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D130510-6
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- 1961 (Creation)
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ca. 1961. It must have been a warm spring day in 1961, as convertible tops were down and teens in shorts enjoyed refreshing drinks at the Jack Frost Co. Port-O-Unit drive-in restaurant. The small wooden building, 10 x 30 feet and 8 feet tall, had a flat roof with a jolly rotound figure in clear view. A dollar would have gone a long way to buy fries, hot dogs, hamburgers and cold drinks. Jack Frost Co. was believed to be the first manufacturer of portable drive-in restaurants in the country. These restaurants could be moved easily to any potential business site. All plumbing and wiring were concealed in the walls and flooring; previously drive-ins had expensive plumbing and wiring in the cement floor slab, making removal of the structures an expensive proposition. Photograph ordered by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. (TNT 2-15-61, D-9) TPL-8267
Jack Frost Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Eating & drinking--Tacoma--1960-1970; Drive-in restaurants;