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Issue: 1943 October - Page 13

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Mutoscope and the War Effort
By
ELIAS E. SUG'A RMAN
t.o turn the pages .of a calen-
I F dar y.ou in were
.order t.o measure the time that
has elapsed sin ce the Internati.onal Mut.o-
sc.ope C.orp.orati.o n was c.onverted fr.om a
fact.ory specializing in c.oin-.operated amuse-
ment devices t.o a war plant, the transiti.o n
peri.od w.ould be small indeed_ Yet t.o us at
Mut.osc.ope, wh.o think in terms .of acc.o m-
plishm ent, it seems like many years ag.o
tha t Mut.osc.ope, u nder a peacetime ec.on.o-
my, was turning .o ut in ra pid- fi re fash i.on
such items as P h.o t.o matics, S ky Fighters,
Ace B.ombers, Drive M.obiles and many
.o ther c.oin-contr.olled items fa miliar t.o the
trade_
Mut.osc.ope is t.oday- as th e carnival
spieler w.ould put It- a genuine, 100 per
cent, 14-kara t war plant_ With all the fix-
ings an d s.o methin g m.ore besides_ The c.om-
pact buildi ng and auxiliary stru ctures at
Eleventh Stree t near 44th D rive in the
great industrial area .of L.ong Island City
is playin g an imp.o rtan t part in win nin g
the war_ At least in .ou r humble .opini.on,
which has b een su pp.orted .on .occasi.o n by
uns.olicited statemen ts .of c.ommendati.on
from .o fficials .of vari.ous branch es .of .ou r
nati.on's armed services_
When William Rabki n t.o.ok .over what
was then kn.own as the Internati.onal Mut.o-
sc.ope Reel C.o_ in 1920, he must have kn.own
that s.ome day he w.ould b e included in
the select c.om pany .of lea din g manufactur-
ers caterin g t.o th e needs .of the c.oin ma-
chine indust ry_ T he st.ory .of the success
.of Mut.osc.ope is t.o.o well kn.own in th e
trade t.o bear re petiti.on h ere. Yet he eQuId
n.ot have visualized that in ab.o ut 21 yea rs
the entire picture w.ould be re painted a nd
a c.ompany that h ad been dev.oted t.o fab-
ricati ng devices t.o a muse milli .ons w.o ul d
be using the self-same machin e t.o.ols (with
many .o thers add ed) t.o supply instru ments,
parts and devices th at f.orm part .of the
l.o ng and lethal a rm .of Uncle Sam in his
struggle t.o extermin ate threats t.o .our way
.of livi ng in every n.o.ok and cran ny .of a
tired and bleeding w.orld_ Such are the f.or-
tunes .of war and s.o in geni.o us are th.ose
wh.o bel.ong t.o th e race th at inhabits m.ost
.of th e N.orth American c.ontinen t. F .or
Mut.osc.ope is n.o t a separate, detached en-
tity_ Bill Rabkin's c.ompany is a micr.oc.osm
n.ot .only .of the United States but .of the
w.orld .of free peo ples.
H ere, in the c.omparatively small s pace
.occupied by .our plant, are descendants .of
practically every nati.o nality a nd race. Th ere
are all kinds .of cultures, r aces a nd creeds
thr.own t.ogether, living harm .oni.ously and
dedicated t.o the sin gle purp.ose .of d.oing
everyth ing with in th eir p.ower t.o prese rve
th e kind .of life the ir f.orebearers visual ized
when they emigrated here and which they
have co me t.o rec.ognize as the .only life
t·hat caters t.o the di gnity .of man.
Th anks t.o the f.oresight .of Bill Rabkin ,
Mut.osc.ope was n.o t as un prepared f.or th e
tra nsiti .o n as were .ou r f.orces in Pearl H ar-
b.or .on the fa teful day .of December 7, 1941.
