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TO CONTENTS
luly,1940
THE COIN MACHINE REVIEW-For the wrong that
needs resistance: for the cause that lacks assistance;
for the future in the distance, and the good that it
can do!
A Ha lf Century of Electric Lamps..............................
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Scarback ........................................................................ 13
LOS ANGELES
A Re negade Swordfish that lived to aven ge an
old w rong. A true "Out-of-the-In d ustry" fea ture
by J. Charles Davis.
JEAN MINTHORNE
2920 West Pico Boulevard
PArkway 1179
How A Phonograph Record Is Made........................ 24
Luxurious Quarters Opened by Art Novelty .......... 26
SAN FRANCISCO
REX VENDING COMPANY
759 Ellis Street
Why Music Operators Welcome Wired Music ...... 30
Helpful Hints on Vending .. .... .................................... 41
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OAKLAND
GEORGE A. MILLER
436 East 18th Street
SAN DIEGO
A. J. FOX COMPANY
235 West F Street
PORTLAND
COAST AMUSEMENT COMPANY
1932 West Burnside
Broadway 1517
SEATTLE
NORTHWEST SALES
3144 Elliott Avenue
Garfield 0460
SPOKANE
STANDARD SALES COMPANY
177 South Post Street
Maine 4904
Around the Country....................................................
Philadelphia (56th Edition) ........................................
Off the Record................................................................
New York (53rd Edition) ............................................
Automatic Music ..........................................................
Record Score Sheet......................................................
Sheet Music Best Sellers............................................
Songs Most Played on the Air.. ........ ..........................
Pictorially Speaking ....................................................
Pacific Northwest (55th Edition) ................................
Modern Merchandising ..............................................
Los Angeles ..................................................................
Patents and Trade Marks ..........................................
San Francisco ................................................. .............
Kansas City (56th Edition) ..........................................
St. Louis (51st Edition) ................................................
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REVIEW
DISTRICT MANAGER
GEORGE MURDOCK
Hotel Ritz
Los Angeles
California
Yve tte Longwood, winner of "Most Perfect Shape" contes ts a t
more than a dozen West Coast Beaches, b eli eves in a pproach-
ing the ocean cautiously . This u n usual photo, ta ken n ear
Sa nta Monica, C alifornia, is b y Orville Logan Snider, n a tion-
ally famous color p hotographer fo r Lib e rty magazine and a
score of other n a tion al ma gazines.
The COIN MACHINE REVIEW for July, 1940. Vol. 8, No. I. Published monthly at lllS Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, Califor-
nia. Fitzroy 8269. PauJ W. Blackford, editor and publisher. Entered as Second Class Matter July 23, 1936, at the Post Office at
Los Angeles, Calif., under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $1.00 for 1 year or 3 years for $2.00. 25c per copy.
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