Photos show what it was really like to eat at McDonald's in the 1950s

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Photos show what it was really like to eat at McDonald's in the 1950s

The first official McDonald's franchise opened on April 15, 1955, in Des Plaines, Illinois.REUTERS/Jim Young The first McDonald's franchise restaurant opened in Des Plaines, Illinois, in 1955. When the first McDonald's restaurant opened, the menu only had nine items. A McDonald's museum was later opened to show visitors what the restaurant was like in the '50s. The McDonald brothers, Richard and Maurice "Mac" McDonald, launched their burger rest…