/Solomon Farm - McGinley House. Truck in front of tool house; building in back is chicken coop.

Miller/Solomon Farms Horses

Harry Solomon with trotter and sulky in the 1950s on the Miller/Solomon Farm.

Miller/Solomon Horses Farms

Johnston's Dairy Farm c.1970.

Johnston Farms

Miller/Solomon Farm - McGinley House. In front, Mary Solomon Linhart and Clara Louise. By side porch, Betty Miller.

McGinley Miller/Solomon Farms

Miller/Solomon Farm. - 1957. Clara Louise with two children (Harry to the right). In background is summer kitchen.

Miller/Solomon Horses Farms

Hill Crest Farm House on Northern Pike in 1915 (later site of Presidential Apartments).

Hill Crest Northern Pike Farms

johnston's Dairy Farm. c. 1970.

Johnston Farms

Kuehn's Dairy Farm. c. 1980.

Kuehn Farms

Kuehn's dairy farm. c.1970.

Kuehn Farms

Kuehn's Dairy Farm. c. 1980.

Kuehn Farms

Duff Farm. c. 1930.

Duff Farms

Maxwell Farm barn in 1946.

Richard Maxwell Family Farms

Maxwell Farm with "Babe". c. 1940.

Richard Maxwell Family Farms Horses

"Jingles" (owner: Gerri Tucker) at Miller/Solomon Farm. 1962.

Miller/Solomon Farms Horses

Family outing on Tilbrook Road. c. 1920.

Taylor Horses Farms

The Householder Family on Tilbrook Road near the Grimm Farm in the late 1920s.

Grimm Householder Horses Farms

Harry Solomon and "Mo." c. 1950.

Miller/Solomon Farms Horses

Harry Solomon and pony. c. 1950.

Miller/Solomon Farms Horses

Kuehn's dairy in the late 1980s. The last family-owned dairy farm in Monroeville closed in 1995.

Kuehn Farms

Richard Maxwell, Jr. and "Daisy." in 1947.

Richard Maxwell Family Farms

Johnston's Dairy Farm in 1980.

Johnston Farms

Richard Maxwell, Sr. on "Bob" and Stan Morse on "Teddy," in 1947.

Richard Maxwell Family Horses Farms

"Toodles" guarding Hill Crest Farm.

Hill Crest Farms

Ricahrd Maxwell on "Big Red". c. 1950.

Richard Maxwell Family Horses Farms

Carothers Farm in 1800s (woodcut).

Carothers Farms

chrismas card from Hill Crest Farm.

Hill Crest Farms

Kuehn brothers (Fred, Carl, and Bud) on horse.

Kuehn Horses Farms

James and Rebecca Carlisle at their wedding at Hill Crest farm.

Carlisle Hill Crest Farms

Olivia and Evelyn Treher at Hill Crest Farm.

Hill Crest Treher Farms

Rebecca Carlisle with Nellie Bishop Gillis and Evelyn Treher Gillis.

Gillis Carlisle Treher Farms

Johnston's Dairy Farm, established in the late 1700s, was the oldest family farm in continuous operation in Monroeville. It finally went out of business in the early 1980s, and the land along Monroeville Blvd. was sold to developers.

Johnston Farms

Kuehn's Dairy Farm.

Kuehn Farms

Mary Thompson in her "Victory Garden." c. 1940.

Thompson Farms

Family outing at Grimm farm on Tilbrook Road.

Grimm Farms Horses

Johnston's Dairy Farm. The oldest family farm in Monroeville, Johnston's Dairy farm finally went out of business in the early 1980s when the land along Monroeville Blvd. was sold to developers.

Johnston Farms

Urick farm. The Urick's raised turkeys and the gentlemen seen here were friends, or "hangers-on" who, according to family lore, came to the farm every weekend to "freeload." c. 1930.

Urick Farms

Loaded hay wagon on the Beatty Farm on Logan's Ferry Road in 1945.

Beatty Farms

Frank Urick (1881-1946) with horse "Babe" on the Urick farm c. 1937

Urick Horses Farms

Joe Urick Jr, the son of Joe and Rose Urick, grandson of Frank and Dora. c. 1940. In the background is the turkey shed that the family moved into when their farmhouse burned down. All the turkeys were moved to one end, when the family took over the other end for themselves. they lived there for maybe a year. They had been in the process of building a new chicken house. When the house burned down, they finished that building as a house for themselves. Needless to say, it had extremely low ceilings. But that became the new farmhouse.

Urick Farms

James E. Speelman at a horse show on the Speelman farm (near today's Hill Crest Church) in the 1950s. James Speelman later went on to found the Diamond Cab Company in the east suburbs.

Speelman Horses Farms

Peg Heasley (Rider and trainer) with Jean Colbaugh (mounted on "Lucky Lady")at a horse show in Monroeville at the Speelman farm in the 1950s.

Heasley Speelman Colbaugh Horses Farms

Crowds gathered for the regular Horseshows held at the Speelman Farm in at the "upper ring" near Speelman St. and Miller Ave. in the 1950s.

Speelman Horses Farms

Jack Speelman driving the pony wagon with his brothers Tom and Bill, his uncle Will, and his mother.

Speelman Horses Farms

Dora Urick, collecting eggs from her chicken house on the Urick farm. Dora is collecting the eggs in her apron, which is the way she always collected them, never in a basket. This picture was taken in the early 30s. The chicken house was located on the lower part of Urick Lane across from Urick Court.

Urick Farms

Charles Vercelli on the Vercelli Farm - Summer 1935.

Vercelli Horses Farms

Charles Vercelli on the Vercelli Farm - C. 1930s.

Vercelli Horses Farms

Louisa Vercelli on the Vercelli Farm - September 1936.

Vercelli Farms

Frank and Dora Urick on the Urick Farm.

Urick Horses Farms
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