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Today we’re talking about diners, cafeterias, and Automats: the missing piece in modern eating. If you’ve cooked in a small old apartment kitchen, you might ask, how did everyone cook all their meals here. The answer: maybe they didn’t. Horn & Hardart Automats and diners historically are a big part of city eating. What else comes up in the video? IKEA, Celebrate the Century stamps, horses, and a splash of Gilmore Girls.
If you want to learn about the history of your NYC apartment, check out my video: • Find the history of yo...
See 1940s NYC Tax Photos here: nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/se...
Found menus and discussion of the Automat here: theautomat.com/
The documentary: The Automat directed by Lisa Hurwitz
All diner information came from The Evolution of the American Diner by Cassidy Nemick: scalar.usc.edu/works/the-evol...
NYTimes article More Than Coffee: New York’s Vanishing Diner Culture by George Blecher: www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/ny...
100 Years of U.S Consumer Spending by the U.S. Department of Labor: www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/...
If you want to learn more about Celebrate the Century stamps Stampman did a great video explaining it: • Celebrate the Century