Exhibit Machine

[jsage]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

I love these! My dad left me some exhibit cards and I would love to get one of the type machines that he would have purchased them from. Looks like the cards are from both 47-66 set and The 39 Salutations. Any help identifying the machine would be awesome. All I know is that they were a penny a piece from a machine in a local drug store in the 1940s.

The cards in my machines are 5 5/16 high and 3 3/16 wide. Take a look at my post.
Hope that helps.
Jerry sage
jssage24@yahoo.com

[Theoldprofessor]

I bought this on-line several years ago, refurbished it a bit, and rigged it out with some "classy" reprints. The original display is at right. Now that I've seen what others have done, I may mess with it some more.
IMG_0046.jpg Original display Exhibit Machine (2).jpg


Given that it sits with a load of Pirate memoribilia, maybe I should sit these up there

Carey and Adams.jpg

[sayhey24]

That wood machine is a beauty Bob -- I'd go ahead and put those old cards in it!

Greg

[Mountaineer1999]

Nice looking machine Bob!

[Theoldprofessor]

Thanks Greg. It reminded me of the wooden machines at Kennywood Park, near Pittsburgh, where I bought Exhibits until I ran out of pennies. Baseball players and cowboys. Baseball was a nice mix of Salutations and early cards in the '47-'66 set.

It's a shame that Exhibits get so little attention. I think they tell the history of the early Twentieth century game better than any other set, or set of sets.

And I think it's cool that they stayed b/w, or whatever sepia is. My favorite:

Moses Yellowhorse.jpg

My grandfather used to tell me about Pirate games in which, years after he had departed the team, people would still yell "Put in Yellowhorse!" when a pitcher was going bad.

[sayhey24]

Here are a couple of my favorite larger machines --

Greg

[sayhey24]

And here a few early models that you don't see as often --

Greg

[jerseygary]

When I was a kid back in the late 70's there was an arcade in Seaside Park, NJ that had exhibit card machines. They were no longer popular and were pushed in a hallway, past the bathrooms by an emergency exit. I think there were 3 or 4 of them, 2 were baseball, one was other sports and the 4th was actors, cowboys and pinups. I can't tell you how many of those old cards I bought, I thought they were the neatest thing as a kid. Ralph Branca, Jackie Robinson... they were in mint condition coming right out of those old machines! Some how they all got misplaced, thrown away or my little brother sold them behind my back. I went back to that old arcade when I was in college and the machines were gone.

Now the thing is, I remember them being pretty big, almost like a soda machine. The front had a large panel where a poster size display of cards were shown. So far I haven't seen a big one to match what I remember, does anyone have a picture of a large exhibit machine? Can't remember if they were of wood or metal.

[Mountaineer1999]

Originally Posted by jsage

The cards in my machines are 5 5/16 high and 3 3/16 wide. Take a look at my post.
Hope that helps.
Jerry sage
jssage24@yahoo.com

That's spot on jerry. How much can I expect to pay for one?