Catalog for Paramount Diners, Inc. "Roadking" Model

Summary

Persons looking to open a diner in the 1950s could purchase a "Roadking" from Paramount Diners, Incorporated, of New Jersey. In this simple brochure, produced about 1955, the company praised the design, layout, and construction of the "Roadking." All of which, Paramount touted, would invite extra patronage -- something diner owners desired.

Persons looking to open a diner in the 1950s could purchase a "Roadking" from Paramount Diners, Incorporated, of New Jersey. In this simple brochure, produced about 1955, the company praised the design, layout, and construction of the "Roadking." All of which, Paramount touted, would invite extra patronage -- something diner owners desired.

Artifact

Trade catalog

Date Made

circa 1955

Subject Date

circa 1955

Creators

Paramount Diners, Inc. 

Creator Notes

Made for Paramount Diners, Inc.

Collection Title

Zinn's Diner Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2002.121.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of C. L. Zinn, II.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Red

Dimensions

Height: 7.063 in

Width: 10.063 in

Inscriptions

Printed on front: Pramount ROADKING

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