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A garage in Palo Alto held the beginnings of Hewlett-Packard. A shop on Bentonville’s town square was a step toward Walmart. These photos show the modest places where well-known companies took shape, from early workshops to first storefronts. The captions identify surviving originals, later locations, and reconstructions.

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HP Garage
HP Garage: Palo Alto, California The small garage behind the house is where Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard worked on early…
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Steve Jobs’s Family Garage
Steve Jobs’s Family Garage: Los Altos, California The garage door beside the house marks the address associated with…
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Google’s Menlo Park Garage
Google’s Menlo Park Garage: Menlo Park, California A garage in a residential neighborhood became Google’s first office in…
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Original Starbucks
Original Starbucks: Seattle, Washington The old brown siren logo marks this wood-and-glass storefront in Pike Place Market…
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Oldest McDonald's restaurant
Oldest McDonald's restaurant: Downey, California The slanted roof, yellow arches, and roadside Speedee sign date to an…
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Walton’s 5&10
Walton’s 5&10: Bentonville, Arkansas The Walton’s 5&10 storefront faces Bentonville’s town square. Sam Walton opened the…
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Wright Cycle Company Shop
Wright Cycle Company Shop: Dayton, Ohio The two-story brick storefront housed the Wright brothers’ bicycle and printing…
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Harley-Davidson’s First Shed Replica
Harley-Davidson’s First Shed Replica: Milwaukee, Wisconsin The wooden shed on the Harley-Davidson Museum campus is a…
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First IKEA Store
First IKEA Store: Älmhult, Sweden The building in this photo houses the IKEA Museum. In 1958, Ingvar Kamprad opened IKEA’s…
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Daimler’s Garden House
Daimler’s Garden House: Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart, Germany A greenhouse in Gottlieb Daimler’s garden became a workshop…
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Early Nintendo Headquarters
Early Nintendo Headquarters: Kyoto, Japan This Kyoto building served as an early Nintendo headquarters in the company’s…
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Ole Kirk Kristiansen’s House
Ole Kirk Kristiansen’s House: Billund, Denmark The house belonged to the carpenter whose joinery business became LEGO. Ole…
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Disney Brothers Studio
Disney Brothers Studio: Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California The studio staff stand at the Kingswell Avenue storefront that…
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Ben & Jerry’s First Scoop Shop
Ben & Jerry’s First Scoop Shop: Burlington, Vermont Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened their first scoop shop in a…
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First Walmart Discount City
First Walmart Discount City: Rogers, Arkansas The broad storefront and Discount City sign belong to the first Walmart…
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Harland Sanders Café
Harland Sanders Café: Corbin, Kentucky The steep gables and red awnings mark the roadside café where Harland Sanders served…
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First In-N-Out Burger Stand Replica
First In-N-Out Burger Stand Replica: Baldwin Park, California The tiny stand has a service window and a drive-up lane under…
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Bradham’s Pharmacy, Birthplace of Pepsi
Bradham’s Pharmacy, Birthplace of Pepsi: New Bern, North Carolina The blue awning identifies the corner where Caleb Bradham…

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