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Issue: 1953 January 15

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Progress
by
PAUL W. BLACKFORD
The 1953 DIRECTORY AND SOURCE BOOK of the Coin Machine Industry marks
another year of 'I remendous growth and development. Particularly outstanding have
been the advances in vending. Materials shortages have curtailed the manufacture
of equipment to a considerable degree but despite this stumbling block the growth
and development has been constant and healthy.
At the present time it is estimated that vending machines are selling over a
billion dollars worth of products per year in the United States. While this is still
less than one per cent of the total retail sales, it does represent about 20 per cent
of all the cigarette sales in the country, 16 per cent of the total candy bar volume.
These are big chunks, and the vending industry also scored spectacular gains in
sales of hot coffee and cup beverages .
. In the years 1950 and 1951, vended cup beverages climbed from $59,000,000 to
$81,000,000 in sales. Where there were 1,400,000 vending machines in operation
in 1947, in 1951 there were 2,743,107. Some 250,000 new machines were put into
operation during 1951 alone. The growth of the music branch of the Industry
has been equally noteworthy with a current est'imate of 400,000 automatic phono-
graphs in operation in the nation today. Add to this the several th.ousand bar and
counter boxes, auxiliary speakers, etc., and the aggregate total invested in automatic
music reaches staggering proportions. Trend has been toward more records until
present phonographs offer from 80 to 120 selections for patrons to choose from.
Enlarged programs have provided a definite impetus to music sales and grosses
have spiraled accordingly.
On the supply side, this new Directory lists 1249 firms that manufacture some type
of coin-operated machine, or parts and accessories. This compares with a total of
1242 in the 1952 Directory, and 1109 firms in the 1951 book. Also are listed 540
firms that offer merchandise supplies to the automatic vending trade. This compares
with 520 firms in last year's Directory and 480 such firms in the 1951 book.
The list of firms distributing coin-operated machines and equipment in the present
Directory contains 1234 names. In 1952 this list numbered 1245.
Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-three is a year of great promise for the continued
growth of the Coin Machine Industry. The harmonious factors and various associa-
tions actively engaged in building goodwill and public acceptance have accom-
plished tremendous results and amplified programs for 1953 indicate a continuance
of these worthwhile efforts.
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1953 SOURCE BOOK
MASTE.R LIST
of
MANUFACTURERS & ·SUPPLIERS
This list inc ludes all of the man u fa cturers a nd supplie rs of e qu ipm e n t listed u nder the vario us c lassif ications
st arti ng on pa g e 19. Phone numbe rs a re listed fo llowi ng add resses, when su ppl ied.
Key to symbols: ~presi d e n t, vp-vice-presi de nt, s-secre tary, t-treasurer, s-t-sec reta ry-
treas urer, gm--genera l manag e r, sm-sa les mana ger.
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A. & A. co., INC ., 1133 South Ave., Plainfield,
N. J., PL 6-2378. Alfred Mingione, p; Vincent
Mingione, t; Andrew Mingione, s.
A. & A. SILK SCREEN PRINTING CO. , INC ., 21
Suffolk St., New York 2, N. Y. GRamercy 7 -7372.
Harry San, sm; Stanley Spiegel, prod. mgr.
AB AUTOMATER, Rasundavagen , 4, Hagalund,
Sweden.
A. B. C. NOVELTY CO., 3724 Riverside Ave., Mun·
cie, Ind.
ABC POPCORN CO ., INC. , 3441 West North Ave.,
Chicago 47, III. DI 2-3375 . W. H. Beaudot, p;
H. C. Beaudot, s-t.
A. B. T. MFG. CORP., 715-23 N. Kedzie Ave.,
Chicago 12, III. Van Buren 6-3440. W. A.
Patzer, p; R. L. Budde, sm.
AMI, INC., 1500 Union Ave., S. E., Grand Rapids 2,
Mich . 3-3633. John W. Haddock, p; H. H.
Vanderzee, vp; M. B. Cavanagh, t; Wm. E.
FitzGerald, sm; J . A. Stewart, asst. sm .
ABBEY MFG. CO., 5553 Easton Ave., St . Louis 12,
Mo. RO 62 15. Morris Meyers; Fred W. Holm ;
M. J . La Rue, gm .
ABBOTT COIN COUNTER CO., 143rd St. & Wales
Ave., New York 54, N. Y. MEL 5-8065.
ACE HIGH PRODUCTS, 1811 S. Fourteenth St., St.
Louis 4, Mo. CE 2960. A. Gehrung.
ACE PREMIUM SALES, 3198 N. Milwaukee Ave.,
Chicago, III. ARmitage 6-4262. Ralph Sheffield.
