Automatic Age

the a u t o m a t i c a g e
Vol.
No. 5
CHICAGO, DECEMBER, 1927
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Several new coin-operated de-
^ ces, both amusement and ser-
^ce variety, made debuts at the
^tional Association of Am use-
? ent Parks convention at the
• St. evens Hotel, Chicago, Novem-
er 28 to December 3. Most of
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devices, won a large silver cup
for having the best accessory
supply exhibit. Mr. P. C. Smith
and several assistants were kept
busy during the three days of
the convention demonstrating
their array of machines. Nearly
Prize-winning
display for
best accessory
exhibit won
by Exhibit
Supply Co.
Note trophy
at right of
picture.
^ese have been just recently
Perfected and some are not on
^ e market as yet. The exhibits
° f coin-operated devices were
^ade to further call the atten­
tion of amusement park owners
to the greater possibilities of
these new penny arcades and
amusement devices
and
the
^eed for same in their parks.
The Exhibit Supply Company,
occupying three booths and ex­
hibiting 53 arcades and other
© international Arcade Museum
fifteen new arcades and other
amusement devices were shown
for the first time by the com­
pany. The remainder of the
display was made up of regular
Exhibit Supply Co. machines
and some obtained through the
buying out of the Gatter Nov­
elty Company of Philadelphia.
An automatic coin-controlled
rifle range was one of the really
outstanding features of the huge
exhibit which, in all, occupied
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