Date:  Wed, 6 Dec 1995 14:50:57 -0500

From:  Ronald Butters <amspeech[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ACPUB.DUKE.EDU>

Subject: Re: AUTOMAT



On Fri, 24 Nov 1995, Allan M. Siegal wrote:



>     Yes, and apologies. I had the timing wrong in my earlier post. The last

> Automat, at Lexington and 42d, closed in 1990. The Horn & Hardart Company

> has since changed its name, too. I discovered my date error soon after

> posting, but neglected to correct myself. Thanks.

> --

> Allan M. Siegal

> Assistant Managing Editor

> The New York Times

>

On the early history of automats, see George Chauncey's WONDERFUL book,

GAY NEW YORK: GENDER, URBAN CULTURE, AND THE MAKING OF THE GAY MALE

WORLD, 1890-1940. The automats, by the way (he indicates), were popular

meeting places for gay men in the 1920s and 1930s.