Burial site of "Elsie"

Burial site of "Elsie" (HMOOH)

Location: Plainsboro Township, NJ 08536 Middlesex County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 19.969', W 74° 36.724'

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The Borden Cow

— A celebrated advertising trademark —

Elsie, a purebred Jersey cow with enormousbrown eyes was chosen to be theadvertising symbol for the Borden Company.This became one of the best known and most successfulicons in the history of American marketing.

Elsie was featured at the Borden Company'sexhibit "Dairy World of Tomorrow" at the 1939-40New York World's Fair. Elsie and her chain of daisiesquickly became one of the the star attractions of the Fair.

Elsie will be remembered as one of the mostcelebrated residents of Walker Gordon Farm.
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Date Added Sunday, September 21st, 2014 at 9:50am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 532952 N 4464769
Decimal Degrees40.33281667, -74.61206667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 19.969', W 74° 36.724'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 19' 58.14" N, 74° 36' 43.44" W
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Area Code(s)609
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 6 Heron Ct, Plainsboro Township NJ 08536, US
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