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English: Postcard: An automat in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1904 postmark

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  • Caption on front of postcard, left side: "Largest Automatic Restaurant in the World, 818-820 Chestnut St., Philada., Pa."
  • Caption on front of postcard, right side: "THE AUTOMAT — DRAWING COFFEE"
  • Message: "More fun than a / barrel of monkeys! / Had dinner here. / Maude
  • Web page shows opposite side of postcard with postmark from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January _0 (10? 20? 30?), 1904, addressed to Miss Amanda Brown, Newport, Penna. Box 171
  • On opposite side: "PRIVATE MAILING CARD" printed in large letters on the top; one-cent, green Benjamin Franklin stamp
Date circa 1904
date QS:P,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source: eBay store Web page

http://cgi.ebay.com/AUTOMAT-Interior-on-Chestnut-Str-PHILADELPHIA-PA-1904_W0QQitemZ120153847625QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120153847625
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This work was published before January 1, 1929 and it is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the public domain in the United States as well as countries and areas where the copyright terms of anonymous or pseudonymous works are 95 years or fewer since publication.

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02:54, 22 August 2007 543 × 851 (99,660 bytes) w:en:Noroton (talk | contribs) Postcard: An automat in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], 1904 postmark Description: * Caption on front of postcard, left side: "Largest Automatic Restaurant in the World, 818-820 Chestnut St., Philada., Pa." * Caption on front of postcard, right side: "TH

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