I started this blog New Year’s Eve 2007, a little over a year after my grandfather, Larry Polite, died about six weeks short of his 98th birthday. As we moved my grandmother, Gladys Polite (or Marmsie as we and many others knew her), out of their apartment and into assisted living we needed to move [...]
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Remembering Marmsie
Posted in biography, memorabilia, tagged exton pa, history, The Guernsey Cow on September 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
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.
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from The Guernsey Cow
Posted in memorabilia, tagged chester county, christmas, exton pa, West Whiteland PA on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
A Sign of Summer
Posted in memorabilia, tagged chester county pa, exton pa, signage, The Guernsey Cow, typography on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This sign is one of my favorite relics of The Guernsey Cow. Hand-lettered on a stiff board, it is a sign of times gone by. I love the use of four different typefaces and the decorative border. More than that, it speaks to the kind of business my grandfather wanted to run and represent. I [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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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