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Automatic Age

Issue: 1927 March

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The Autom atic Age
THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE OF THE VENDING MACHINE
INDUSTRY
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY
T H E L IG H T N E R P U B L IS H IN G CO RPO RA TIO N
0. C. L IG H T N E R , President
H A R V E Y C A RR, Managing Editor
Official Organ: Chicago Vending Machine Operators’ Association
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There Will Be
Two Features Next Year
at the convention and exposi­
tion in Chicago number one of which i s : The A U T O M A T IC A G E
will give a trophy fo r the best machine of any kind shown fo r the
first time at the convention. The choice will be made through a
poll taken at the convention from among the operators present.
It would have been hard to have made a decision of the best
machine during the N ew York convention. A s they say, a good
little man can never lick a good heavy man, and for that reason
the Chester-Pollard Football machine m ight be given .the trophy
ju st because it was a large machine. However, an equally clever
machine was the Alb Race Horse ball gum machine. These two
machines really created a sensation.
The ten-cent photograph
machine was shown one day during the convention, but that ma­
chine has hardly been worked out on as practical a basis as the
other two machines.
In making a decision one of the principal things to be considered
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|s the practicability of the machine. There have been machines
Evented which theoretically were sensational but thoroughly im ­
practical from the operators’ standpoint. Both the machines men­
tioned above were thoroughly tested and tried machines. A close
third would be the A . B. T. Bulls-Eye Target Skill machine. There
Were other good machines which should be given honorable men­
tion. Am ong them was the Advance candy vendor or Vendola;
dr>d the Gold Bond ball gum machine. In fact when one comes to
^in k about it the manufacturers nearly all had something good
to show, and naturally each manufacturer thought his machine
was the best. W e mention the machines above without prejudice
to anyone, particularly the target skill machine which had a num­
ber of good competitors but were, of course, built along slightly
different lines, and for different purposes. The gum vending
target machines shown were splendid fo r their class.
It will be interesting next year when the A U T O M A T IC A G E
trophy is given to hear the concensus of opinion; not one m an’s
°Pinion, but the general opinion of all the operators present. In
Polling the convention next year we will ask the operators fo r first,
Second and third choice, together with others they wish to give
for honorable mention.
The Second Interesting
feature of the Convention
next year will be the award­
ing of a trophy by T H E A U T O M A T IC A G E to the best, cleanest
and most progressive operator in the United States. W e are going
t° decide on this honor by personal observation, by conversation
^ith his fellow operators, and by his dealings with the manufac­
turers. These trophies probably will be awarded in the form of
a silver or gold cup, and they will carry with them a unique dis­
tinction in the vending machine business in the United States.
A t the recent convention banquet in New Y ork the toastmaster
designated F. C. Prange, as in his opinion, the best, cleanest, and
^ o st capable operator in the United States. This is quite a signal
honor and should be passed on each year through a general con­
census of opinion. Mr. Prange is First Vice-President of the N a­
tional Vending Machine Operators’ Association.
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