View of a McDonald's Restaurant and Sign, circa 1955

Summary

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

McDonald's Corporation 

Place of Creation

United States, Illinois, Oak Brook 

Creator Notes

Made for McDonald's Corporation of Oak Brook, Illinois.

 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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