Valentine Diner

A Valentine Diner was a prefabricated mail order small diner produced in Wichita, Kansas after the Great Depression.

[1] The concept was created by Arthur Valentine in the 1930s, who had experience operating lunch rooms.

[2] Originally the diners were manufactured by the Ablah Hotel Supply Company.

[3] After World War II and the implementation of the Interstate Highway System in the U.S. in the late 1950s, prefabricated diners saw a boom in business as motorists took to the roads in greater numbers for longer journeys and would stop for a meal.

[5] At least twelve different Valentine Diners styles were produced.