Vending Machines
 
1936 Mill's Automatic Tab Gum Vendor. In addition to Slot machines and Trade Stimulators, Mill's also produced various product vendors. This machine was commonly seen in subway stations in large cities such as New York and Philadelphia in the 1940's. A slide lever is moved to select one of six types of tab gum, a penny is inserted and the gum is then released into a tray. The machine uses the very same high security ('Snake Key') style lock as Mill's Slot machines of the 1930's.
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    • 1950's Vendo V-39 Coke machine. These ten cent coke machines were seen everywhere in the 50's and remained in service into the late 1960's. With the emergence of coke nostalgia, old Coke machines are now considered highly collectible. This working machine holds 39 8 oz bottles. A dime is inserted, the lever on front pushed and the door is opened to remove the cold beverage.
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    • Early Ford Gumball machine. This is a early style Ford gumball with a dull hammertone finish. Many later Ford machines were bright chrome. A penny is inserted, the lever is moved to the right and a gumball is dispensed. This machine also has a chart on top indicating the buyers 'fortune' based upon what random color of gumball they receive.
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    • 1940's Exhibit Supply Co. Card Vendor. Exhibit Supply Company (Esco), A large supplier of coin operated equipment produced a very popular line of card vendors during the 1940's and 1950's. Esco also produced a wide variety of cards for these machines such as fortunes, Girlie Pictures, Jokes and pictures of certain celebrities. This 1940's Esco card vendor is stocked with original Esco signature picture cards of America's 'singing cowboy', Gene Autry.
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    • 1970's Ziggi The Clown Vendor. Ziggi the clown is a automaton (animated robot) who moves and speaks to children enticing them to insert a quarter for a small toy within a plastic capsule. When a quarter is inserted, Ziggi moves and tell's the child he is picking a special toy just for them... it then vends a random toy capsule. These type of machines are very popular with children and operator revenue is usually much higher than a standard in-animate vending machine.
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    • 1960's Vendorama Pen Vendor. This is a ballpoint pen vending machine produced in the 1960's. They were used in places where people might require a pen, but forgot to bring one with them resulting in a easy sale of a cheap pen for a premium price. To this day, I still occasionally see these machines in Department of Motor Vehicle offices. This particular machine came from Canada and was outfitted by it's operator to accept Canadian quarters. The Vendorama pen vendor's were shipped from the factory configured for either U.S. nickles or dimes.
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    • 1930's Hand Built Game. Pinball as well as other arcade games were so popular during the 1930's, that often skilled home craftsman would build their own, non coin operated versions. This is a beautiful hand built game constructed during the 1930's with a playfield similar to Automatic Industries Whiffle. The knob on the left is spring loaded and when pressed, releases the ball's on the playfield via the use of a sliding shuttle board underneath for return to the shooter ramp inorder to start a new game.
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