Fast Food History
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Title
Fast Food History
Subject
Different items from the early 1900s to the modern-day. This collection includes the buildings, food, and advertisements that have shaped fast food.
Description
Fast food's changes throughout its history. Humans have always enjoyed getting a bite to eat on the go but this collection ranges from the early 1900s to the present day.
Creator
Max Libera
Rights
Reserved
Format
Photos
Language
English
Type
History
Collection Items
Oldest Mcdonalds
The oldest operating McDonald's restaurant was the third one built, opening in 1953. It's located at 10207 Lakewood Blvd. at Florence Ave. in Downey, California.
Fast food of old
This is arguably the best form of "Fast food." Worldwide, vendors travel the streets selling freshly cooked food for low prices. This is what lead to the interest in full-sized restaurants with comprehensive menus that provided food for low prices on…
White Castle No. 8
White Castle Building No. 8 at West 33rd Street and Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The restaurant is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an example of a prefabricated porcelain-coated steel structure once built by…
Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan
Automat food vendors like these were much more common in Europe and still are. This one, from New York, featured low-price, ready-made items for affordable prices. Image getting off the train, headed to your job at the type-writer company, and…
Big Mac sandwich
The Big Mac. The grandaddy of it all. McDonald's most famous sandwich helped launch the brand to the top of the fast-food industry. The only sandwich more famous than the Big Mac perhaps is the McRib, but only due to it's fleeting nature.
Fish and chips Restaurant
Fish and Chips restaurants like this one in Kent England aren't entirely fast food, but definitely fall under "Quick service restaurant." These were important to building the public's taste for a place to spend time with their friends between work…
Popeyes chicken sandwich
This chicken sandwich is the subject of much debate. It arguably started a whole war. It spent months out of stock, people physically fought to get this sandwich. Then, after Popeyes' hype died down several other brands began releasing their chicken…
"Sunday Dinner"
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Kentucky Fried Chicken released a series of commercials early in their lifetime that claimed their food was just as good as home cooking while having none of the mess to clean up. These commercials included "mother's day" along with print ads…
Yo Quiero Taco Bell!
This is one in a series of TV spots that Taco Bell ran in the 1990s. These commercials were aimed at giving the brand a more authentic (Read: Racist) feel. It really only made the brand look silly, and the commercial itself is very dated.
Dinnertimin'
This ad from the era just after civil rights features prominent use of AAV, African American Vernacular. They released sets of targeted ads towards African Americans, hoping to draw in their once denied business.