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Some of the more interesting coin-operated vendors dispensed metered amounts of perfume and cologne from a liquid-filled reservoir. The Bull’s Head perfume vendor was a novel option—one penny and a pull on its horns shot a dose of fragrance from the bull’s mouth. All objects are courtesy of Joe Welch American Antique Museum in San Bruno, California. "The Automatic Age: Coin-Operated Machines" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. http://bit.ly/CoinOperated This image was posted on June 13, 2018.

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