Horn & Hardart
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Horn & Hardart was a food services company in the United States noted for operating the first food service automats in Philadelphia, New York City, and Baltimore. Horn & Hardart automats ushered in th
First Automat, 818–820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia (1904 postcard)
818 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, site of first U.S. Automat, with original Horn & Hardart sign still up in July 2020
Horn & Hardart postcard, circa 1930s
Automat in Times Square, circa 1939
Gump's
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Gump's is a luxury American home furnishings and home décor retailer, founded in 1861 in San Francisco, California. The company was acquired by the Chachas family in June 2019 and announced that it wo
Horn & Hardart
…closed on April 9, 1991. Horn & Hardart continued to own a catalog division; it renamed itself Hanover Direct in 1993. That year, the company bought Gump's; it sold it to an investment group in 2005. Hanover Direct purchased International Male in 1987 when founder Gene Burkard retired. In 1987, Horn…
Entrance to Gump's in San Francisco