{"product_id":"pasadena-headliner-pasadena-1950s","title":"Pasadena Headliner, Pasadena 1950s","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Headliner was an iconic chain of three restaurants that operated in the Pasadena area from 1945 till the mid-1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSo-called because the first was located on Colorado Blvd between the old Star-News Building and the Presbyterian Church, the red menu cover featured a newspaper boy standing on a stool, shouting out the day’s headline news and selling newspapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Headliner chain was partly owned by former WW1 veteran Clarence L Fischer, who operated another restaurant in Pasadena called Fischer’s, and it offered the usual plain American fare of the era – hamburgers, chili, pies and steak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIt also offered a Dine Out At Home service for those Americans who were glued to the-then state-of-the art entertainment system called television. A rarity during the 1940s, television (in black and white) became more accessible to the ordinary American in the 1950s and its popularity exploded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis was the era of programs such as I Love Lucy, Perry Mason, The Lone Ranger and Father Knows Best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Headliner pointed out that take-out was ‘the smart way to entertain drop-in guests or enjoy your favorite TV show.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn the 1960s, one of The Headliners became a JR Coffee Shop and another on Sierra Madre Boulevard is now called The Only Place in Town. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourtesy Private Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach order includes a print of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57491750977702,"sku":"cwq1790052134754","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57491751010470,"sku":"jmj1790052134755","price":20.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57491751043238,"sku":"yru1790052134756","price":25.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57491751076006,"sku":"dnv1790052134757","price":34.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57491751108774,"sku":"rjd1790052134758","price":64.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57491751141542,"sku":"obc1790052134759","price":87.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/pasadena-headliner-pasadena-1950s_1.webp?v=1790052145","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/pasadena-headliner-pasadena-1950s","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}