Horn & Hardart, USA, 1944 00Ocean but now closed

but now closed

dimes and quarters so children could have an arithmetic lesson at the same time they were eating

the agency responsible for preserving food supplies for troops fighting in World War I

It was a roadside barbecue restaurant unlike any other: Its patrons could drive up

and thoroughly wholesome

Horn & Hardart, USA, 1944 00Ocean but now closedJoseph Horn and Frank Hardart, who introduced the idea of food vending machines to America, started in the restaurant business in 1888 when they opened a 15 stool luncheonette in Philadelphia. Inspired by Automat restaurants in Berlin, the businessmen opened their first automat in 1902 in Philadelphia. Women called nickel throwers exchanged larger coins and bills for customers who were instructed to drop five cent pieces into slots, turn chrome plated