MEMORIES OF THE HORN & HARDART AUTOMAT---VIA EPHEMERAL NEW YORK

How to eat at a New York City automat, according to the directions on a 1940s postcard

I was born too late to experience a Horn & Hardart Automat firsthand. But if I was around during the automat era—which peaked Midcentury and ended with the closure of the last Manhattan automat in 1991—I think I could get the hang of how to purchase food.

Still, maybe the Automat concept was a little puzzling to some people, especially out-of-towners visiting automats in Times Square, Herald Square, and other touristy hotspots.  READ AND SEE MORE AT How to eat at a New York City automat, according to the directions on a 1940s postcard | Ephemeral New York

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