Business Card for Alvin A. Dunivent, Supervisor, White Castle System, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, 1935
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White Castle System developed fast food restaurants known for cleanliness, quality, and customer service starting in the 1920s. The company also provided motivated staff opportunity for managerial positions. Alvin "Don" Dunivent started cooking hamburgers at one of the eating houses in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1927. This job led him to a career as a regional supervisor in St. Louis, Missouri.
White Castle System developed fast food restaurants known for cleanliness, quality, and customer service starting in the 1920s. The company also provided motivated staff opportunity for managerial positions. Alvin "Don" Dunivent started cooking hamburgers at one of the eating houses in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1927. This job led him to a career as a regional supervisor in St. Louis, Missouri.
Artifact
Business card
Date Made
1935
Subject Date
1935
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.30.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Steven and Brandy Lindsey.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Die cutting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 2.25 in
Width: 3.375 in
Inscriptions
on back: Buy 'em by the 'Sack' / White Castle SYSTEM, INC. / A National Institution...A. A. DUNIVENT SUPERVISOR 3118 S. KINGSHIGHWAY ST. LOUIS, MO.
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