Harry Snyder introduces California's first drive-thru hamburger stand in a space barely square feet at Francisquito and Garvey in Baldwin Park. Every day before dawn, Harry visits the meat and produce markets to pick out fresh ingredients, which he prepares by hand.
Meanwhile, his wife Esther diligently takes care of all the accounting for the new restaurant at their home right around the corner. Working in his garage at night after long days of cooking burgers, Harry pursues his vision of enabling guests to order and receive their meals without leaving their cars. The introduction of his unique two-way speaker box lets In-N-Out offer true drive-thru service worthy of its name. Inspired by their new logo, In-N-Out Associates adopt the sayings, "The arrow points to pride" and "We all work under the same arrow.
Fountain service replaces bottles! A 12 oz. The first Animal Style burger is created in response to customer requests. To prepare your burger Animal Style, we mustard-cook the beef patty and add your choice of hand-leafed lettuce and tomato, plus we add pickle, extra spread and grilled onions.
At first, Harry takes the brown wax paper used to package his bakery buns and creates hand-cut lap mats for guests who choose to eat in their cars. Then he has an even better idea. Switching to pink butcher paper makes dining even more appealing on the bench seats common to cars of the time. Always committed to giving customers what they ask for, In-N-Out hangs a store banner early in inviting guests to "Try a Double-Double.
A new facility dedicated to providing increasing numbers of guests with traditional In-N-Out quality begins operations using the freshest ingredients available.
