Automatic Age

September, 1939
AUTOMATIC AGE
121
PHONO RECORD, a 12-inch disc
with 20 melodies on it—ten to a side.
T h rille d by “ P e n n y ” Serenade
Cinematone Corporation not only
only manufactures PEN N Y PHONO,
but also waxes and processes its own
records, using top-flight orchestras
and talent recruited from trans­
continental airshows and film studio
recording orchestras.
“Nickle”— A Six-Letter
Word Meaning
“Woodpecker"
Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 4. — The
City of Pittsburgh’s recently in­
stalled parking meters went into
operation today. Each meter had
the following sign affixed to it,
“Nickle or Five Cents, Parking
One Hour.” Many of the motorists
did not really make any attempt to
notice the first word in the sign.
According to Webster and other
famed lexicographers, the word
“nickle” means a green woodpeck­
er.
Imagine anyone stuffing a
green woodpecker, feathers and
all, into a parking meter coin
chute. It certainly was an “1” of
a transposition.
WATCH OUT
Many copies
of the
Original,
Genuine
I t ’s “Music for a Penny” for lovely Vivienne Coe, one of the most beautiful
of the famous Earl Carroll girls in Hollywood, who is shown here perching
gracefully atop a brand new PEN N Y PHONO, the first automatic phonograph
in the world to vend hit tunes for one cent.
A product of Cinematone Corpora­
tion, whose main plants are just
around the corner from Earl Carroll’s
Hollywood Theatre-Restaurant, the
attractive PEN N Y PHONO machine
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45
60
30
4
40
70
60
28
15
80
300
D II V O
will appear
shortfy.
will soon be taking in hundreds of
thousands of stray one cent pieces
all over the country.
Most startling innovation of this
quality music machine is its PEN N Y
'600 VEN D O RS TAK EN IN, IN TRAD E
D ON’T BE
M ISLED
Insist on the
genuine quality
"K in g of
Vendors.”
“PAL”
NEW
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S E R V IC E K I T
U I O V
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OUR N EW COLUMBUS TRI-MOR
E N D O R AT B E L O W P R I C E S -
Northwestern 1c Merchandisers, Enamel ................ $ 3.50
Northwestern 1c Merchandisers, Porcelain ............. 4.50
Northwestern 1c and 5c Combination Porcelain . . 4.50
Tri-Selectors with DeLuxe Stand ............................... 15.00
Silver Kings .......................................................... .
2.50
Stewart & McGuire, DeLuxe Peanut ........................ 3.75
Advance 1 Column 5c Bar Machines ........................ 2.50
Advance 4 Column 5c Bar Machines ......................... 12.00
Masters ................................................................................ 2.25
Advance 1c Peanut ......................................................... 2.50
Nut and Candy 1c Vendors, mixed lot .................... 1.50
All above Machines are Perfect and Clean.
are like new.
Most of them
250 Heavy Iron Pedestal Stands ......................................$ 1.25
500 Gross Latest Charms, values up to 8 5 c ...........................55
• HECHT NIELSEN •
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