Horn & Hardart, USA, 1944 Clark's including set dinners written in

including set dinners written in French

popular at the turn of the last century

and lacked modern amenities such as en-suite bathrooms

One of its quirky attractions was 'cockroach racing

Horn & Hardart, USA, 1944 Clark's including set dinners written inJoseph 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