Businessman Ray Kroc (above) (October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984) took over the small-scale McDonald’s Corporation franchise in 1954. The present McDonald’s corporation dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant in Des Plains, Illinois
( shown below), the ninth McDonald’s restaurant overall.

The Des Plaines, Illinois McDonald’s, mid 1960’s

(Left to right: Guy Madison and Andy Devine) 

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok was originally a western action radio series
that ran for 271 episodes from April of 1951 through December of 1954 on the
Mutual Broadcasting System. The main cast members were, Guy Madison as
U.S.Marshal James Butler ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok, and Andy Devine as Deputy Marshal
‘Jingles’ P. Jones (pictured above) The show was about a U.S. Marshall and his
300 pound sidekick who brought bad guys to justice in the old west. The first
episode was titled Behind Southern Lines. Unlike most series that made the
transition from radio to TV, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok kept the
same cast as the radio show.

Kellogg’s cereal was the sponsor of the show