Automatic Age
Issue: 1939 February - Page 13
The World’s First Coin Machine Magazine
AUTOMATIC AGE
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
Vol. 15
FEBRUARY, 1939
No. 7
Features in This Issue
Page
Established 1925
IN D E X TO A D V E R T IS E R S _____________________________ 16
SORTING COINS W IT H THE E D I T O R ________________ 19
TEN YEARS AGO IN THE COIN
M AC H IN E IN D U ST RY _________________________________ 21
COM PLETE LIST OF E X H IB IT O R S AND
PRODUCTS SHOWN AT CMMA S H O W ________________ 22
O. C. L IG H T N E R
STORY OF THE CMMA S H O W _________________________ 23
President
THE COIN M A C H IN E W O RL D IN P IC T U R E S ______28-31
G ILM O RE ON R A D IO BROADCAST
D U RIN G COIN M A CHIN E S H O W ______________________ 33
COIN M AC H IN E DESIGN
By Peter Muller-Munk ______________________________ 35
CA RROLL E. V ETT ERICK
Editor—Adv. Director
M ARTIN J. MRAZ
Ass’t. Editor
SHOP AND SHOW-ROOM ______________________________ 37
N E W PATENTS
By Ken C. Shy vers ------------------------- —51
LET ’S LOOK AT THE RECORD
By Charles Fleischmann ____________ -______________ 55
N EED N E W LOCATIONS?
A comprehensive list of 250 different
locations for coin operated m achines_______________ 59
GOOD BO DY’S COLUMN
By John Goodbody _________________________________ -61
DAVE BOND S A Y S ______________________________________65
Staff Contributors:
ODD FACTS— UNUSUAL E V E N T S _____________________71
JO H N GOODBODY
M ACHINES, JOBS AND A D V E R T IS IN G _______________ 73
KEN SHYVERS
FOR AMUSEMENT O N L Y _____________ _________ _______ 80
L. J. McCLEARY
C LA SSIF IED COIN M ACHIN E E X C H A N G E _________ 91-92
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COIN M A C H IN E D IR E C T O R Y _______________________93-97
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AUTOMATIC AGE
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
Vol. 15
FEBRUARY, 1939
No. 7
Features in This Issue
Page
Established 1925
IN D E X TO A D V E R T IS E R S _____________________________ 16
SORTING COINS W IT H THE E D I T O R ________________ 19
TEN YEARS AGO IN THE COIN
M AC H IN E IN D U ST RY _________________________________ 21
COM PLETE LIST OF E X H IB IT O R S AND
PRODUCTS SHOWN AT CMMA S H O W ________________ 22
O. C. L IG H T N E R
STORY OF THE CMMA S H O W _________________________ 23
President
THE COIN M A C H IN E W O RL D IN P IC T U R E S ______28-31
G ILM O RE ON R A D IO BROADCAST
D U RIN G COIN M A CHIN E S H O W ______________________ 33
COIN M AC H IN E DESIGN
By Peter Muller-Munk ______________________________ 35
CA RROLL E. V ETT ERICK
Editor—Adv. Director
M ARTIN J. MRAZ
Ass’t. Editor
SHOP AND SHOW-ROOM ______________________________ 37
N E W PATENTS
By Ken C. Shy vers ------------------------- —51
LET ’S LOOK AT THE RECORD
By Charles Fleischmann ____________ -______________ 55
N EED N E W LOCATIONS?
A comprehensive list of 250 different
locations for coin operated m achines_______________ 59
GOOD BO DY’S COLUMN
By John Goodbody _________________________________ -61
DAVE BOND S A Y S ______________________________________65
Staff Contributors:
ODD FACTS— UNUSUAL E V E N T S _____________________71
JO H N GOODBODY
M ACHINES, JOBS AND A D V E R T IS IN G _______________ 73
KEN SHYVERS
FOR AMUSEMENT O N L Y _____________ _________ _______ 80
L. J. McCLEARY
C LA SSIF IED COIN M ACHIN E E X C H A N G E _________ 91-92
t-
COIN M A C H IN E D IR E C T O R Y _______________________93-97
tr
Published Monthly by
THE LIGHTNER PUBLISHING CO.
Executive Office, 2810 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111.
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© International Arcade Museum
Phone Victory 1466
CONT RIBU TION S: Contributions from our readers are
always welcome. A u t o m a t i c A g e is for the trade only.
S U B S C R IP T IO N S : Single copies, 25 cents. Yearly sub
scriptions, $1.00 in United States and possessions. Foreign
subscriptions, $2.00.
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