QUONSET DRIVE-IN - Revision history

Randylyon at 17:02, 26 November 2018

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	[[Image:quonset.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|1951 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]QUONSET DRIVE-IN. The 1951 and 1955 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 3380 Central. The manager was Ray Dolter. Dolter had returned to his hometown after operating a grocery store in Milwaukee in the mid-1940s. He chose the location because of the traffic from the battery factory, railroad yard, [[MELODY MILL]] and the [[JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS]].		[[Image:quonset.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|1951 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]
			[[Image:quonset2.png\|left\|thumb\|300px\|Photo courtesy:https://www.facebook.com/ykyguidiiyr/]] QUONSET DRIVE-IN. The 1951 and 1955 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed 3380 Central. The manager was Ray Dolter. Dolter had returned to his hometown after operating a grocery store in Milwaukee in the mid-1940s. He chose the location because of the traffic from the battery factory, railroad yard, [[MELODY MILL]] and the [[JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS]].

	The building was actually a Quonset hut converted into a restaurant with inside and outside service. Dolter made his own hamburgers, hand-dipped onion rings, coleslaw, root beer, doughnuts and hand-packed ice cream with fresh strawberries and peaches. His marketing included being one of the few drive-ins in Dubuque with car-hops on roller skates.		The building was actually a Quonset hut converted into a restaurant with inside and outside service. Dolter made his own hamburgers, hand-dipped onion rings, coleslaw, root beer, doughnuts and hand-packed ice cream with fresh strawberries and peaches. His marketing included being one of the few drive-ins in Dubuque with car-hops on roller skates.
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	Day, Mike. "The Golden Age of Drive-Ins," Telegraph Herald, June 24, 2012		Day, Mike. "The Golden Age of Drive-Ins," '''Telegraph Herald''', June 24, 2012

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Randylyon at 18:08, 27 July 2012

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	The building was actually a Quonset hut converted into a restaurant with inside and outside service. Dolter made his own hamburgers, hand-dipped onion rings, coleslaw, root beer, doughnuts and hand-packed ice cream with fresh strawberries and peaches. His marketing included being one of the few drive-ins in Dubuque with car-hops on roller skates.		The building was actually a Quonset hut converted into a restaurant with inside and outside service. Dolter made his own hamburgers, hand-dipped onion rings, coleslaw, root beer, doughnuts and hand-packed ice cream with fresh strawberries and peaches. His marketing included being one of the few drive-ins in Dubuque with car-hops on roller skates.

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			Day, Mike. "The Golden Age of Drive-Ins," Telegraph Herald, June 24, 2012

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Randylyon at 18:06, 27 July 2012

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	[[Image:quonset.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|1951 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]QUONSET DRIVE-IN. The 1951 and 1955 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 3380 Central. The manager was Ray Dolter.		[[Image:quonset.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|1951 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]QUONSET DRIVE-IN. The 1951 and 1955 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 3380 Central. The manager was Ray Dolter. Dolter had returned to his hometown after operating a grocery store in Milwaukee in the mid-1940s. He chose the location because of the traffic from the battery factory, railroad yard, [[MELODY MILL]] and the [[JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS]].

			The building was actually a Quonset hut converted into a restaurant with inside and outside service. Dolter made his own hamburgers, hand-dipped onion rings, coleslaw, root beer, doughnuts and hand-packed ice cream with fresh strawberries and peaches. His marketing included being one of the few drive-ins in Dubuque with car-hops on roller skates.

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Randylyon at 01:55, 8 May 2012

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	[[Image:quonset.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|1951 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]QUONSET DRIVE-IN. The 1951 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 3380 Central.		[[Image:quonset.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|1951 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]QUONSET DRIVE-IN. The 1951 and 1955 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 3380 Central. The manager was Ray Dolter.

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Randylyon at 05:22, 30 November 2011

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	QUONSET DRIVE-IN. The 1951 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 3380 Central.		[[Image:quonset.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|1951 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]QUONSET DRIVE-IN. The 1951 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 3380 Central.

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Randylyon: New page: QUONSET DRIVE-IN. The 1951 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 3380 Central. Category: Restaurant

2011-11-30T05:03:11Z

New page: QUONSET DRIVE-IN. The 1951 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 3380 Central. Category: Restaurant

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QUONSET DRIVE-IN. The 1951 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 3380 Central.

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