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Debbie Dahms working at Dick's Drive-In, Seattle, March 25, 1986
Order an ImageDick Spady (1923-2016) and two partners opened their first Dick’s Drive-In Restaurant on 45th Street in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood on January 28, 1954. The drive-in focused on hamburgers, french fries, and milkshakes. By 1974, there were five Dick’s Drive-Ins, with an Edmonds drive-in added in 2011.
Here, Dick's employee Debbie Dahms serves a customer during her after-school shift. Spady was an unusual employer. He paid his employees well over minimum wage, provided 100% health insurance coverage even to part-timers, and also provided scholarship funds. Spady was also a generous supporter of community causes.
Caption information source: "Dick's Drive-In begins serving Seattle hamburgers on January 28, 1954," by Priscilla Long, HistoryLink.org Essay 3489.
Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
Here, Dick's employee Debbie Dahms serves a customer during her after-school shift. Spady was an unusual employer. He paid his employees well over minimum wage, provided 100% health insurance coverage even to part-timers, and also provided scholarship funds. Spady was also a generous supporter of community causes.
Caption information source: "Dick's Drive-In begins serving Seattle hamburgers on January 28, 1954," by Priscilla Long, HistoryLink.org Essay 3489.
Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number: 2000.107.185.19.03
Date: 1986
Creator(s):
Bainter, Mike, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 6.5 x 9.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.185.19.03, photo by Mike Bainter
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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