Automatic Age

Issue: 1925 August

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the trade. A s an illustration, the
Universal V en din g C om pany operate
all o f the gum and peanut m achines
on the C h icago E levated platform s
and Mr. H all o f that con cern recen tly
told the w riter that at least seventy-
five percen t o f those bu yin g peanuts
and gum
fr o m th eir vending m a­
chines are repeat custom ers. T h ey
have fou n d to o that it pays to vend
quality m erchandise.
Mr. Jennings is n ow fo rty -e ig h t
years y ou n g and th irty years ag o he
was one o f the pion eer vending m a­
chine operators. H e know s the bus­
iness fro m all angles and
every
operator w ould do w ell to fo llo w his
advice on the v en din g o f qu ality m er­
chandise.
A New Picture M a­
chine that Gets
the Money
Operators have always wanted a
small drop picture machine that
Five S#t* of Pictures
Would rtand up and g et a steady play
all the year ’round.
The new P H O -
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T O S C O P E ju st put on the m arket b y
the E xh ibit Supply Com pany, 4222-30
W est Lake Street, C h icago, fills the
bill— it bristles with m on ey m aking
points.
E v ery practical featu re re­
quired by operators has been put into
this little m achine.
It is com pact,
sturdy, and w ell finished. T he display
sign is m ade especially attractive to
catch the (-ye and g e t the coins. T h e
P H O T O S C O P E is fitted w ith the
popu lar E x h ib it sliding slot w hich is
practically slug p r o o f and made either
fo r l c or 5c play. T o start the m a­
chine the player sim ply places a coin
in the slot and slides it forw ard. T he
m achine w ill then run a com plete set
o f pictures b efore stopping. A stron g
clock w ork provides the m otive pow er.
L ig h t enters the cabinet through one-
fou rth inch thick prism glass. A com ­
partm ent is provided f o r batteries i f
electric ligh t is required. The cash
box holds $15.00 in pennies and has
a stron g iron d oor with separate lock.
The P H O T O S C O P E on ly takes about
ten-inch square coun ter space.
T he main feature that will appeal
to operators is the fa c t that the
the P H O T O S C O P E is backed up by
the E x h ib it’s large, w onderfu l line o f
genuine ph oto stereo view s— Com ics,
A r t M odels, Bathers, kiddy pictures,
etc. T he E xh ibit people specialize in
the produ ction o f stereo view s and
have a b ig line to select from . The
machine holds five sets o f pictures
and the reel can be qu ick ly changed
from one m achine to another.
A
large descriptive circu lar illustrating
the P H O T O S C O P E and listing hun­
dreds o f rets o f pictures, will be
mailed all readers o f T he A u tom atic
A g e u pon request.
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The Automatic Age
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The New Organ
of the Industry
salutes the trade. W e have already, in the
preliminary work and preparation felt the impetus of a hearty
welcome.
W ith scarcely an exception the vending machine inter­
ests have pronounced themselves emphatically in favor of a mes­
senger to carry their news and information one to another. Every
trade of any consequence has its organ.
W hat would they do
without them ? Picture the electrical trade, the radio trade, the
steel and iron trade, the amusement trade, or any other without
a journal to portray and record its progress— where would it be?
Then if there is light in all other industries why should there be
darkness in ours?
To keep posted is vital, to keep a jum p ahead of the times is the
secret of success in this field, of all others.
There were many ways we thought of that we could be of service
to the trade through the A U T O M A T IC A G E , but it seems that
each man we have talked to had still another idea of how we could
help. Surely there are many and we are fa r from lazy. W e will
be springing to the task with all the resiliency that is in us. But
remember, this is your paper as well as ours. Do not hesitate to
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