by David Krell | Mar 18, 2017 | David Krell
Once upon a decade—the one that introduced Elvis Presley, car tail fins, and McDonald’s franchises—a ballplayer blessed with speed, grace, and athleticism rivaling Orsippus’s climbed to the apex of baseball, popular culture, and media. The year was 1951....
by David Krell | Jun 24, 2012 | David Krell
Ray Kroc must have felt like the 19th century prospectors that struck gold when he fulfilled an order by Dick and Mac McDonald in 1954 for eight multi-mixers. They were milkshake machines that could make five milkshakes at a time. It happened in San Bernardino,...