Robert F. Byrnes Collection of Automat Memorabilia, 1912-1990s, bulk(1940-1960s).

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Robert F. Byrnes Collection of Automat Memorabilia, 1912-1990s, bulk(1940-1960s).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144651965

The collection is a selection of records of the Horn & Hardart Co. of New York and its parent company, the Horn & Hardart Baking Co. of Philadelphia.

17 linear ft. (31 boxes, 1 carton, 12 volumes)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6827200

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Byrnes, Robert F.

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Robert F. Byrnes, the donor of the collection, spent his entire sixty-three-year career with Horn & Hardart, a company whose name is synonymous with the Automats. Automats were economically-priced restaurants that dispensed servings of food through coin- or token-operated machinery. In 1902, Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart opened the first Automat in the United States, in Philadelphia. Byrnes began working for the company as an office boy. He became Controller of the c...

Horn & Hardart Baking Co.

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Horn & Hardart Co.

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