nypl:

You’ll be able to see an actual Automat machine at our new exhibition, Lunch Hour NYC, opening June 22!!

apossiopeza:

Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan. by New York Public Library on Flickr.

Man takes pie out of Automat, stone counters and walls below metal and glass display.

Oh what a different time.

  1. alyda-keller reblogged this from apossiopeza
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  3. tertiumkid reblogged this from nypl and added:
    —- I do believe it’s the Strategic Pie Reserve!
  4. ryantee82 reblogged this from afinpassing and added:
    On the other side of the wall was a kitchen. These were like giant vending machines except everything was MUCH fresher...
  5. owenshill reblogged this from nypl and added:
    Automats are more awesome than…anything. I’d love...one in person! If you haven’t seen...
  6. iamcharlotteaddams reblogged this from nypl and added:
    It saddens me to live in a world without pie machines.
  7. minorjive reblogged this from amyphetamine and added:
    Yup, I remember automat machines…
  8. amyphetamine reblogged this from nypl and added:
    there were still a few of these around when i was a kid. the gadgetry was better than the pie.
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    Oh my god this opens on my birthday, perfect!
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  15. cityflyer502 reblogged this from nypl and added:
    Talk about a blast from the past. Read about it, heard about it, and now we’ve got a chance to see it.
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