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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.

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The line art looks like the building of the oldest currently operating McDonald's, which opened in 1953, although the ad copy gives a different location that opened in 1958, so this menu has got to be around ~~58~~ 64 (see post from scmstr@lemmy.blahaj.zone in thread). There were some older McD's but they are gone. The 1953 location was the first building that used the golden arches as a shtick.

This is what the 1953 building looked like in 2017.

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Before it got into the whole hamburger and fries thing, McDonald's sold BBQ in the 1940's, with the ad tagline, "McDonald's Famous Barbecue".

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[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

I drove past a new-ish modern-ish modernism version with that aesthetic in Ohio in a huge vehicle that's hard to stop and at the crosswalk the light changed and I had to brake a little hard especially when I saw a duck there and someone was staring at me and then several baby ducks materialized behind the adult duck which was apparently just waiting to cross. I didn't run over any baby ducks at the stupid McDonalds.