Cities Service “For People Going Places!”
Cities Service Company was started by an oilman, Henry Latham Dougherty, in 1910 to supply gas and electricity to small public utilities. The next three years saw enormous growth, including the purchasing of the Quapaw Gas Company, much of the Barnsdall Properties, and in addition, the Empire Gas Company. In [...]

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1941 Vendorlator 120 Soda Machine
We have seen a lot of soda machines here at Vintage Vending, and I would have to say that this one could be the ugliest. Seemed like a good idea at the time, I would guess. It vends up to 63 different flavors and holds any size bottles. “It is modern [...]

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This 1950 model Fruit-o-matic fresh fruit-dispensing machine was touted as “A fully automatic fresh fruit merchandiser”. Made by the Fruit-o-matic Manufacturing Company, this machine dispensed chilled, fresh fruit. A coin was dropped in the slot corresponding with the row of fruit displayed in the window above the slot, and the fruit automatically dropped into the [...]

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This Candy Mart candy vending machine looks to be a 1960’s model. The brochure touts its flexibility, that it could be mounted on a wall, placed on a counter or used as a console on the floor. The large capacity of this vendor allowed for between 3- and 400 candy bars, and 7 different selections. [...]

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1939 Pepsi-Cola Brochure PDFs at Retroplanet.com
We’ve added scans of a 1939 Pepsi-Cola brochure to our RetroPlanet PDF Library. This brochure was distributed by the Pepsi-Cola Company to celebrate more than 30 years in business. There is beautiful artwork done of their factories, including illustrations showing the soft drink production process. While you’re there, take a [...]

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