McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food restaurant chain. Founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California, the com
McDonald's headquarters in Chicago, Illinois
The oldest operating McDonald's restaurant is the third one built, opened in 1953 in Downey, California
An American McDonald's in Franklin, North Carolina, in 2024; it is an example of the "new" look of American McDonald's restaurants
French fries, a soft drink, McSpicy Chicken Fillet, and tomato ketchup packet
The Golden Arches are the symbol of McDonald's, the global fast-food restaurant chain. Originally, real arches were part of the restaurant design. They were incorporated into the chain's logo in 1962,
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…franchisees. The McDonald brothers introduced their streamlined food-production system, later known as the Speedee Service System, during the 1940s. The Golden Arches design was introduced in 1953. Businessman Ray Kroc became a McDonald's franchise agent in 1955 and opened a restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois. He…
The stylized "M" Golden Arches appear in a 1964 ad in the Morning Call newspaper of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
A McDonald's in Canada with Golden Arches featuring a maple leaf
Turquoise Golden Arches at a McDonald's in Sedona, Arizona