Wedding Anniversary Portrait of Mabel and Alvin A. Dunivent, 1929
THF98363 / Wedding Anniversary Portrait of Mabel and Alvin A. Dunivent, 1929
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Artifact Overview
White Castle System developed fast food restaurants known for cleanliness, quality, and customer service starting in the 1920s. The company also provided motivated staff opportunity for managerial positions. Alvin "Don" Dunivent started cooking hamburgers at one of the eating houses in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1927. This job led him to a career as a regional supervisor in St. Louis, Missouri.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1929
Subject Date
1929
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.55.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Steven and Brandy Lindsey.
Dimensions
Height: 9.5 in
Width: 6.75 in
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articleFlipping Burgers into a Career
Learn how Alvin “Don” Dunivent of Missouri made a career at the "White Castle System of Eating Houses Corporation," now known as White Castle. from the 1920s through the 1950s.