McDONALDS 1955 and COMICS...ETC

[trmoore54]

Here is the first McDonalds menu and prices from 1955...McDonalds effectively was created in 1940 but not until subsequent changes and persons involved (Ray Croc) would it become the franchise chain in 1955...

 

 

You could get a comic for 10-cents and a Mcburger for $15-cents...2 bits

 

Comics would move to 12c in 1962. Thought it might be a cool thread to post what you could still buy for less than 2-bits (25-cents to you millenials)...say...before comics went to 15-cents in 1969...

 

 

[Bomber-Bob]

When I started collecting, comics were still a dime. For my quarter I could buy 2 comics and a candy bar. Soon though, they raised the price to 12 cents. Now I'm looking at two comics and a gumball. Sometimes I would find a couple empty soda bottles @ two cents deposit so I could still get my candy bar !

[Doohickamabob]

Thought it might be a cool thread to post what you could still buy for less than 2-bits (25-cents to you millenials)...

Shave and a haircut!

[Ogami]

Here is the first McDonalds menu and prices from 1955...McDonalds effectively was created in 1940 but not until subsequent changes and persons involved (Ray Croc) would it become the franchise chain in 1955...

 

 

You could get a comic for 10-cents and a Mcburger for $15-cents...2 bits

 

Comics would move to 12c in 1962. Thought it might be a cool thread to post what you could still buy for less than 2-bits (25-cents to you millenials)...say...before comics went to 15-cents in 1969...

 

 

A lot of those items are now on the dollar menu while comics are now four bucks a piece.

[Peter G]

These prices reflect REAL money before silver was demonetized

 

Amazing how far we have fallen in "dollar terms" alone

[Gaard]

We had a body shop behind the house. When I wanted a quarter to run down & buy comics, my dad would make me clean his office and then give me the quarter.

[Jeffro.]

Here is the first McDonalds menu and prices from 1955...McDonalds effectively was created in 1940 but not until subsequent changes and persons involved (Ray Croc) would it become the franchise chain in 1955...

 

 

You could get a comic for 10-cents and a Mcburger for $15-cents...2 bits

 

Comics would move to 12c in 1962. Thought it might be a cool thread to post what you could still buy for less than 2-bits (25-cents to you millenials)...say...before comics went to 15-cents in 1969...

 

 

A lot of those items are now on the dollar menu while comics are now four bucks a piece.

 

Not sure what would upset my stomach more, McD's food or reading a modern superhero comic.

[Dick Pontoon]

[namisgr]

We didn't have a McDonald's in South Jersey when I grew up, but we had this place, a short walk from elementary school. Hamburgers 10 cents, cheeseburgers 15 cents, and milkshakes from dairy made on the premises for 25 cents. It was hard to save money for comics, baseball cards, or bubble gum with those temptations.

 

Many a birthday party was spent under that green awning.

 

 

[JollyComics]

Where was the original McDonald's before Ray Croc purchased? I know the location was in Southern California.

[Drummy]

Seeing the "Steaming Hot Coffee" listing...made me shake my head!

 

Dan

[shadroch]

Has the size of the hamburger stayed the same over the years?

McDonald's opened in Queens around 1971. You could get two hamburgers, fries and a coke for under a dollar.

[thunsicker]

Where was the original McDonald's before Ray Croc purchased? I know the location was in Southern California.

 

The business began in 1940, with a restaurant opened by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald at 1398 North E Street at West 14th Street in San Bernardino, California.

[Domo Arigato]

The business began in 1940, with a restaurant opened by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald at 1398 North E Street at West 14th Street in San Bernardino, California.

I didn't research what the building is currently being used for, but it's apparently no longer a working McDonalds (although there are plenty of McDonalds related items indicating it was the first location).

 

Here's a Google Maps street view image of it.

 

[Fan Boy]

McDonald's didn't come to Vancouver BC until 1970. I was told the first location was somewhere in east side.

 

For me, my first allowance was one dollar per week after I did one choice around the family house. That was enough for 3-4 20 center comics and one pop bottle

[jhutton2]

Actually the very first McDonalds opened in Canada was in Richmond, BC in 1967. This is a city right next door to Vancouver,

 

I worked at McDonalds years ago as my first job and I remember this bit of local history (I grew up in Vancouver).

[JollyComics]

I used to go there when I was five or six years old with my little sister who just learned to walk. It's only ten minutes away from my home.

 

This is a replica of first (chain restuarant) McDonald's in Des Planies near the former location.

 

 

[JollyComics]

The business began in 1940, with a restaurant opened by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald at 1398 North E Street at West 14th Street in San Bernardino, California.

I didn't research what the building is currently being used for, but it's apparently no longer a working McDonalds (although there are plenty of McDonalds related items indicating it was the first location).

 

Here's a Google Maps street view image of it.

 

 

I can see Route 66 on the driveway. It is part of historic RT. 66?

[jimjum12]

McDonalds ....... I remember when a Big Mac was 55 cents. I remember my folks driving all over the Pacific North West trying to find me the Filet O' Fish that was being advertised on TV..... We couldn't even find a McDonalds. We started calling it the " Delay O' Fish" ...... I miss the 60's. I used to amaze an old girlfriend's Son and his friends by eating an entire small Mc Donalds burger in one bite ...... GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[shadroch]

Rt 66 runs through San Bernadino County