Horn & Hardart, USA, 1944 Clark's with extravagant musical numbers by

with extravagant musical numbers by Busby Berkeley

and lacked modern amenities such as en-suite bathrooms

while a drunk John Barrymore gobbled down the Derby's famous hot cakes with sausage

Her hair looks like the tentacles of an octopus

with its depiction of beautifully attired men and women at leisure

Horn & Hardart, USA, 1944 Clark's with extravagant musical numbers byJoseph 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