Eggs, lightbulbs, and whiskey at the touch of a button.
For his latest piece at Collectors Weekly, Hunter Oatman-Stanford spoke to filmmaker Lisa Hurwitz about the Horn & Hardart chain of cafeterias and automats. Despite being limited to Philadelphia and…
Looks like the Automat used by Marlo Thomas in "That Girl" - she bought a bowl of hot water and tried to make tomato soup by adding ketchup.
I grew up in the South, so I have no first-hand knowledge of dropping a coin into an automat slot, sliding open the door and retrieving a pot pie or piece of cake.
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A new restaurant called Eatsa opened up a few years back in downtown San Francisco It was designed to be a high-tech affair where people order on iPads and then retrieve food out of a cubby. Instead of placing an order with a waiter or someone behind a counter, customers were directed to punch it in
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Manufactured by Franke & Heidecke, Braunschweig, Germany Model: c. 1947, Type K4B2 = Model 3, (produced between 1945-1949) all Rolleiflex Automat produced between 1937-1956 according to Rolleiclub TLR film camera, film: 120 roll (B2), picture size 6x6cm Taking lens: Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 75mm f/3,5 filter size: Bayonet I, serial no.1987202 Franke & Heidecke Braunschweig engravings under taking lens Aperture: f/3.5 - f/22 setting: via a thumb wheel between the lenses, scale in the small indicator window, on top of the lens plate Finder lens: Heidoscop Anastigmat f/2,8 75mm Focus range: 0.85-20m +inf Focusing: matte glass screen, via a big knob on the left side of the camera, w/ distance and DOF scales Viewfinder: waist level finder, opens by a latch on the back, w/ magnifying loop and sports eye level magnifier. For using the latter, there is a reflector in the hood and opens by a small knob on the left side of the finder, Shutter: Compur - Rapid, speeds: 1 - 1/250 +T & B, setting: via a thumb wheel between the lenses, scale in the small indicator window, on top of the lens plate Cocking lever: also winds the film, on the right side, with auto double exposure prevention, you must return the lever to its resting position after the cocking for making the next cocking Shutter release: on the left lower front corner of the camera, w/ a locking cap Cable release socket: on the right lower front corner of the camera Frame counter: auto reset, above the winding lever, not works without the film in the camera Self-timer: on the left upper corner of the camera Back cover: hinged, also removable with bottom plate by latches on the sides, w/ exposure guide table, opens by a latch on the bottom of the camera Film loading: insert the take-up spool into the upper side by pulling-out the knob right upper side of the camera, then insert the film into the lower side, move the film leader under the chrome cylinder and pull and insert to the take-up spool; close the cover and turn the cocking lever untill number 1 seen in the frame counter window Tripod socket: 3/8''; Strap lugs Body: metal; Weight: 928g Engravings beneath the Rolleiflex logo: D.R.P. and serial no.1079399 (D.R.P. means Deutsches Reichs Patent stating that this design or part of it was patented sometime between 1890-1945) The camera could be used with Rolleikin I to use 35mm film or with the special glass plate film adapter. More info: Rolleiclub in Rollei.org in Camerapedia in Camerapedia in Wikipedia Photos by the camera
Horn & Hardart Automat, any of a chain of cafeterias in New York City and Philadelphia opened by Joseph V. Horn and Frank Hardart, where low-priced prepared food and beverages were obtained, especially from coin-operated compartments. Horn and Hardart opened their first lunchroom in Philadelphia in 1888, and ten years later they incorporated the business as a commissary and catering service. In 1902 they opened their first Automat at 818 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, employing “waiterless restaurant” equipment that they had imported from Berlin (where a local “Automat” restaurant had proved successful). The first New York City Horn & Hardart
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