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Avalon Dairy History:













Young Englishman (Jack Ellis) milking in the barn at Avalon Ranch Dairy, circa 1912.























  Grandpa Brown, Jeremiah Crowley and grandson Harvey with a calf in front of Avalon barn, circa 1914.













Everett Crowley and sister Sylvia in front of cornfield at Avalon. The corn was grown for cattle feed, circa 1917.















  Pat West (with Gordon Crowley's son Vern) and Avalon delivery trucks, circa 1933.










Jeremiah Crowley in Avalon barnyard with Ford car (license 72-301), circa 1928.














  Jeremiah Crowley (in bowler hat) with his sons, haying the back field at Avalon, circa 1931.




















Jeremiah Crowley, son Cleveland (Con) and friend in barn hayloft at Avalon, circa 1935.





















  Sylvia and Mel with a friend and an Avalon dairy truck, circa 1930.















An ice-skating party at Avalon, winter of 1935. The local fire department would flood the pond from the nearby fire hydrant to renew the surface. Strings of lights were put up around the pond to allow for night skating. (Two of the Crowley children are in this photograph: Grant ('Bus') at the extreme left, Vera ('Bubbles') second from right.)
















  Avalon dairy wagon in original colours of dark green with cream lettering.

















A bottle of milk delivered on a cold snowy day.