I remember when I used to buy cigarettes for my father and 1 pack costs 20 cents and I put in a quarter because the machine only took quarters and there was a nickel taped to the pack of cigarettes for your change. I used to take the nickel off of the pack to buy a candy bar from the other machine.
Looks to be a very well designed machine, with the both the operators and customers needs in mind. If only things today were designed with such thought and care.
These are the kinds of candy machines I grew up with. I always had a vague idea how they worked but didn't know any of the details. It was a very well designed and built machine for those pre-computer days. Turns out from some web research that Rowe started out as a cigarette vending machine company in 1926 and then branched out into candy and other items. The cigarette machine looked almost identical to the candy machine in the film. The company was sold to Automatic Canteen Co. in 1955 for $30 million, but the Rowe machines have become very collectible today. I wouldn't mind having one but, at $1500 for an unrestored machine, it's a little out of my ballpark.
Most people don't like too many details in their reading material. People don't look to fiction for factoids, although a few are always appreciated. The author needs to move the story along because the reader doesn't want to be bogged down in minutiae.
I love the beauty of these old machines. I can only imagine the engineering creativity of the men who designed and built these wonderful machines.
Imagine having such pride in your work that you polish the vending machine. I think we have lost all of that.
I remember when I used to buy cigarettes for my father and 1 pack costs 20 cents and I put in a quarter because the machine only took quarters and there was a nickel taped to the pack of cigarettes for your change. I used to take the nickel off of the pack to buy a candy bar from the other machine.
I didn't know that. Interesting.
Great story.
Looks to be a very well designed machine, with the both the operators and customers needs in mind. If only things today were designed with such thought and care.
I remember using one of these machines when i was a kid.Remember Zagnut bars?Yeah,i'm old.
Me too! I remember these machines and Zagnut bars well.
Zagnut bars are still available but you have to hunt for them and Hershey is skimping on the coconut
Imagine buying a candy bar for a dime or a nickel.
These are the kinds of candy machines I grew up with. I always had a vague idea how they worked but didn't know any of the details. It was a very well designed and built machine for those pre-computer days. Turns out from some web research that Rowe started out as a cigarette vending machine company in 1926 and then branched out into candy and other items. The cigarette machine looked almost identical to the candy machine in the film. The company was sold to Automatic Canteen Co. in 1955 for $30 million, but the Rowe machines have become very collectible today. I wouldn't mind having one but, at $1500 for an unrestored machine, it's a little out of my ballpark.
Protects against "insects, vermin, & thieves!"sounds like three of a kind! Lol lol
You can still see the water tower where the Rowe plant was in Whippany NJ. I remember when it was demolished for a housing development.
Remember when candy bars were BIGGER- and sold for ONLY TEN CENTS???????????? 😊
And had half the sugar...
@@ericbraley838 Not true where possible it is now replaced by cheaper corn syrup. :-)
10 cents in 1952 is a dollar today.
I miss full bags of chips. These days half the bag is empty.
In the 70's there was a Choice-Vend plant in Windsor Locks, CT. USA across the road from Bradley Field.
I remember that very well, Mom worked for Hi-G next door and Dad worked at Hamilton Standard on the other side of the airport.
It's including details like this that make my worlds feel authentic, yet also keep publishers from accepting me.
Most people don't like too many details in their reading material. People don't look to fiction for factoids, although a few are always appreciated. The author needs to move the story along because the reader doesn't want to be bogged down in minutiae.
So cool!
This sure was a "sweet" film
Back then someone said these analog machines are gonna replace human jobs someday…probably
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Originally released in 1952.
My dad was 8, I can almost see him using this.