Horn & Hardart, USA, 1944 Clark's One of its quirky attractions

One of its quirky attractions was 'cockroach racing

including set dinners written in French

Led by Guatemalan-born Celso Hurtado

and lacked modern amenities such as en-suite bathrooms

roadside restaurants and hotels

Horn & Hardart, USA, 1944 Clark's One of its quirky attractionsJoseph 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