Kasper's Hot Dogs 1997

Description:
Interior, The Original Kasper's Hot Dogs, 4521 Telegraph Avenue, Temescal district, Oakland, Calif. Shown: Harry Yaglijian, Jr

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Date of Document:
1997

Document Author:
Jeff Norman

Geographic Location:
4521 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, Calif.

Context:
Original Kasper's Hot Dogs was founded in Oakland in 1929 by Armenian-born Kasper Koojoolian. In 1943, he relocated the business to a former gas station at 4521 Telegraph Avenue, at the gore of Shattuck Avenue and Telegraph Avenue where the two streets converge. After Kasper Koojoolian died, in 1946, his son-in-law, Harry Yaglijian, who for years had been employed as a gemcutter, took over the business. Eventually, Harry s son, Little Harry, began helping out at Kasper's. In 1997, the younger Harry assumed management of Kasper's, and ran it until 2002, when he closed it for major repairs."The Price of a hot dog in 1950 was 20 cents." [Ray Raineri note]This photograph was expressly taken to match the scene of an earlier photograph. See Kasper's Hot Dogs 1950