Lorraine Diehl and Marianne Hardart

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Lorraine Diehl and Marianne Hardart, great-granddaughter of Automat co-founder Frank Hardart, trace the history of one of America’s most beloved institutions on its 100th anniversary, The Automat: The History Recipes and Allure of Horn and Hardart’s Masterpiece.
Check out The Automat exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York. And to hear the segment "Last Day at the Automat" produced by David Isay for Sound Portraits go to www.soundportraits.org

Music: Alloy Orchestra "Lonesome" tracks 10, 11

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