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Limited Edition Dick's Drive In T-shirts Adult Medium
$ 15.83
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Worn Dick's Drive-In t-shirts. All adult sized medium. Selling each one individually for . I have 5 orange 60th anniversary. 3 teal Marnier's. 3 green Seahawks, and 1 special 60th anniversary Seahawks shirt.Dick's Drive-In history:
In the summer of 1953, a then 29-year old Dick Spady, along with his two partners and co-founders, Warren Ghormley and "Tom" Thomas, defined their business goal as, "simply to serve fresh, high quality food at low prices with instant service." It was a model that continues to set the standard for fast-food even today. Yet, in 1953 not everyone thought it was a great idea. Bank executives told Dick he would never make a profit selling 19-cent burgers. But Dick saw the coming food revolution and what would soon become the American drive-in classics: 100% fresh beef burgers, hand-cut fries, and hand-whipped shakes.
On the morning of January 28th, 1954, the first
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Drive-In opened for business on N.E. 45th Street in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood, not far from the University of Washington. The new restaurant was a smash hit. And, despite having to close a few days later because of a big snowstorm, it was the beginning of a beautiful relationship as
Dick's
customers came back for more.
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Drive-In was part of an era of American innovation and youthful optimism. Bannister shattered the four-minute mile, Salk perfected the polio vaccine, Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature, rock-n-roll was born, and a young Elvis sang his first great hits.
Dick's
Drive-In quickly became THE place in Seattle to meet your friends, show off mom and dad's new car, or just trade pocket change for a quick bite to eat.