Fry’s Chocolate
Two of these Fry’s cast iron chocolate vendors have turned up in Tasmania, which is where Cadbury and Fry’s chocolate factory was located in Australia. One of these is on public display at Cataract Gorge in Launceston, Australia but none are known in the UK. The mechanism is similar to other BAC cast iron chocolate vending machines of the period. |
BAC Unknown date
Harper De Luxe
'The Supreme Automatic'. INSTRUCTIONS: INSERT COIN. WAIT UNTIL IT DROPS THEN PULL KNOB TO FULL EXTENT. This early exterior wall-mounted cigarette vendor from the Harper Automatic Machine Manufacturing Co. is located at St Martin's High Street, Stamford. |
Harper 1920s
Harper Super De Luxe
This four column steel-cased cigarette vendor was way ahead of its time with its amazing mechanically scrolling advertising banner which seems to anticipate the digital age. The 'ENTIRELY AUTOMATIC' product delivery mechanism was also advanced for its day, totally eliminating the need to pull or push a drawer to receive the goods, and thereby removing a common cause of trouble. A further feature of the De Luxe model was the central dial barometer in place of the Smiths clock. |
Harper 1930s
Medicine vendor
Like the BAC's large, metal, floor-standing 'platform' machines, this unit was rented to the shop/operator and remained the property of the Allied Chemical Co. Ltd. who were a subsidiary of BAC. |
BAC 1920s
Nestle’s Milk Chocolate
This cast iron double chocolate vendor was a common site on major railway stations in the pre-war period. |
BAC 1920s
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