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The Horn and Hardart Automat image

The Horn and Hardart Automat
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New York's first automat opened in 1912. It was operated by the Philadelphia-based food service company Horn & Hardart, who were the first non-Europeans to receive patented vending machines from Max Sielaff's Automat factory in Berlin.

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601 West 50th Street image

601 West 50th Street

Kohler + Campbell (Pianos 601 W. 50th St.)
610-618 West 50th Street image

610-618 West 50th Street

610-618 West 50th St. N.Y.C. 3:31 PM
610-618 West 50th Street image

610-618 West 50th Street

\#610 - 615 West 50 St. N.Y.C. View from N.W. looking S.E. 4:51 PM
699 Eleventh Avenue image

699 Eleventh Avenue

West 50th Street, south side, near 11th Avenue. Horn and Hardart Bakery.
699 Eleventh Avenue image

699 Eleventh Avenue

50th Street and 11th Avenue. Horn and Hardart Bakery, three compressors and cast iron gas meter.
699 Eleventh Avenue image

699 Eleventh Avenue

50th Street and 11th Avenue. Horn and Hardart Bakery, pressure meter, cast iron type.
601 West 50th Street image

601 West 50th Street

601 West 50th Street. Loft building.
699 Eleventh Avenue image

699 Eleventh Avenue

Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 50th Street (West) 11th Avenue, north from W. 50th Street. At the left is the manufacturing plant of the Gottfhied Baking Company. On the right, at the N. E. corner, is the Hanscom retail outlet for surplus baked goods. This structure is detailed in View 2. October 24, 1939 Views 1,2 P. L. Sperr
699 Eleventh Avenue image

699 Eleventh Avenue

Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 51st Street 691-99 Eleventh Avenue at S.W. corner of 51st Street, the new Gottfried Baking Company bakery, which replaces the old Horn & Hardart bakery which stood on the corner, as well as a two-story frame structure at 691 Eleventh Avenue. April 21, 1934. P. L. Sperr.
699 Eleventh Avenue image

699 Eleventh Avenue

Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 50th Street (West) 699-691 Eleventh Avenue, or 600 West 50th Street, at and adjoining the S.W. corner of 50th Street, showing the Horn & Hardart Bakery for the Automatic Cafeterias, as newly rebult. July 27, 1927. AAlbert Rothschild, photographer. Gift of F. P. Platt A Brother, architects.
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