Howard Johnson's Restaurant, 1951

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Artifact Overview

Howard Deering Johnson began his career in the 1920s by developing a delicious high-butterfat ice cream, which he sold from food stands around Boston, Massachusetts. Johnson expanded his business to full-service restaurants. He franchised these establishments with their familiar orange roofs across America. This photograph shows the lunch counter area of a Howard Johnson's in Wollaston, Massachusetts, in 1951.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1951

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

87.18.83.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Franchise Associates, Inc.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.813 in
Width: 10 in

Howard Johnson's Restaurant, 1951