Tweets about The Automatic Age: Coin-Operated Machine We've posted 50 Tweets about this exhibition since it opened.
Wurlitzer jukeboxes, some of the most iconic coin-operated machines ever made, incorporated modern plastics and phenolic resins that showcased light, color, and form in striking, Art Deco designs. #coinoperated
This tweet was posted on March 06, 2018.
All objects are courtesy of Joe Welch American Antique Museum in San Bruno, California. "The Automatic Age: #CoinOperated Machines" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/vtBTqEQXW4
This tweet was posted on February 22, 2018.
One of the rarest novelty gum vendors, Lukat is an example of a late-era trade stimulator and dispensed a prize ticket from its mouth with each gumball. #CoinOperated
This tweet was posted on February 22, 2018.
The trophy cups, lower trough, and mechanical parts of Aerial Cup were salvaged and modified from other pinball machines. #CoinOperated
This tweet was posted on February 13, 2018.
Aerial Cup is a smaller, upright variation of a standard, mid-1930s #pinball machine. Influenced by Genco Corporation's Silver Cup, it was likely a prototype for a game that was not mass produced. #CoinOperated
This tweet was posted on February 13, 2018.
"The Automatic Age: #CoinOperated Machines" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/vtBTqEQXW4
This tweet was posted on January 31, 2018.
Patented in 1929, Good Luck Race Horse is a dial machine based on earlier wheel-mechanism trade stimulators from the 1890s. Good Luck Race Horse featured 6 horses and a 6-to-1 odds of a prize from the operator or merchant. #CoinOperated
This tweet was posted on January 31, 2018.
Horse racing is one of the world's oldest sports. Counter games and trade stimulators capitalized on the popularity of horse racing. #CoinOperated
This tweet was posted on January 31, 2018.
All objects courtesy of Joe Welch American Antique Museum. "The Automatic Age: #CoinOperated Machines" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/vtBTqEQXW4
This tweet was posted on January 19, 2018.
Jackson Vending’s safety match vendors, popular in cigar stores, public houses, and saloons, dispensed a box of safety matches from a rotating carousel housed under a glass dome. #CoinOperated
This tweet was posted on January 19, 2018.
Postage and postcard machines conveniently vended items for mail correspondence outside of the post office, such as the Duplex stamp vendor, which fed one- and two-cent stamps from rolls behind glass sides. #CoinOperated
This tweet was posted on January 19, 2018.
"The Automatic Age: #CoinOperated Machines" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/vtBTqEQXW4
This tweet was posted on January 12, 2018.











