Tarter Sauce Ratchet Gun
name: label: maker
content: Prince Castle
notes: label: Description
content: This hand held condiment dispenser is primarily of metal construction, with a tartar sauce canister inserted into the tray. The canister is constructed of white cardboard with green lettering, which says “McDonald’s® Tartar Sauce” with McDonald’s® double arches logo. This canister holds 25 fluid ounces of tartar sauce. The McDonald’s® Corporation was well known for developing their own kitchen tools to create higher rates of standardization between locations and produce food products at greater efficiency. This dispenser would distribute precisely the correct amount of tartar sauce for each Filet-O-Fish™ sandwich.
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.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois
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content: Work and Industry: Retail and Marketing
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content: Food
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content: Advertising
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gifts of McDonald’s Regional Training Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0324.02A
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0324.02A
label: accession number
content: 1991.0324
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ratchet gun, tartar sauce
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 cm x 29 cm; 7 15/32 in x 11 13/32 in