Description: Check it out...Here's a classic original 10" wide by 8" tall B&W glossy prototype photo from the Circa-1970 very first full year of the Long John Silvers restaurant chain (Opened in 1969)- The photo features the image of the famed 1st generation sea shanty style restaurant with the sign out front reading: "Long John Silver's Sea Food Shoppe" on front & is blank on back-These would have been sent out by the headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky to prospective franchisees back in the day- Photo is in great condition with only light wear from normal use and age- A great item ready for display or use! How many of these survived? Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 4.95 postage is required. Circa-1970 Long John Silver's FIRST YEARS Prototype 8x10 glossy photo VINTAGE--- Click images to enlarge Description Check it out...Here's a classic original 10" wide by 8" tall B&W glossy prototype photo from the Circa-1970 very first full year of the Long John Silvers restaurant chain (Opened in 1969)- The photo features the image of the famed 1st generation sea shanty style restaurant with the sign out front reading: "Long John Silver's Sea Food Shoppe" on front & is blank on back-These would have been sent out by the headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky to prospective franchisees back in the day- Photo is in great condition with only light wear from normal use and age- A great item ready for display or use! How many of these survived? Here's some history on the restaurant chain: Long John Silver's LLC (also formerly known as Long John Silver's Seafood Shop and sometimes abbreviated as LJS) is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in seafood. The brand's name is derived from the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, in which the pirate "Long John" Silver is one of the main characters. Formerly a division of Yum! Brands, Inc., the company was divested to a group of franchisees in September 2011, and is now 80% franchise owned. The first restaurant was opened on August 18, 1969, in Lexington, Kentucky. The original location, on 301 Southland Drive just off Nicholasville Road, was previously a seafood carry out restaurant named the Cape Codder. The original Cape Codder concrete block building was redesigned by Architect Druce Henn, who created the New England style of LJS's early chain restaurants. That original location is now a styling salon. Earlier restaurants were known for their Cape Cod style buildings, blue roofs with square cupolas, wood benches/tables, lobster pots, and ship's wheels. Later, more nautically themed decorations were added such as seats made to look like nautical flags. Those early restaurants also featured separate entrance and exit doors, a corridor like waiting line area, deep fryer with food heaters that were transparent so customers could see the food waiting to be served, and wrought iron 'sword' door handles. A major exterior theme of these buildings had dock like walkways lined with pilings and thick ropes. Somewhat newer restaurants retained the basic structural design and theme but eliminated most of the interior features. Its parent company, Jerrico was taken private in 1989 through a highly leveraged management buyout, and one year later the other restaurant concepts were divested in order to focus on Long John Silver's. After struggling for the next several years under its heavy debt load, Jerrico Inc. filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1998. In September 1999, A&W announced to acquire the chain out of bankruptcy, as a result a new company called Yorkshire Global Restaurants has been formed. In 2000, Yorkshire Global Restaurants agreed to test multi branded locations with Louisville, Kentucky based Tricon Global, owner of the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell chains. The parent company of LJS and A&W, Yorkshire was acquired by Tricon Global and Tricon was renamed to Yum! Brands, Inc in 2002, but by January 2011 Yum! announced it was looking for a buyer for its Long John Silver’s and A&W All-American Restaurants divisions, citing poor sales and a desire to transfer more of its focus to international expansion. In September 2011, Yum! announced the impending sale of Long John Silver's to LJS Partners LLC – a group consisting of franchisees and other private investors. In March 2015, James O'Reilly, who had previously worked for KFC (another Yum! Brands holding), was appointed as the CEO. He stated that he expected the chain to maintain its 1,132 stores, refocus its marketing following negative press about the fat and sodium content of the menu (see below), and looked to the possibility of future expansion. On May 22, 2018, Long John Silver's announced the acquisition of seventy six franchised restaurants primarily owned by ServUS located primarily in Indiana, as well as renovating its restaurants. Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 4.95 postage is required. Payment We accept Paypal payments. Shipping We will try and combine shipping on multiple purchases wherever possible. Please e-mail us with auction item numbers before sending payment. However, if the items are heavy or require special packing / tracking, the postal rates might not be significantly reduced. We no longer ship overseas first class mail. We will only ship Internationally by Priority Mail, and that starts at $30.00. 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Price: 11.99 USD
Location: Noblesville, Indiana
End Time: 2025-01-04T12:59:02.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.95 USD
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