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Waldorf Luncheon Showcases Slot Machine Vending Food
In the Waldorf Astoria Ba silson Room a row of seven vending machines offered soups hot dishes salads sandwiches milk ice cream and cookies. Robert Wagstaff of Vendo explained the devices while guests joked about basements stocked with meals and thieves trying to cheat the machines.
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