Co-founder of Alta Dena Dairy dies at 88
Posted: 10 Aug 2006 18:22
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Harold Stueve, the last of three brothers who in 1945 founded Alta Dena Dairy and soon introduced the drive-through dairies that endure on the Southern California landscape, has died. He was 88.
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The trademark drive-throughs debuted in 1951, three years after In-N-Out Burger opened its first drive-through window. The company called the stores "cash and carries," an idea that "really took off," Stueve told The Times in 1989.
"My dad saw that in California, cars were becoming more and more important," Keefe said. "He thought it would be a good service to give people a place to get their basics without having to get out of their cars."
Today, 82 independently owned Alta Dena drive-throughs remain open.