Chow Down On The NYPL's New Lunch Hour NYC Exhibit - Photo Gallery

Chow Down On The NYPL's New Lunch Hour NYC Exhibit

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An NYC lunch venue in 1942.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division.

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The entrance to the Lunch Hour NYC gallery — <p>The entrance to the Lunch Hour NYC gallery<br/></p>
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Metal hot dog carts? Invented in NYC (and made by the guy in that video!). — <p>Metal hot dog carts? Invented in NYC (and made by the guy in that video!).<br/></p>
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Berenice Abbott, Hot Dog Stand, West St. and North Moore, Manhattan in 1936. — <p>Berenice Abbott, Hot Dog Stand, West St. and North Moore, Manhattan in 1936. <br/></p>
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They have a heck of a fun collection of lunch boxes at the show. — <p>They have a heck of a fun collection of lunch boxes at the show.<br/></p>
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Our favorite? The Exciting World of Metrics! — <p>Our favorite? The Exciting World of Metrics!<br/></p>
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Boys eating lunch at PS 40 in 1919. — <p>Boys eating lunch at PS 40 in 1919.<br/></p>
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The real one will be outside — The real one will be outside
Jonathan Blanc

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Restored Automat machines, along with a Berenice Abbott photograph of an Automat in 1937. Now instead of food the Automat has recipes. — <p>Restored Automat machines, along with a Berenice Abbott photograph of an Automat in 1937. Now instead of food the Automat has recipes.<br/></p>
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These used to be found in luncheonettes. You'd pick your soup and the server would simply open it, pour it into one of the pitchers below and heat it up on the spot. — <p>These used to be found in luncheonettes. You'd pick your soup and the server would simply open it, pour it into one of the pitchers below and heat it up on the spot.<br/></p>
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