Automatic Age

Issue: 1939 September

T h e
B e tte r th e
th e M o r e
M ills
Throne
T w e n t y r e c o rd s . S t a t io n a r y t u r n t a b le .
S p o t,
It W a n ts ”
of M usic
Has —
T w o m o t o r jo b : O n e f o r c h a n g in g r e c o r d ,
o t h e r f o r t u r n t a b le .
S in g le
c o in
s lo t, a c c e p ts
n ic k e ls , d im e s ,
T u r n t a b le h a s c o n s t a n t sp e e d m o t o r ; h o ld s
q u a r te r s . 9 9 .6 % s lu g - p r o o f.
c o n s ta n t sp e e d 90 t o
130 v o lts .
P i a n o k e y b o a r d se le c to r. W i d e w h it e key s
G r i l l e is 1 / 1 6 " steel. C h r o m e s t r ip o n b o t ­
g iv e a m p le r o o m f o r b ig fin g e rs .
t o m o f c a b in e t p re v e n ts m a r r in g c a b in e t .
C r y s ta l p i c k u p ; l o n g
n e e d le
and
re co rd
lif e . Less w e ig h t o n r e c o r d .
iv e J ty C o m p a n y
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The World’s First Coin Machine Magazine
AUTOM ATIC AGE
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
Vol. 16
No. 2
SEPTEM BER, 1939
Features in This Issue
Established 1925
Page
SORTING COINS W IT H THE ED IT O R
----- ------ 12
TEN YEARS AGO IN THE COIN M ACHINE
IN D U ST RY ------ --------------------- --------- H
O. C. L IG H T N E R
President
M AKE OPERATING YO U R CAREER. NOT
JUST A STEPPING STONE
By Arthur V. Cooley ------------------------- IS
FROM HORSE AND BUGGY DAGUERROSCOPE
TO THE MODERN P H O T O M A T IC ........ ............................ 16
A RE YOU GETTING THE MOST
FROM YO U R ROUTE?
By W. R. Greiner --------------------------- 17
CA RROLL E. V ETTERICK
Editor— Adv. Director
SHOP AND SHOWROOM
A News Review of New Coin Machine Products_22-23
SHOULD TOBACCO JOBBERS O P E R A T E ? --------- 27
MARTIN J. MRAZ
ASSOCIATION NEWS --------- ---- -------------- 33
Ass’t. Editor
FOR AMUSEMENT O N L Y .................................................... 40
W H O ’S W H O IN THE COIN M ACHIN E IN D U ST RY—51-82
ON THE R E C O R D ...... .................. ................ * ---------- 83
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YO U R PHONOGRAPH MAKES THE LOCATION
REA LLY YOU RS!
By Harold R. Perkins ------------------------ 85
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