Oral history interview with Wanda L. Krueger, 1980 November 13

This oral history interview with Wanda Lee Krueger was conducted by Curtis Johnson on November 13, 1980, at Krueger's home in Portland, Oregon. The interview was conducted as part of the Drive-in Restaurants of Portland Oral History Project, a series of interviews that Johnson conducted about the history of Portland drive-ins, with a particular emphasis on Tik-Tok and Yaw's Top Notch.

In this interview, Krueger discusses working as a car-hop at drive-in restaurants around Oregon. She names the many drive-ins she worked at and talks about why she preferred working as a carhop. She describes her work as a carhop at Yaw's Top Notch in Portland, Oregon, from 1966 until 1978. She speaks at length about interacting with customers, her co-workers, and the hazards she faced on the job. She discusses the popularity of Yaw's Top Notch, their menu, and the decline of drive-ins. She talks about problems with customers, about tipping, and about the uniforms at Yaw's. She closes the interview by revisiting the topics of interacting with customers and coworkers, the many drive-ins she worked at around Oregon, and the reasons she preferred working as a carhop.