Exhibit Machine

[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.

[obcbobd]

The still have one at Canobie Lake Park in Salem NH. On a stand but it was about 6-7 feet high. The cost was a quarter. I did not have one, but the guy at the park opened up the machine and gave me a card.

This looks similar to the machine I remember seeing at York Beach Maine around 1974. On both machines you could look through the glass and see the cards.

Neither machine had BB cards though.

[sayhey24]

Gary,

Here's the granddaddy of them all -- typically found at an arcade like you mentioned. Don't know if this is the style you're talking about, but here goes --

[obcbobd]

Originally Posted by sayhey24

Gary,

Here's the granddaddy of them all -- typically found at an arcade like you mentioned. Don't know if this is the style you're talking about, but here goes --

Those are nice!

The one I remember from ~1974 allowed you to see the stack of cards through the glass. You would get the card on top of the stack

[Theoldprofessor]

Bob, that has to win some sort of Grand Prize. Three questionss:
-- Where did you find it?

-- How much was it;

-- How did you get your wife to agree to let you keep it in the house?

Answer in any order, as long as #3 is first.

Congratulations, man. That's a keeper

[Griffins]

Here's a few of mine, don't think the second one was made by ESCO though.
The third one is a mutoscope machine, if anyone has a scan of the header card I'd be willing to pay for it.