Charles S. Greene Library

Historical marker location:

659 Fourteenth Street, Oakland, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Fourteenth Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, on the left when traveling west on Fourteenth Street.)

African-American Museum and Library at Oakland. Oakland Landmark Number 48.

The first McDonald's restaurant was opened in San Bernardino, California in 1940 by Richard and Maurice McDonald. The fast-food chain went on to become one of the most successful in the world.