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Thursday, September 17, 2009
An Ivar's sign is hoisted out of Puget Sound on August 21, 2009. Ivar's President Bob Donegan says that Seattle author Paul Dorpat is writing a book about Ivar Haglund. In his research, Dorpat found maps of Puget Sound that indicated various locations of possible underwater billboards. Donegan acknowledged rumors of Haglund being a forward thinker and believed submarines to be a viable mode of travel. These billboards would advertise Ivar's restaurants for such travelers. Divers have been inspecting the sites marked on the rediscovered maps in Haglund's archives and will.
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