Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2022.190.1562 |
Collection |
Hawks, Bob |
Object Name |
Negative, Sheet Film |
Date |
circa 1950 |
Photographer |
Hawks, Bob |
Description |
Black & white sheet film negative measuring 5" x 4" and depicting the kitchen in Borden's Restaurant, located at 305 South Boulder Avenue, Tulsa, OK, circa 1950. The restaurant opened for business on June 8, 1949 with a dining room that accomodated fifty-two customers. Brothers Richard F. "Dick" Borden and Leroy R. Borden owned the restaurant. The brothers opened their first restaurant in Tulsa on June 24, 1935 in a building measuring eight feet by twelve feet located at 707 South Cincinnati Avenue. They called this first restaurant F & F Lunch. In later years, the brothers operated a suscessful chain of restaurants in Tulsa named Borden's Cafe, Borden's Grill, Borden's Restaurant, and Borden's Cafeteria. These locations included the following: 207 North Denver Avenue, 617 South Main Street, 518 South Boston Avenue, 305 South Boston Avenue, 101 East 3rd Street, 2315 East Admiral, 2615 East 11th Street, 1107 South Harvard Avenue, and 3115 South Harvard Avenue. |
Search Terms |
Borden's Cafe & Restaurant kitchens restaurants South Boulder Avenue |
Place |
Tulsa, OK |