McDonald's Uniform Top
date: label: date made
content: ca 1973
notes: label: Description
content: This short sleeve, dark and light blue shirt is made of polyester fabric, embroidered with the double arches logo on the left front and has a light blue zipper. Maker's tag inscribed "Made expressly for McDonald's® personnel by Ottenheimer & Co., Career Apparel Division.” It is a women's medium and was worn by the donor in 1973 while working for McDonald's®. The donor’s primary position was cashier/clerk, but each employee was trained to be able to perform each task in the restaurant in the event someone called off and they had to fill in for the day. The location where the donor worked was located close to a college campus and the staff pool primarily consisted of college students.
label: Description
content: The McDonald’s Corporation is one of the most recognizable hamburger restaurants in the United States. As of 2011, the McDonald’s Corporation and franchisees were operating in 119 countries with 1.9 million employees, making it the 4th largest employer in the world.
label: Description
content: In 1940, Richard (Dick) and Maurice (Mac) McDonald opened the first McDonald’s Bar-B-Q drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino, California. In 1948, the brothers redesigned their menu, centering on the 15 cent hamburger. In 1954, Ray Kroc, a Multimixer (milkshake machine) salesman, became interested in the McDonalds brothers’ high volume restaurant. He worked out a deal with the brothers to be their franchising agent and opened the first franchise location in Illinois the following year. Under Kroc’s direction, the company grew to become the giant we know today.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: Occupations
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content: Food
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content: Advertising
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Debbie Schaffer-Jacobs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0091.01
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0091.01
label: accession number
content: 2011.0091
objectType: label: Object Name
content: uniform shirt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: polyester (overall material)