Card No. 9

The answers

1. Since 1912

   Horn & Hardart's coin-op Automat restaurants in New York

   Done for 1991

   The last one, at 42nd Street and Third Avenue, closed April 9, 1991. In the 1940s and 50s, over 50 of them in New York served 350,000 people a day.

2. Since 1945

   The Slinky, made at a factory in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania

   Still going

   Slinkys are made in Hollidaysburg, about 3 million a year. The metal ones come off the same 11 machines built for the job in 1945.

3. Since 1866

   Vernors, a ginger ale from Detroit

   Still going

   Vernors is made by Keurig Dr Pepper. The story says it was aged in oak barrels during the Civil War, but trademark filings suggest it went on sale around 1880.

4. Since 2001

   The Segway PT, a two-wheeled self-balancing scooter

   Done for 2020

   Segway said in June 2020 it would stop making the PT. Only about 140,000 were ever sold, and by the end it brought in 1.5 percent of the company's profit.

5. Since 2005

   Club Penguin, Disney's online game world for kids

   Done for 2017

   Club Penguin shut its servers on March 30, 2017, after passing 200 million accounts. Disney had paid about $351 million for it in 2007.