McDonald's Brown Bag
date: label: date made
content: 2002-06-18
notes: label: Description
content: This large brown paper bag with McDonald’s® golden arches advertising was copyrighted in 1995 by McDonald’s® Corporation. “Proud partner of [the Olympics]” appears on one side of the bag. The bag does not say “the Olympics” but rather has the 5 rings logo of the Olympics in its place. This bag was used to distribute McDonald’s® food products.
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
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content: Work and Industry: Retail and Marketing
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content: Food
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.3045.10
label: catalog number
content: 2012.3045.10
label: nonaccession number
content: 2012.3045
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bag
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 3/4 in x 11 5/8 in x 6 3/4 in; 42.545 cm x 29.5275 cm x 17.145 cm