When I first started working at The Guernsey Cow, it was the last year the business was run by Horn & Hardart (my grandfather still owned the property but had leased the business to H&H in 1976. More about the history of the business to come in a later post.) My grandfather continued to walk [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Preparing for Change
Posted in history, working life, tagged 1973, customer service, exton pa, exton square, history, mall, shopping, west whiteland on February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Memorabilia: Spare a dime?
Posted in memorabilia, tagged 1970s, coins, purse on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These rubber squeeze change purses seemed to be all the rage back in the 1970′s when my brothers, sister, and I were growing up. Seemed like we were always getting new ones from various places. I don’t recall ever seeing this model. I think we found it in my grandfather’s desk last year. [Note: I [...]
Memorabilia: Amazing what you can fit on a sugar cube
Posted in history, memorabilia, tagged 1932, 1940s, alexander dienst, exton pa, graphics, jacob j. neuman, patent, printing, sugar cube on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I picked up this sugar cube on eBay a couple of years ago. It wasn’t until I scanned it and blew up the images on both sides that I could see the detail of what was printed. I’m guessing by the looks of the cars in the graphic below that this was from the 1940s. [...]
Making Black Licorice Ice Cream
Posted in working life, tagged flavors, grasshopper, ice cream, licorice, making ice cream on February 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Cousin Kim Puliti sent along this photo of himself in the midst of making black licorice ice cream. His father Joe (Pep) Puliti left a comment on the Flavors page about licorice ice cream. If I didn’t know better, I’d think he was about to head up to the roof to patch a hole with [...]
Memorabilia: The Guernsey Cow matchbook
Posted in memorabilia, tagged matchbook on February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another matchbook available on eBay. Click here to see the listing.
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