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AUTOM ATIC
July, 1940
AGE
ART N O V E L T Y O P E N S E L A B O R A T E
NEW Q U A R T E R S IN A L B A N Y
CUSTOMERS MADE A T H O M E
IN MAGNIFICIENT SHOW ROOM
T IKE
so m a n y successful
Wurlitzer Distributors, Art
Herman of the Art Novelty
Company, Albany, New York,
graduated from operating into
the distributing of automatic
phonographs — selling his op
erating business over a year
ago in order to do a 1 0 0 % job
as a distributor.
The business has grown so
fast that the company recently
acquired and completely re
modeled a four-story building
at 388 Broadway, Albany, N. Y.
With its attractive show
rooms, efficient warehouse, ser
vice, parts and shipping facili
ties— all connected by a modern
inter-communicating system and
protected by a sprinkler system,
the new headquarters of the Art
Novelty Company are without
question among the finest dis
tributing facilities in the auto
matic phonograph business.
The new building is located
close to the B & H Terminal,
New York Central Railroad and
Exterior of A rt Novelty Company's new quarters at 388 Broadway, Albany, N. Y.
trucking facilities so that if an
order is received from an out-
of-town Music Merchant before
noon he will have his phono
graphs that night or the next
morning at the latest.
the floor level of the truck. As
a result phonographs can be
wheeled on a truck without lift
ing. When the Music Merchant
One of the outstanding fea
tures of the building is the
drive-in elevator which enables
the Music Merchants to back
their trucks right up to the ele
vator— which may be raised to
New headquarters of the Art
Novelty Company were opened
May 25th, when Art Herman
played host to customers and
Wurlitzer officials including Mike
View of A rt Novelty's magnificent modern showrooms with complete W urlitzer equipment
on display.
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clears papers at the office, ma
chines are on his truck.
A rt Novelty's Drive-In Elevator e lii^,n° e
liftin g of phonographs— enables Music M er
chants to take delivery quickly and easi Y
on their trucks.
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