Wurlitzer Simplex multi-selector juke box, model 412
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| Wurlitzer Simplex multi-selector juke box, model 412 | |
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| Manufacturer | Wurlitzer |
| Production years | 1936 |
| Production location | (unknown) |
Coin-operated talking machines appeared as early as 1891 at a time when the phonograph was failing to find a big market as a business machine. The Wurlitzer Company of Chicago began making them in 1933 and by 1974 when they ceased manufacturing them they had produced over 650,000. Relatively few instruments from the 1930s survive today owing to the company’s rigorous policy of encouraging operators to trade-in their old juke boxes for new models before their useful life was over. The old machines were then broken up and scrapped.
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[edit] In the Science Museum's Records
Inv.No: 1977-902 Source: Purchased