Automatic Age

Glorifying the
American Penny
The British Penny has us beat when it conies to value, but even at that the
American Penny has decidedly come into its own with the advent of penny
vending and amusement devices of all kinds in the automatic field. One would
scarcely think that the income from penny machines would amount to very
much, but just ask the operators who own them. Penny machines have estab­
lished themselves as basic machines in the vending machine industry, are not
bothered so much with the slug evil, and are generally considered the best
type o f machines for beginners to use in entering the operating business.
Many experienced operators find the penny machines so profitable that they
have hundreds of them on locations, and realize a comfortable income from
them.
The wide variety of the penny machines is at once
an attractive incentive to operate penny devices. Penny
merchandise venders can be had to vend anything al­
most from ball gum to marbles. The penny peanut,
ball and stick gum venders are the mainstays, while
penny scales are so well known to the public and are
in a class by themselves. Penny amusement devices
are increasing rapidly in numbers all the time and in­
clude a wide variety of targets, skill games, fortune ma­
chines and what not. Penny arcades are a specialized
application o f the penny machine business. Manufac­
turers are turning out penny devices that are beautiful
in appearance, and the quality built into them is a power
in drawing the patronage of the public.
THE LEADING PENNY MACHINES OF ALL KINDS ARE ADVER­
TISED IN AUTOMATIC AGE.
MANUFACTURERS WHO BUILD
QUALITY INTO THEIR MACHINES KEEP THEM BEFORE THE OPER­
ATORS IN THE PAGES OF THIS BOOK. THE PENNY MACHINE
BUSINESS IS WORTH LOOKING INTO.
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