It did n.ot take the sl.ogan , " Remember
Pearl H arb .or !" t.o awaken Mut.osc.ope t.o
its duty a nd resp.o nsibility in the w.orld
crisis. T.o be m.ore exact, it was many
m.on ths bef.ore th e Nips sneaked u p .on
P ea rl Harb.or a nd .other .outp.osts in th e fa r
P acific that Mut.osc.o pe began m.oving things
ar.ound t.o prepare f.o r a war set-u p. Wh en
th e bl azin g headlines .of Ja p treachery were
being read by sh.ocked citizens, Mut.osc.ope
was already engaged in making precisi.on
instruments f.or the li'rankf.ord Arsenal. In
the same plant P h.o t.otnatics were still c.o m-
ing .off the assembly line. S.o were Dri ve
M.o biles, Sky Fi ghters, and Ace B.o mbers
but Mut.osc.opers (as ·.our empl.oyees like t.o
call th emselves) were already gettin g a
taste .of things t.o c.ome. Each time a shi p-
ment .of Ph.ot.omati cs and .oth er .of .o ur
" babi es" left th e pl ant there was m.ore than
.one wistful glance directed at th e packing
cases and far back in the th.oughts .of th e
.onl.o.okers was the nagging questi.o n, " H.ow
mu ch l.on ger?" Th e Ja ps supplied the an-
swer .on December 7.
(See MUTOSCOPE, Page 16)
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FACTORY
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ARE
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Doraldina
(Grandmother) with Life -Size Figure, Large Floor Size Machin e. Beautifully
R.painted, Wax Figur., R.tou ched Exp.rtty, Looks Lik. New ............................................................
Gottlieb Moving Targ et on Beautiful Floor CabineL ...............
g~~~!~h~nut:~i!~i~~;.':¥II~:wAI'l:,~d~~~it~a~t:ns'\z.)'::::::::~:::::::: ........... :::..........................
Sci.ntiflc Bas.ball (Upright) ...
.......
...................... ..............
Goofy Golf. Roll Down, High Score, Beautiful Back. Light Up, 6'x2 ' ...........
. .......................
Educated Dog, Roovers (Animated Figure) Fortune Teller. ..........................................
Chicken Sam converted to Battle Royal ....... $12!'i.00
Radio Rifle. .......................
............ 75.00
Supr.m. (To Tokyo) Gun.................... . ....... 300.00
Light House Grip, very attractive...
125.00
Exhibit Aviation HI-Strlk.r........
150.00
Exhibit Bicycle Trainer...
IIS .OO
Exhibit Chinning Rings................
17S.00
Exhibit Foot Ease Vitalizer...............
75.00
Exhibit Grandfather'S Clock Grip.........
125.00
Exhibit Hi-Ball (Att. R.paint.d>... ...
89.50
Exhibit K.O. Punch.r.... ......................
150.00
Exhibit Over the Fence................
8S.00
Exhibit Punching Ba g Trainer ...................... 22S .00
Exh ibit Star Strik.r...................
125.00
Exhibit Striking Clock Grip...
125.00
Ball Grip ......................
125.00
Barnhardt Dial Strlk.r..........
125.00
Combination Grip & LIIL ............................
85.00
Electric Shocker, floor size cabinet..........
65.00
Knockout Fight.rs (2 play.rs)
16.' .00
Lift.r ...................................................................... 60.00
Milia Large Size Floor Size Elec. Shocker ... 1,';0.00
Mill. Punching Bag...
150.00
R.d Top Lift............................................
85.00
Ro •• nleld Grip & Lilt, Larg. Dial............
9'.00
Ro.enleld Grip & Lilt, Lit. Up Tower...
95.00
Seeburg Hockey
7S.00
M utoscope Hurd Ie Hop.
4S.00
Mutoscope Windmill Grip...
I?".OO
Mutoscope Thioaraph ...
16!;.00
~~:gg
110.00
109.00
IIO.M
Aeromatic Basketball ............... ..............
$
Exhibit A.trology (12 Slots) .............
Exhibit Color 01 Ey.s '(12 'Slots) ..
Exhibit Color 01 Hair (12 Slots>.
Exhibit Floor Size Card Vendors.
Exhibit Horo.cop. (12 Slots) ......
. .........
65.00
55.00
55.00
55.00
25.00
55.00
Klssom.ter ......................................... 225.00
Love M.t.rs, Each.....................
25.0n
Mystic Ey...................
. ........... 2?5.PO
Palm Card Vendors..
60.00
Radiogram .
.........................
225 .00
Ramas.e............................................ . ... 200.00
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Exhibit
Exhibit
Exhibit
Exhibit
Exhibit
Exhibit
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~~~::ic~~I~Gt S~Ft:I~0~~~3:re)~. 'FL"size:::':: Ig&~ 8g
Happy Hom. ..................
Human Analy.t .....................
