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San Bernardino in happier days
The original McDonald's restaurant was located downtown near U.S. Route 66 on a site that is now a McDonald's museum:
In 1940, brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald had moved the family hotdog stand from Monrovia to 1398 North E Street and opened McDonald's Bar-B-Que on May 15 with 25 menu items, mostly barbecue, and 20 carhops. It became a profitable teen hangout and in 1948, the brothers remodeled to implement their streamlined "Speedee Service System" selling only hamburgers, milkshakes, and fries. At 15 cents, the burgers were half as expensive as at standard diners and served immediately. In 1952 the brothers hired architect Stanley Meston to design a replacement stand with a more eye-catching appearance and began to franchise their restaurant. The first franchisee was Neil Fox.
The McDonald brothers sold the franchise to milkshake machine salesman Ray Kroc in 1955 and the rest is fast food history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_McDonald%27s
