The following images are from Jeffrey Tennyson's  Hamburger Heaven, New York: Hyperion, 1993.

In 1907  "Hamburger Gene" McInturff began selling hamburgers for a nickel apiece.

. White Castle coined the term "fast food" hamburger and  urged consumers to "Buy them by the sack".

Nicknames

Steak n Shake, founded in Normal. Il in 1934 (where Monical’s Pizza is on Main St),  was one of the first drive in restaurants

"Let’s eat Out," McDonald’s 1965 marketing campaign.

"Home of the Whopper"

Burger Chef expansion plan, 1967

The burger as an important sociocultural icon