28/05/2026
Here’s a great article written by Dan Olsen from the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles, in Boyertown, PA. If you’ve never been, this museum is packed with all kinds of fascinating historic vehicles, with a special focus on cars built right here in Pennsylvania.
Even better (at least in my opinion), they have three Pullman automobiles and the only remaining Bell Car in their collection, all built in York.
If you’re into transportation history, this place is absolutely worth a visit.
Warner’s Dairy
I know this is a Chevrolet, and I’m pretty sure it is a 1949-51 4100 Series, 1½-ton rated chassis. On that chassis is a Boyertown Step-N-Serve body.
Aside from the Boyertown-bodied truck picture, I’m sharing a couple of other Warner’s Dairy photos. One of them is an aerial view of their dairy “compound,” in which a number of Divcos might be spotted and well as what could be a couple of rows of 1950-ish Chevy trucks – maybe with Boyertown bodies. The other photograph is of a parade welcoming home returning soldiers after the end of World War Two, taking place in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, home of the dairy. Riding on the parade float, along with a cow, is a Diamond T-badged Pak-Age-Car.
Warner’s Dairy was founded in 1903 by Wallace and Jenny Warner in Red Lion, making and selling various dairy products, as well as selling bacon and bread. In the beginning, the dairy home-delivered the products via horse-drawn wagons, later transitioning to motorized vehicles, until deliveries to homes ended during the 1950s. In 1975, after existing for almost 75 years, the dairy was sold to Rutter’s.
The emblem just ahead of the door is announcing that Warner’s milk bottles and cap were “Dacro Protected,” and were “approved by the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions, Inc. and the Certified Milk Producer’ Association of America, Inc.” And the “Golden Guernsey – America’s Table Milk” signage behind the truck’s door was promoting the benefits of products from Guernsey cows, known for producing high-butterfat, high-protein milk.
Some notes about the “Duncan Hines Approved” script on the truck. Duncan Hines was a traveling salesman, eating meals on the road across the United States, making him familiar what good food was. To share his finds with friends, Hines and his wife assembled a list of several hundred good restaurants around the country. The list became popular and, in 1935, he began selling Adventures in Good Eating, a book highlighting restaurant and their featured dishes. It was so successful that Hines added another book for lodging. Later, Hines wrote a newspaper column, Adventures in Good Eating at Home. In 1952, Duncan introduced Duncan Hines bread through the Durkee's Bakery Company. In 1953, Hines sold the right to use his name and book’s title, which then licensed the name to food-related businesses. Nebraska Consolidated Mills developed the first Duncan Hines cake mixes. In 1957, the cake mix business was sold to Procter & Gamble. The Duncan Hines brand is now owned by Conagra Brands.
Much thanks goes out to the Red Lion Historical Society Collection, and especially Tristan Mundis for assisting me with information and supplying me with a couple of terrific photos!
