Both the beauty and sometimes agony of going through my grandmother’s collection of things she’s saved over the years is that I often find nuggets of gold among things that I wonder why she saved. I know they all meant something to her and she had her reasons for saving either to look at later [...]
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The Guernsey Cow From Above – New Photo
Posted in chester county, exton pa, history, tagged 1940s, 1970s, exton pa, Lincoln Highway, The Guernsey Cow on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Making & Selling Famous Cream Caramels
Posted in caramels, exton pa, famous on July 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In the mid to late 1930s, when The Guernsey Cow was still known as The Exton Dairy Grill, Larry Polite was already making a name for himself and his place with both his ice cream and his famous cream caramels. Of all the materials both my grandparents saved from The Cow the largest gap consists [...]
Headless cow spurs a search in Chester County | Philadelphia Inquirer | 06/02/2011
Posted in exton pa on July 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I meant to post and a link to the article that appeared at the beginning of June in the Philadelphia Inquirer. For those readers that aren’t local, you can read the whole thing here: Headless cow spurs a search in Chester County | Philadelphia Inquirer | 06/02/2011.
Somewhere Out There
Posted in exton pa, famous on May 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend, The Daily Local News published an article about an ad hoc committee formed in West Whiteland Township to discuss what to do with the remnants of the The Guernsey Cow sign that was dismantled in 1985 and how best to remember The Cow (I am a member of the committee). Part of [...]
Meet You At The Cow
Posted in chester county, exton pa, history, tagged 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, advertising, chester county pa, exton pa, george washington, history, Lincoln Highway, Pennsylvania Turnpike, West Whiteland PA on December 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I just passed by the pile of newspaper clippings and paper in The Guernsey Cow bin and this card caught my eye. I read it and realized it has a little more ‘story’ and ‘hype’ than an earlier version of the history of The Cow that appeared on the back of a menu. Permit us [...]
Printer’s Block
Posted in chester county, exton pa, memorabilia, tagged advertising, printer's blocks on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Printer’s block used in printing some of The Guernsey Cow promotional material.
Famous Cream Caramels
Posted in exton pa, famous, tagged caramels, chester county, cream caramels, exton pa, Lincoln Highway on January 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This image is in the archives at The Chester County Historical Society in West Chester. It’s the only one they have related to The Guernsey Cow in their archives. [They have a nice service there where you can pay them to research a topic or multiple topics and determine what information and photos they have [...]
Exton, PA through the ages from above
Posted in chester county, exton pa, history, tagged aerial photography, chester county pa, exton pa, history, Lincoln Highway, The Guernsey Cow on July 3, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I was digging around on West Chester Jim‘s history site recently and stumbled on a link for the Pennsylvania Geological Survey’s site for historical aerial photography of Pennsylvania. In 1937, this is what the crossroads in Exton looked like: Mostly farm fields and woods. Here’s the same photo zoomed in on the crossroads of Routes [...]
The Exton Dairy Grille 1940
Posted in chester county, exton pa, history, tagged 1940s, exton pa, The Guernsey Cow on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Before The Guernsey Cow changed names and signage in 1945, it was known as The Exton Dairy Grille. This is how it appeared in 1940 on a Friday morning.
Flooded World War II Era Exton, PA
Posted in chester county, exton pa, history, tagged 1940s, chester county pa, exton pa, history, Lincoln Highway, roadside, signage on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At some time during World War II Exton apparently suffered a significant flood. The Valley Creek that runs along the road across from what was then The Exton Dairy Grill looks to have overflowed its banks. A Brandywine Farms truck navigates the waters along with two cars. Before there was The Guernsey Cow billboard, during [...]
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