The Library of Congress credits Louis Lunch in New Haven
with inventing the hamburger in 1900. Cheese was first
added 24 years later in California^. Cheeseburgers have
been an iconic American food culture classic since the
1920s.

Original Louis’ Lunch proprietor Louis Lassen.

Who remembers having a window tray sitting on your car door
at the drive-in growing up?

An employee wearing the McDonald’s uniform with stripes
and a white hat takes down an order in 1978, long before automated technology.

1980s

A pair of girls deliver ice in lower Manhattan, New York City.    ,

The first McDonalds in Moscow on opening day, 1990. It
was the largest McDonald’s in the world at the time, with
seating for 900 and a staff of 600 workers.