Here's a photo I took of Don's Hamburger stand in 1959 while waiting for my Mom to pick me up from Horace Mann. 22¢ burgers, 49¢ pizzas, 25¢ tacos, and 4 large shrimp for a number of pennies that ends in a 4.  In the background I see Hand Packed Carnation ice cream -- 42¢ a pint, 83¢ a quart and $1.10 for a half-gallon.  If you couldn't eat a half-gallon you could get a cone for 15¢.

That is ME, walking in the photo of Don’s — Sandi Shaw Pagni '64

Another great photo. Yes I remember that corner well. It is 54th Street and El Cajon Blvd. My Grandma lived on 54th St and my 87 year old Mom even remembers Don's Hamburgers. She says we ate there often. 22 cents for a burger. I think we still have some cheap fast food burgers around, but can't eat them anymore! Angela Maisano Avitt ‘70

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Apparently it was originally Don's Hand Out Drive In, according to this ad from the August 18, 1953 Evening Tribune.  Perhaps handing a burger out the window was a new concept.  What, they were only hiring men?  I wonder when Horace Mann opened?  I'll bet it was around 1953.

From the March 10, 1961 Evening Tribune