Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Horn & Hardart Co.
2. Horn & Hardart Baking Co.

Description

1. 15 linear ft. (37 boxes, 3 volumes).

Summary

1. The collection is a selection of records of the Horn & Hardart Co. of New York and its parent company, the Horn & Hardart Baking Co. of Philadelphia.

Subject

1. Restaurants > New York (State) > New York
2. Horn & Hardart Baking Co
3. Food service--New York City
4. Photographs
5. Ephemera
6. Horn & Hardart Co
7. Food presentation

Genre/Form

1. Ephemera.
2. Photographs.

Call number

1. MssCol 448

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Source (note)

1. Byrnes, Robert F.

Biography (note)

1. Robert F. Byrnes, the donor of the collection, spent his entire sixty-three-year career with Horn & Hardart, a company whose name is synonymous with automats.

Processing action (note)

1. Catalogued

Author

1. Byrnes, Robert F., collector.

Title

1. Robert F. Byrnes collection of automat memorabilia, 1912-1990s bulk (1940-1960s).

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Biography

1. Robert F. Byrnes, the donor of the collection, spent his entire sixty-three-year career with Horn & Hardart, a company whose name is synonymous with automats. Automats were economically-priced restaurants that dispensed servings of food through coin- or token-operated machinery. In 1902, Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart opened the first Automat in the United States, in Philadelphia. Byrnes began working for the company as an office boy. He became Controller of the company in 1953, and his ascent in management continued in subsequent years to the positions of Treasurer and Vice President. He retired as Executive Vice President of Horn & Hardart Co., New York, in 1988. Byrnes died in 2000.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Horn & Hardart Co.
2. Horn & Hardart Baking Co.

Research call number

1. MssCol 448