THE ULTIMATE 1960's McDONALD's ADVERTISING COLLECTIBLE!

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AN INCREDIBLE PIECE OF HISTORICAL A ME RI CA N ADVERTISING MEMORABILIA!!! THE ORIGINAL, THE VERY FIRST McDONALD's FAMILY RESTAURANT SIGN! IN 1937, DICK AND MAC McDONALD OPENED THEIR FIRST RESTAURANT IN PASADENA, CA. THEIR ESTABLISHMENT WAS SMALL, BUT OFFERED FAST SERVICE & FAST 10 CENT HAMBURGERS.. THE CUSTOMERS AT THE McDONALD's HAMBURGER STORE SAT UNDER A CANOPY & WATCHED THEIR HAMBURGERS BEING PREPARED. IN 1948, THE McDONALD BROTHERS IMPROVED THEIR KITCHENS TO HANDLE FAST-FOOD SERVICE BY ADDING A DRIVE-THROUGH SERVICE WINDOW. IN 1954, DICK & MAC McDONALD MET AN ENTREPRENEUR NAMED RAY KROC . HE HELPED EXPAND THE McDONALD's NAME NATIONWIDE. IN 1961, THE McDONALD BROTHERS SOLD THE ENTIRE RIGHTS TO RAY CROC FOR 3 MILLION DOLLARS. **IN 1962, THE GOLDEN ARCHES BECAME THE COMPANY LOGO!** THIS PRISTINE-CONDITION ORIGINAL McDONALD FAMILY RESTAURANT EXTERIOR ADVERTISING SIGN IS NOW OFFERED UP FOR AUCTION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO OWN A TRUE PIECE OF AMERICANA MEMORABILIA! W HAS THIS SIGN BEEN ALL THESE YEARS? WHO WAS SAVVY ENOUGH TO TUCK THIS AWAY? WHICH McDONALD's DID IT ORIGINATE FROM? WHY WAS IT PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE OF THE OLD McDONALD'S RESTAURANT TO MAKE WAY FOR RONALD McDONALD & THE INFAMOUS GOLDEN ARCHES...INSTEAD OF LANDING IN THE DUMPSTER ? A CURIOUS STORY. IN THE EARLY 1960's, A LOCAL BRICKLAYER & CONSTRUCTION read more

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