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  • Business partners James K. Dobbs and Horace Hull

    Business partners James K. Dobbs and...

  • James K. Dobbs and business partner Horace Hull posing with Henry and Edsel Ford. Dobbs was the first national dealership chain with 60 total dealerships from Hawaii to Puerto Rico.

    James K. Dobbs and business partner...

  • Dobbs family members pose in front of awards recognizing the Dobbs cattle business.

    Dobbs family members pose in front of...

  • A Dobbs House advertisement showing off the company

    A Dobbs House advertisement showing off...

  • A flyer recognizes 20 years of running Ford dealerships. Dobbs was at one point the highest volume Ford dealer nationwide with over 5% of all Fords sold in the world.

    A flyer recognizes 20 years of running...

  • The front of a Dobbs House menu

    The front of a Dobbs House menu

  • A Dobbs House airport snack bar flyer.

    A Dobbs House airport snack bar flyer.

  • James K. Dobbs (third from right) and associates board a flight

    James K. Dobbs (third from right) and...

  • The Dobbs House airline catering business started when James K. Dobbs volunteered to serve food to other passengers while a stewardess was sick. The company would grow to become the largest independent airline catering service in the world and was publically traded on the NYSE.

    The Dobbs House airline catering...

  • The Dobbs House Board of Directors. Dobbs House restaurants pioneered the incentive-based pay system for store managers. The strategy worked and Dobbs House regularly outsold nearby competitors by attracting better talent.

    The Dobbs House Board of Directors....

  • A fleet of Dobbs House trucks preparing to make daily deliveries.

    A fleet of Dobbs House trucks preparing...

  • A Dobbs House map showing locations in 190 cities in 38 states and Puerto Rico.

    A Dobbs House map showing locations in...

  • A salesman shows off a new Ford model in the showroom of a Hull-Dobbs dealership.

    A salesman shows off a new Ford model in...

  • A Dobbs House menu after the company had expanded to snack bars, airline catering, gift shops, restaurants, airport lounges, and motel restaurants.

    A Dobbs House menu after the company had...

  • A Dobbs House menu

    A Dobbs House menu

  • A Dobbs House menu. Note the hand-written customer review declaring the apple pie to be

    A Dobbs House menu. Note the...

  • A Dobbs House Luau menu

    A Dobbs House Luau menu

  • A Dobbs House truck declares the company the

    A Dobbs House truck declares the company...

  • Dobbs House proved so successful that the company eventually acquired its competitor Toddle House. The company expanded into airline catering and was held by the family for almost three decades.

    Dobbs House proved so successful that...

  • A Dobbs International loading a British Airways supersonic Concorde jet.

    A Dobbs International loading a British...

  • A menu from a Dobbs House restaurant in Memphis.

    A menu from a Dobbs House restaurant in...

  • Dobbs International was sold to Beech Nut and merged with Gate Gourmet in 1999.

    Dobbs International was sold to Beech...

  • Dobbs House Luau menus

    Dobbs House Luau menus

  • Dobbs International is responsible for the modern in-flight food and beverage service.

    Dobbs International is responsible for...

  • Dobbs House Luau menus

    Dobbs House Luau menus

  • An early Hull-Dobbs Ford Dealership. The Dobbs family would remain in the car dealership business for 78 years.

    An early Hull-Dobbs Ford Dealership. The...

  • Dobbs International was traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker DOB.

    Dobbs International was traded on the...

  • A Hull-Dobbs House restaurant

    A Hull-Dobbs House restaurant

  • A Hull-Dobbs Ford dealership in Memphis, TN

    A Hull-Dobbs Ford dealership in Memphis,...

  • A flyer for the Hull-Dobbs cattle business

    A flyer for the Hull-Dobbs cattle...

  • Dobbs House was so successful that it acquired its competitor Toddle House.

    Dobbs House was so successful that it...

  • A Dobbs House owned Toddle House restaurant.

    A Dobbs House owned Toddle House...

  • A fleet of Dobbs House trucks in Newark, NJ

    A fleet of Dobbs House trucks in Newark,...

  • A Dobbs International employee loads food for an American Airlines flight. Dobbs International grew into one of the largest global airline catering and food service businesses in the world.

    A Dobbs International employee loads...

  • The front of a Dobbs house Luau menu. Dobbs House Luau was a Polynesian concept with 10 locations across the United States.

    The front of a Dobbs house Luau menu....

  • A flyer for a sales drive at a Memphis Hull-Dobbs Ford dealership

    A flyer for a sales drive at a Memphis...