Eat'n Park records 1956-1999 (bulk 1980-1999) [manuscript]

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Eat'n Park records 1956-1999 (bulk 1980-1999) [manuscript]

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The Eatn Park Records were brought together in preparation for the Eatn Park fiftieth anniversary exhibit at the Senator John Heinz History Center in 1999, which was titled, Eatn Parks Anniversary: Celebrating 50 Years of Smiles. The collection consists mainly of restaurant signs and menus; various employee and management records; newspaper clippings; and Share Your Smile cards, which were created to involve Eatn Park customers and employees in the fiftieth anniversary celebration.

3.0 linear ft.

Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Eat'n Park.

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Established by Larry Hatch in Pittsburgh in 1949, Eatn Park is a restaurant chain with locations in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. Hatch, an executive with the Isaly deli company, conceived Eatn Park as one of the first hamburger restaurants in the Pittsburgh area to be serviced by carhops. The restaurant name was a nod to the ubiquity of Park and Eat signs in the late 1940s. The phrase could not be trademarked, so Hatch decided to flip the expression and use Eatn Park. Today, the chain i...

Hatch, Larry

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Eat'n Park (Restauarant chain)

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