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Automatic Age

Issue: 1940 July - Page 8

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8
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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