This Day in History

 June 9, 1902:

 

Joe Horn and Frank Hardart open the Automat at 818 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia.  It's America's first coin-operated cafeteria.

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 ("automat" comes from the Greek automatos, meaning "self-acting.")


 

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