Automatic Age

Issue: 1927 January

T he
A u t o m a t i c A ge
New York Arcade
Sets Pace
When, in New York, you must pay
a visit to the Penny Arcade owned
operated by Cohen & Rinzler.
'-s worih your time. Y ou will see
a splendid array o f automatic ma­
chines o f all types. Athletic ma­
rin es, machines of skill, mutoscopes,
^iriusement machines that are full of
Merest and many others.
Joe Cohen is an old timer in the
usiness. He worked fo r Zukor in
^ose far off halycon days o f 1903-
4,-’05. He can tell you some migh­
ty interesting things about the in-
ustry. F or instance, he can tell
how many of the famous movie
actors— those old ones that we know
j;0 well, such as Mary Pickford and
Gish sisters, and many others of
. 1e old timers, got their start by act-
with the Biograph Company
Y °u will remember that in the old
da ys the Biograph Company put out
1’eal interesting thrillers in the
Mutoscopes.
, All information about the arcade
_ Usiness shows one just how closely
bed the moving picture industry is
j^° 't. it shows quite definitely just
0xv the moving picture industry
jfrew out o f this penny arcade indus-
It shows all through in such an
bvious manner that one is surprised.
For instance D. W. Griffith was a
di ^ctor-actor fo r the Biograph Com-
a^y. Look at the enviable position
. lat he now holds in the movie
0l'ld. It is interesting to note the
^rnber o f great show people who
^ Ve had their start in the business
r°Ugh the Biograph Company.
. A n d now, there is an ever grow ­
S interest in the penny arcade
p*in. Just prior to the great world
> av this interest started to grow,
has grown steadily and naturally
d is continuing in the same man-
It is gaining rapidly the favor
hich it lost when the Nicolodean
into style. W hy? Because it
^°i'ds amusement at a very low
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cost.
Max Schaffer runs a mighty fine
Arcade down at 42nd at 7th Avenue,
in New York City. Mr. Schaffer is
President o f the Penny Arcade Own­
ers’ Association. He operates three
Arcades in New York and two in
Luna Park, Coney Island. His part­
ner is Mr. William F. Schork.
To show the volume o f business
that must be done in these arcades
it might interest the reader to know
that they, Mr. Schaffer and Mr.
Schork, pay $18,000.00 a year rent in
one place, and in another where they
have a .museum in connection with
their arcade they pay $40,000.00.
Surely there could be no better dem­
onstration o f how much the arcade
business pays.
A Necessity
A U T O M A T IC A G E :
Please find enclosed check fo r $1.00
in payment fo r my subscription re­
newal to the A U T O M A TIC AGE.
I
wish to congratulate you on
your success during the past year in
editing this magazine. Its adver­
tisements and editorials are o f great
interest and a benefit to all the sub­
scribers. I trust that the follow ing
year will be equally successful in
this venture which has grown to be
a necessity in so short a while.
With the Season’s Greetings, I am
Yours truly,
J. W. B R A W N E R ,
814 C Street, S. W.,
Washington, D. C.
Would Not Be Without
A U T O M A T IC A G E :
Enclosed find check for $1.00 for
subscription to the Automatic A ge
fo r year 1927. This magazine we
would not be without. Also change
the address to 106 E. 3rd street,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
R. L. B O W M A N & CO.
106 E. 3rd St.,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
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F O R SA LE — Specialty pistol target
gum venders $10.00 each, Pistol
targets $5.00 each, Advance No. 11
peanut $5.00 each, Honey Dew pea­
nut $5.00, Gatter Bowling A lley Gum
Vender $10.00, Exhibit Lucky Ball
$5.00, Klean Kloth dime vender $3.50,
(new) Mint Lax 5c venders (new)
$5.00 each.. Slab Gum and Chocolate
venders (new) $2.50 each. No junk
on this list. Send fo r samples 25%
deposit or 5 % fo r cash in advance.
W e guarantee satisfaction.
Will
trade any o f above on post card ven­
ders. Triangle Novelty Co., 10609
Sandusky Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
J
H A V E F ifty Blue Bird Penny Ball
Gum Target Practice machines.
All in perfect condition. Will sell at
$12.50 each. Will consider trade o f
Mills Target Practice or Blue Birds
fo r the new A.B.T. Pistol machines.
Mills Sales Co., 407 49th St., Oak­
land, Calif.
J
B A R G A IN S — 10 nickel machines fo r
numbered ball gum.
Cannot be
told from new, $3.00. Globe, $1.25
extra. Capacity 1200 balls. Can't
operate here. 10 Columbus Peanut
machines, repainted,
mechanically
perfect, $5.00 each. Outdoor Univer-
sals without coin devices, $6.00 each,
while they last. One-third with or­
der. Don’t wr>te unless you mean
business. H. T'. Ponta, 13603 St|
Aubin Ave., Detroit, Mich.
O P E R A T O R S A T T E N T IO N — Can
furnish you metal stands fo r all
make bell machines. Stands are
electric welded and can not shake
loose from use, are also constructed
so machine can be bolted to stand
which saves jarring and bumping.
Send $4.00 fo r sample. Have new
and used machines o f all kinds,
mints, safes, repair parts. Will buy,
sell, or lease machines. Send fo r
catalog. Automatic Sales Co., 2372
Lawrence Ave., Toledo, Ohio.
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W A N T E D — Two used hand wind
Gabel Entertainer p h o n o g r a p h s ;
must be in good condition and right
price.
T. M. Madden, Virginia*
Minn.
A T T E N T IO N — Slot Machine Opera­
tors— I have one hundred MiHs
and Jennings Automatic Counter
venders in storage at St. Louis, Mo-
(a) I offer them fo r sale, or
(b) I a.m willing to rent them to re­
sponsible operators fo r a nonH'
nal sum per week fo r each ma­
chine, or
(c) Will go 50-50 on profits.
.
All operators interested in any oi
these propositions are invited to gec
in touch with me by early mail.
O. Miller, 79 N. 3rd Ave., Canton,
FOR SALE — Match vending ma­
chines $3.00 each. Never out ox
original carton. Holds 50 boxes
matches which costs 50 cents a gross.
Machine is made o f pressed steel
and is slug proof. Is made to he
used as wall or counter machine-
Nat. Arnold 1746 East 13th Sk>
Brooklyn, New York.
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M OD EL B 1-2-3 Ball gum ma­
chines, new, in original cartons.
$12.00 each. 50 Model B 1-2-3 Bali
gum machines, slightly used, $7.0
each, good as new. 40 Duoscop^
Picture Machines, look like new, peJ'
feet condition, $12.00 each. 50 A d'
vance Climax No. 10 Peanut ma­
chines, slightly used, perfect condi­
tion, $5.00 each. 30 one-minute Tii'e
Changers, new, a wonderful bargain
$4.00 each, either high pressure or
balloon type, we can supply both. *
Green Concert Selector Radio (jv
tubes, new, $50.00, in perfect condi­
tion. 50 Ideal Post Card V en ders
good as new, perfect condition, woi’*f
fine, $10.00 each (wood case.)
Picture Co., 2409 Washington St.*
Boston, Mass.
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