Little Wizard Fortune Teller..........................
Love Letter (Vends Paner Fortunes) ........
~1~s~~~e~J~~rF:r~~ueneT:.~!~er::::::::::::::......
~~f~~!~g T~I~!:,s ~~ro~~~f~(·F·C ·P,;-O·dei)·::·····
45.00
115.00
15.0'1
75.00
Igg:~~
'~~:~ri
Chicken Sam
9;.00
85.00
8S.00
IS.oo
Small I d.al Scal..... ...... ................
35.00
Aero Basketball ..........
61:0.00
Baffl. Ba.k.tball ..............
............................ 45.00
Scl.ntiflc Battl~g ~ractic.
......................... 115.00
Rockola World Series........
85.0 ....
~Ug Western Baseball, Deluxe. ............ .........
12".1"'0
79.50
30.00 W.st.rn Bas.ball, 1939......
95.00 Atlas Bas.ball ...........
.... ... .............. .
76.00
Evans Ten Strike..........
4 9.~O
Evan. Ske.ball ....
95 .00
Rockola Ten P-ins..
........
49.5'1
Exhibit Bowling AII.y.............
85.0U
Sk.e-B.II-Ett., Gottlieb ................................. 65.no
Scl.ntiflc Sk •• Jump....
85.00
for descriptive circular.
Casino Golf
.................................
4~ . 00
Ch.ster Pollard Golf ............
...................... 85.00
Ch.st.r Pollard Football ..................
95.00
Ch •• ter Pollard Rac.r (2 Players) .......
150.00
~~~g~cr~·"sp~~~lm!~~'V.;·ri·ii . .. p;:iz .. io;: Skiii
Ku. Ball. u •• d....................................
Stoner's Derby (lor 2 Play ... l..
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"TRAP THE JAP"
* Most
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conversion.
50
* Nicest looking pare! conversion on $14
Complete
* It market-com
pays to reconvert th e
Jap and
Munves way!
Background
* Write
350.00
50 .00
Teller Viso-Graph Fortune .... ,..................
Kirk Astrology SCal................
Watling Low Model Scale..........
Watling Floor Model Scales...
W:.~:rnRo~~e~p~~~·iie·s ~····Fioor ··caii·lneL~····
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Kue Ball-Billiards In Pin Ball Form. Played with a Billiard Stick Instead of a Plunger.
A Fasci nating Competitive Game. A Big Money Maker. Legal Everywhere. Each ................ $ 50.00
COUNTER GAMES
Criss Cross or Bingo ....... $
Electric Shocker, New...
Electric Shocker. Used....
Flipper
Holly Grip .
Hom. Run
Hula Hula. N.w...
Kicker & Catcher . ...
9.00
29.S0
12.!l0
9.00
12.50
15.00
10.00
19.50
Kill the J.p..... . ............. $
Kill the Jap. New...
Pikes Peak
Pingo (Lik. Hoops) .
Poison the Rat. New
Poi~on the Rat, U •• d......
Sco.ot.r ... ........
Skillarett. .................
25.00
32.S0
IS.OO
15.00
25.00
17.50
12.50
15.00
Skillar.tt.. New ............ $ 25.00
2!'.flO
12.50
Spitfire ................................ 12.50
~ida~lteaguer. Keeney' s ~~: g~
Totalizer ..........................
25 .00
U. S. Stamp Mach .......
2~.On
Victory ..
9.00
Snacks, New
Snacks-3 Columns '
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Mutoscopes, Moving Picture Machines, Complete with Reels and Signs...
. ....... $ 4S .00
Drop Pictures, Caille. etc . (Stereoscopic), with Views ................................. ~ .......... ·····...........................
40.0.0
P.ek Show ............ $29.50
S. I.ct-o-View. ( N.w) ............ $39.50
Advance Movl. Shows............
24.50
Photomatic. Late Model. write fo r price _ Photomaton , thoroughly overhauled........................
1.250.00
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Money Order or Certified Check. '13 Deposit, Balance C.O.D .
FREE-Complete Machine or Supplies Price List.
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MIKE MUNVES
520 WEST 43RD ST.
(Tel. Bryant 9-66771
We Have Been Buying
and Selling Machines
Since 1912
NEW YORK CITY
Proprietor, there's something wrong here!
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COIN
MACHINE·
REVIEW
13
FOR .
OCTOBER
1943

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