Society Sights (June 2023)

June’s “Then and Now Image” shows the location for the A&W Rootbeer Stand. This stood on the corner of Dewey and Linden, on the northwest corner. Here, families could order their own burger, just for them. For instance, in the 1950s and 1960s, A&W offered “The Burger Family”: Papa Burger, Mama Burger, Teen Burger, and a Baby Burger. Papa Burger (a double meat burger with mustard, pickle, onion, lettuce) would be .70 cents; Mama’s (single burger with mustard, pickle, onion, lettuce), would be .50 cents.A Teen Burger (a single burger with mustard, pickle, onion, lettuce, and bacon) would run .65 cents; and a Baby Burger (single burger with mustard or catsup and pickle) would be .30 cents. To add cheese to a burger would add another .10 cents.