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Pizza Hut Started With a $600 Loan from A Mom In Wichita

January 16, 2019  |  Jonathan Bender  |  1 min read

Pizza Hut Origin Story - Illustrated by Max Dlabick. Graphic novel depiction of Dan and Frank Carney's starting the first Pizza Hut in Wichita, Kansas in 1958.

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