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THE ORIGINAL SIGN
The original sign from drive thru #1 is still on display if you know where to look. The following In-N-Out locations are the current store numbers 1 - 6. They are not quite the same as the original six.
001
3-IN-ONE. Three In-N-Out signs in one photo. Taken at the #2 Store-Number-One location, looking toward the #3 Store-Number-One location, across the site where the #1 Store-Number-One location is located. That store opened on October 22, 1948 and had to move to the #2 Store-Number-One Site in about 1954. The #3 Store-Number-One location opened very near to the original In-N-Out University location, which was torn down to make way for the current In-N-Out University complex. Confused yet? In April of 2011, In-N-Out demolished the #2 Store-Number-One, seen in this photo, reducing it to a pile of rubble. I was fortunate to be able to photograph this site before it was torn down.
002
The crossed palms are located at the rear of the number 2 store. Do you know the significance of the crossed Palms found at most In-N-Out locations? The original location for this #002 was just around the corner from it's current location. That previous location opened on 10-05-1959. This #2 is not the original In-N-Out #2.
003
The palms aren't crossed at Number 3, and this is not the first location for #3, either. This location opened as #3 on 2-23-1977. The previous #3 was located on Towne Avenue in Pomona and opened on 07-03-1962, and it was not the original #003. The Pomona #003 location was closed (reportedly due to robberies) and was reopened here.
004
004 Opened March 1st, 1951, across the street from this, it's current location. The original #004 suffered a fire and a new, second #004 location was opened on the south side of this street and to the east. I remember eating there with my father when I was very young. This, the 3rd incarnation of #004 is located on the same side of the street, further to the west, but still in the same general area as the two earlier #004's. Now, an update to all this. It's been recently brought to light that in the very early days this In-N-Out store was originally located on Valley Blvd., in El Monte.
005
This is the only In-N-Out of the first 6 stores to remain in it's original location, opening September 18, 1952. It currently is without it's sign (seen in this photo), which at the time of this writing was taken down to be refurbished.
006
Opened August 1, 1966 in the town where I grew up. This is NOT the first location for #6. The first #006 was located at 841 W. Foothill (Route 66) in Azusa, in the early 1950's. That original #006 location was in use as a drive-thru hamburger stand under a different name for many years. I ate there in the early 70's and it was the same building with double drive-thru lanes and the early-style 2-way speaker system as used in all the early In-N-Out locations.
IN-N-OUT #6 ORIGINAL LOCATION
This aerial photo of the Lucky Lager Brewery in Azusa shows the location of the original In-N-Out Number 6 location in the lower right side of the photo. Opened in 1952 at 841 W. Foothill Blvd., in Azusa, as referenced in the advertisement below..
EARLY IN-N-OUT ADVERTISEMENT
This early In-N-Out advertisement shows the location of 3 of the original 6 stores. None of these stores exist at these locations today.
001 SIGN
THE SIGN AT 001, LOCATION 2.
001 DRIVE-THRU
THE DRIVE-THRU LANES AT 001, LOCATION 2. DEMOLISHED, APRIL 2011.
THE ORIGINAL IN-N-OUT UNIVERSITY
This is the original In-N-Out University which opened on 12-7-1984. It was a classroom and instructional training facility attached to a traditional drive-thru that would open for limited hours, to train associates while serving actual customers.
IN-N-OUT 001 SITE#2 - UPDATE
IN-N-OUT is nearing completion, as of this writing (April 2013) of a replica of the original In-N-Out Drive-thru #1 which stood on land where the Interstate 10 Freeway was built just to the south and east of this location.
The Original Sign
The original sign has received a new shiny coat of gloss paint!
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Yahoo posted and article from answers.con about 10 things your didn't know about In and Out. They posted the first in and out as being torn down due to the pomona fwy (60) being built in 1954. Pomona freeway wasn't built until after 1964.... Kool stuff here on your Blog I really enjoyed reading this.
ReplyDeleteThanks. The original was where the 10 FWY now stands, not the 60, as you know. I have also finally learned the exact street addresses for 5 of the first 6 In-N-Out stores. I knew their general location, but now I have the exact address.
DeleteThe first 6 In-N-Out locations : #1 Baldwin Park (1948) #2 San Gabriel (1950) #3 Arcadia (1950) #4 El Monte (03-01-1951) #5 Pasadena (09-18-1952) #6 Azusa (1952).
Delete#1 was originally on Garvey Avenue. The 10 Freeway was built and they moved to the north side of the freeway. Later on they moved to the south side of the freeway at the current location.
#2 San Gabriel - 823 S. San Gabrial Avenue. This store went to partner Charles Noddin and is no longer there.
#3 Arcadia - 218 W. Huntington This store went to Charles Noddin and was later re-acquired by Harry Snyder. Then closed and moved to 420 north Santa Anita Avenue,
#4 was originally in El Monte and later was moved to San Bernardino Road in West Covina. This store was on the north side of the street and suffered a fire. It was opened on the south side of the street and east of it's location. Later it was moved back west across from it's original location, now on the south side of the street. 15610 San Bernardino Road,
#5 Pasadena The only store in it's original building and at it's original location. A 2-story building just south was added to house supplies and prep areas. The 2nd story on this building once housed a pool table, and Harry Snyder used to come to hang out and play pool.
#6 Azusa - 841 W. Foothill Blvd (Route 66). Opened in 1953. This location went to Charles Noddin when the partnership split up. Harry Snyder later opened the 2nd #6 on Azusa Avenue on 08-01-1966. Not very many people know about the first #6 Azusa location.