In 1972, The Lincoln Highway (Route 30) in Exton, PA was being widened and The Guernsey Cow signs needed to be moved back from the road to make room. As described previously, when the billboard was originally erected right after the end of World War II, the highway department visited Larry Polite and informed him [...]
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The World’s Largest Cow Makes Room for The Lincoln Highway
Posted in famous, history, tagged advertising, billboard, chester county pa, exton pa, Lincoln Highway, West Whiteland PA on November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Guernsey Cow as it appeared in the 1940s
Posted in history, tagged 1940s, chester county pa, exton pa, ice cream, Lincoln Highway, The Guernsey Cow on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is another photo my grandmother had in her files. I believe it’s The Guernsey Cow circa post World War II. That’s when my grandfather changed the name of the business from The Exton Dairy Grille to The Guernsey Cow. I really like the detail of this pastoral scene atop the roof. I don’t know [...]
Chester County Tours & Walks: The Guernsey Cow, Sleepy Hollow Hall & the Zook House Aug 21
Posted in current events, history, tagged chester county pa, exton pa, history, ice cream, tours, walking tours, West Whiteland PA on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the Chester County Parks & Recreation page and hosted by the West Whiteland Historic Commission (edits are mine): “Tour three of West Whiteland’s most prominent historical structures located on Lincoln Highway at the intersection of Pottstown Pike, the crossroads of Chester County. The resources, all located at the perimeter of the Exton Square Mall [...]
The World’s Largest Guernsey Cow
Posted in famous, history, memorabilia, tagged 1940s, americana, billboard, chester county pa, Daily Local News, exton pa, immaculata college, Lincoln Highway, Rte 30, wallet card, West Whiteland PA on July 15, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been meaning for a long time to post a photo of the actual Guernsey Cow sign since, for many (or most), it is what defined The Guernsey Cow. I actually have very few photos of the famous sign. While it was still known as The Exton Dairy Grille, in 1927, Frank B. Foster, the [...]
Memorabilia: 1950s Postcard The Guernsey Cow Exton PA
Posted in history, memorabilia, tagged 1950s, exton pa, memorabilia, postcard on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This late 1950′s postcard of The Guernsey Cow is open for bids on eBay right now. The cars really give the postcard it’s ‘classic’ feel along with the 50 gallon drum trash can and oil stains in the parking spots. [Update June 13: The final selling price for this postcard was $47.99! That's the first [...]
Before The Cow, there was The Exton Dairy Grille
Posted in history, tagged chester county, dairy, exton pa, frank b foster, history, montcalm farms, restaurant, west whiteland on June 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
from L to R: Gladys Polite, Millie “Dolly” Polite (Ilario’s sister), Elmer Polite (Ilario’s brother), Ilario “Larry” Polite A few posts (and months) back I mentioned an upcoming visit with my grandmother, Gladys Polite. On that visit we spent several hours going over the photos, documents, menus and material she still had from her various [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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. [...]
Profile: Willie Minor
Posted in biography, famous, history, tagged bicycle baskets, bicycle horns, downingtown pa, exton pa, larry polite, willie minor on January 30, 2008 | 9 Comments »
The most loved member of The Guernsey Cow community was, and still is, Willie Minor. “Our Willie” is remembered for his bicycle outfitted with horns, lights, fenders, racks, flags, and baskets heavily laden with old newspapers and many spools of string pieces knotted together with such precision that there were no ends sticking out. Even [...]
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