Wanna see something neat!? This is the first of its kind I've ever seen!
Apr 12, 2012 13:45:14 #
stevenkl
Loc: Swainsboro,GA
Jody, I would like to get a retro shot of a "Jack in theBox"...but I'm sure the one I was weaned on in 1962 in San Diego, California , is long gone. The one I workded at in 71-72 Still had the clown with speaker. They have gotten rid of the clown figure. At 12 midnight on the late shift..folks from the nearby Army post would be wrapped around the building and tell me " Hey, clown...give me a Jumbo Jack with cheese"! WEll at least I earned the $to buy my first SLR!! Did my first wedding with it at 17
Apr 12, 2012 13:56:21 #
Here is the original "Golden Arches" McDonalds in Downey, California, just a few miles from my residence. Except for the prices, it has remained virtually unchanged since 1953.
Apr 12, 2012 14:05:28 #
stevenkl
Loc: Swainsboro,GA
I think my parents went there when I was only 6 years old.Driving up from San Diego to Vallejo..in 1959. I also think there was a restaurant called Oscars..in Whittier. They had this awesome dee pdish apple pie with vanilla ice cream..stopped there on the return trip. Nice pic! I miss California...but it has changed so much since I lived in Monterey.
Apr 12, 2012 14:23:46 #
Apr 12, 2012 15:13:30 #
tilde531 wrote:
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Love the pics, love and miss YOU and the reunion will be even better!
Ian
LLYLAMACDCSDAPLL and husband. Hurry back, the alligators have no one to chase!!!!
Apr 12, 2012 16:23:45 #
Sneidley
Loc: Goodyear, AZ
sinatraman wrote:
the origional oak park illinois franchise is now a museeum and kept its origional design.
The original is in DesPlaines, Il, and is a museum. In the summer there are cars from the 50's parked around it. I took these this morning on the way to work. This is not an operating store, but if I turned aroound, there is a full MickeyD's across the street. Even at 9 am, there were others out there taking pics.
Check the prices on the menu
Apr 12, 2012 16:46:33 #
Gidgette wrote:
Didn't Big Boys go into Shoneys in places?
Add wrote:
Big Boy went with Big Boy food places,Speedee went with Alca Seltzer.
Didn't Big Boys go into Shoneys in places?
i believe at one time shoneys was a bib boy franchisee but they dropped out. their menus were very similar. and like the big boy chain, are in financial trouble. big boy started a downward spirial when marriot bought them and did nothing with it.
Apr 12, 2012 19:28:54 #
Nope SpeeDee was Mc D's guy and then it went to ronald in1967. Alka seltzer's guy was Speedy.... yeah big difference right?
Don Vittorio wrote:
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Apr 12, 2012 21:36:16 #
rayford2
Loc: New Bethlehem, PA
foehner wrote:
This is an original sign along Highway 54 near Fulton, MO. I think part of the bottom has been removed. I don't know where this sign originally stood, but I'm old enough to have paid the advertised price.
I like that sneaky 15c. sign that squeaked in "originally was".
I wonder how many disappointments there were.
Apr 13, 2012 09:09:59 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Here is the original "Golden Arches" McDonalds in Downey, California, just a few miles from my residence. Except for the prices, it has remained virtually unchanged since 1953.
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Fantastic!!
Thanks for sharing it here! :)
Apr 13, 2012 09:11:00 #
Sneidley wrote:
The original is in DesPlaines, Il, and is a museum. In the summer there are cars from the 50's parked around it. I took these this morning on the way to work. This is not an operating store, but if I turned aroound, there is a full MickeyD's across the street. Even at 9 am, there were others out there taking pics.
sinatraman wrote:
the origional oak park illinois franchise is now a museeum and kept its origional design.
The original is in DesPlaines, Il, and is a museum. In the summer there are cars from the 50's parked around it. I took these this morning on the way to work. This is not an operating store, but if I turned aroound, there is a full MickeyD's across the street. Even at 9 am, there were others out there taking pics.
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VERY super cool!!
I would not likely ever see this in person... so MANY thanks for sharing it here! :thumbup:
Apr 13, 2012 09:12:59 #
foehner wrote:
This is an original sign along Highway 54 near Fulton, MO. I think part of the bottom has been removed. I don't know where this sign originally stood, but I'm old enough to have paid the advertised price.
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TOO cool!!
Thanks!
(and I think they should celebrate their anniversary every year by selling burgers for the .15-cent price again... what do YOU think!? Would put TONS of people back to work for a day or week at least! *snickers* )
Apr 13, 2012 10:16:49 #
rayford2
Loc: New Bethlehem, PA
tilde531 wrote:
quote=foehner This is an original sign along High... (show quote)
Think of the traffic jam that would cause
:-P
Apr 13, 2012 13:14:31 #
there you go again--changing your avatar--.where's Betty???
tilde531 wrote:
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Apr 13, 2012 13:18:47 #
Just to clarify (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_McDonald%27s ):
"In 1953, the McDonald brothers began to franchise their successful restaurant, starting in Phoenix, Arizona and Downey, California; the latter is today the oldest surviving McDonald's restaurant."
"Kroc's first McDonald's restaurant opened in Des Plaines, Illinois, near Chicago, on April 15, 1955 . . . Ray Kroc's first McDonald's was then demolished after many remodels in 1984."
"In 1953, the McDonald brothers began to franchise their successful restaurant, starting in Phoenix, Arizona and Downey, California; the latter is today the oldest surviving McDonald's restaurant."
"Kroc's first McDonald's restaurant opened in Des Plaines, Illinois, near Chicago, on April 15, 1955 . . . Ray Kroc's first McDonald's was then demolished after many remodels in 1984."
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