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Two-slot postage stamp vending machine
Object Details
- Description
- The Postage Stamp Machine Company manufactured this gray-colored, metal, vending machine in Brooklyn, New York. The metal base stabilized the rectangular-shaped device on a counter-top. The machine’s white-colored front has two coin slots marked “4 cent stamps, two for a dime” and “5 cent stamps, four for a quarter.” Two corresponding stamp slots are located next to s-shaped, crank-operated levers and above two coin-return slots. The slot in the center served as a coin return. Given that the lowest denomination stamp on the two coin slots is the 4-cent, the machine appears to date from the 1950s-1960s.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1950s - 1970s
- Object number
- 1991.0170.3
- Manufacturer
- Postage Stamp Machine Company
- Type
- Commercial Products
- Medium
- metal (steel); paint
- Dimensions
- Height x Width x Depth: 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (34.29 x 29.21 x 16.51 cm)
- Place
- New York
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- The Cold War (1945-1990)
- Customers & Commerce
- Record ID
- npm_1991.0170.3
- Usage
- CC0
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