View of a McDonald's Restaurant and Sign, circa 1955
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In the late 1940s, the McDonald brothers had a radical new idea -- assembly-line production of a limited menu, at drastically reduced prices. By the mid-1950s, McDonald's new food system was in place. It was an idea that created a fast-food nation. This photograph shows one of the many new McDonald's Restaurants that appeared about 1955.
In the late 1940s, the McDonald brothers had a radical new idea -- assembly-line production of a limited menu, at drastically reduced prices. By the mid-1950s, McDonald's new food system was in place. It was an idea that created a fast-food nation. This photograph shows one of the many new McDonald's Restaurants that appeared about 1955.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1955
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Illinois, Oak Brook
Creator Notes
Made for McDonald's Corporation of Oak Brook, Illinois.
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
88.93.20
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of McDonald's Corporation.
Material
Resin-coated paper
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.938 in
Width: 8 in
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