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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mr. Green Jeans Slept Here
Posted in exton pa, history on February 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Next to The Guernsey Cow building in Exton, PA, is Sleepy Hollow Hall. Gladys and Ilario Polite bought what is also known as The Massey House a few years after they started running The Exton Dairy Grill. The house, originally built in the early 1700s, is on the National Register of Historic Places and a [...]
Cows on the run
Posted in history, tagged 1940s, 1950s, billboard, cows, exton, exton pa, Lincoln Highway, The Guernsey Cow on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s a truck carrying cows either overturned or broke down along the Lincoln Highway in Exton, PA in front of The Guernsey Cow. The cows, on the loose, were drawn to the giant Guernsey Cow billboard and milled around in its shade and that of the nearby trees. [...]
Reader Mail: Horn & Hardart Years
Posted in history, working life, tagged 1970s, caramels, chester county pa, exton pa, Horn & Hardart, ice cream, Lincoln Highway, willie minor on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I received an email from Frank Lavin who worked for Horn & Hardart and managed The Guernsey Cow for a few years in the late 1970s. I’ve edited the letter a bit for length: I worked for Horn & Hardart from 1973 ( during High school ) through 1978 ( as a Restaurant [...]
Pipers at The Guernsey Cow
Posted in history, tagged 1940s, bagpipers, exton pa on December 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The awning behind the pipers reads “The Guernsey Cow” which puts this event in the 1940s after the name was changed from The Exton Dairy Grille. There ‘s no explanation for the gathering of pipers — perhaps lunch after a morning parade?
In 1967 The Guernsey Cow Grew Bigger
Posted in history, tagged 1960s, 1967, exton pa, Lincoln Highway, remodeling on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In 1967, The Guernsey Cow added on to the existing structure to expand the dining room and kitchen area. The photo below is taken from behind the ice cram counter looking into the old dining area. Elmer Polite, brother and partner of Larry Polite and Joseph Pep Puliti (and later, owner of Mr. Sandwich in [...]
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