ACIFORM CORP., GYRO-LATOR DIV., 1057 W.
Grand, Ch icago 22, III. MOnroe 6-2595. John
Werner, p; Miriam Harvard, s.
ACME SALES CO. , 505 W. 42nd St., New York 18,
N. Y. LOngacre 3-4138-9. Sam Sacks, p; Henry
Meyerson, sm.
ACME VENDING MACHINE CO., 1890 W. Wash.
Blvd., Los Angeles 7, Calif . Lew E. Feldman;
Robt. G. Feldman .
ADAMS-CAMPBELL CO., LTD., 1734 S. Los An-
geles, Los Angeles, Calif. PR 5433.
ADVANCE MACHINE CO., 4641 Ravenswood Ave.,
Chicago 40, III. LOngbeach 1-6910-1 1.
ADVERGUM, 125 Hubbard St. , Chicago 10, III.
ADVERTISING DISPLAYS, INC., 419 -423 Pike St.,
Covington, Ky. CO 0207 and CO 9909. W. E.
DeCoursey, p; E. Dominick, s.
ADVERTISING POSTERS CO. , 1500 N. Halsted, Chi -
cago 22, III.
AETNA SUPPLY, INC., Arlington Heights, III.
AGRESS NUT & SEED CO., Third St. at Th ird Ave.,
Brooklyn 15, N. Y. MAin 4-3213 .
1953 SOURCE BOOK
AIRCRAFT SERVICE CONS., 1702 Summit St., Toledo
11, O. Howard T. Ailor.
ALCO-DEREE CO. , 4300 N. California Ave. , Chicago
18 , III . CO 7-1000. Wm. S. Deree, p.
ALD, INC ., 3406 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, III.
Dlversey 8-3874. L. C. Strite, p ; Frank E. Ross,
gm.; Robt. P. Bailey, sm.
HARRY ALEXANDER CORP. , 220 Madison Ave.,
New York, N. Y. Harry Alexander .
ALL-COIN, 74 Madrone Ave'., San Francisco 27,
. Calif.
ALLIANCE MFG. CO., La ke Pa rk Blvd. , Alliance, O.
R. F. Doyle, p ; John Bent ia , sm.
ALLIED COIN MACHINE CO ., 766 Milwaukee Ave .,
Chicago, III. MO 6-2110. Col. L: Lewis, adm .;
Maurice Bayer, sm.
ALLIED LATEX CORP. , 101 W. 3 1st St., New York
1, N. Y. H. G. Strauss, p; I. Lippman, vp; H. J.
Landay, sm .
ALLIED VENDING SERVICE, 1567 Fulton Ave., New
York, N. Y. Edwa rd Lerne r.
ALNIK CO. , Box 617, Gallup, N. M. E. A. Gallegos.
ALPHA DIST. CO., 1025 N. Highland Ave., Holly-
wood 38, Calif. HO 9-4118 . Wm. E. Simmons,
pa ; I. I. Landsman, pa; Geri Hazeltine, s-t.
AMERICAN BULK CONFS. , INC. , 4934 Beeman
Ave., Dallas 10, Tex. VI 6006. Ish Kimbriel, p.
AMERICAN CHEWING PROD. CORP., 138 Mt.
Pleasant Ave., Newark 4, N. J . HU 3-2458.
A. D. Schaeffer, p; Martin J. Schaeffer, vp.
AMERICAN CHICLE CO. , 30-30 Thomson Ave., Long
Is land City 1, N. Y.
AMERICAN CITRUS CORP ., 333 N. Michigan Ave.,
Chicago 1, III. FI 6-0078. J. C. Webb, p; David
Blough , asst. p; . E. E. Tobin, s-t.
AMERICAN COIN LOCK CO., INC. , 453 Cottage St.,
Pawtucket, R. I.
AMERICAN DECALCOMANIA CO ., 4334 W. Fifth
Ave., Chicago 24, III.
AMERICAN HOME FOODS, INC., 22 E. 40th St.,
New York 16, N. Y.
AMERICAN LOCKER CO ., INC., 211 Congress St.,
Boston, Mass.
AMERICAN NATIONAL DI SPENSING CO., Fourth
St. and Cannon Ave., Lansdale, Pa . LAnsdale
4675 . Leroy M. Lewis, Sr., p-t; Leroy M. Lewis,
Jr., vp asst., t; R. G. Wheeler, s. .
AMERICAN PISTACHIO CORP. , 111 Reade St ., New
York 13, N. Y. WOrth 2-2595. F. Coussa, p.
AMERICAN SCALE MFG. CO., 3206 Grace St., N. W.,
Washington 7, D. C.
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