Rontgen X-Ray Photo Machine

[moonriver]

Dispenses the 'X-ray' cards with the great skeleton figures, Male skeletons dressed in coats and hats one side, female in coats and hats on the other.

[jingle]

I have one of these
There is a fake camera inside
And when you put penny in you
Can look in to the hole in centre
And press the button
There is a battery connected to a light bulb
It flashes to give the flash effect
And then yes it is as moon river says
Gives a skeleton looking card

[longbobongo]

I had one offered to me when I was buying a few machines but turned it down for £400. Maybe I should have bought it, but it just didn't appeal to me.

[pennymachines]

I've merged Hottoddy's topic to an earlier thread which shows different examples of this once popular novelty.
I think the one hottoddy posted was by the British Manufacturing Co. It may originally have had a top sign, like this example:

The distressed cabinet sold last May at the EH auction was of this design:

A later incarnation was produced under the Bollands marque:

One of these also sold in April at the EH

Another version with a cast metal front looks like this

From a similar period, but definitely not "for amusement only", is this amazing electrostatic and X-Ray generating machine: