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Snuff vendor

A five-drachma-in-the-slot sacred water dispenser designed by mathematician and engineer, Heron of Alexandria, is often cited as the world's first coin-operated machine, although Heron referenced a similar Egyptian temple device described in 215 BC. It was also Vending Machines which ushered in the coin machine age, towards the end of the 19th century. Designed to deliver a product, such as chocolate or stamps, in exchange for coins, there was supposed to be no element of chance. However, mechanical frailties often left honest customers short-changed, while the dishonest could get something for nothing. They only became truly reliable towards the end of the 20th century, with microchips monitoring their input and output. Their mundane function was sometimes offset by elaborate exteriors in a form of sculptural advertising.

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Monument Cigarette Box

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Added to Vendors by bob on 03/11/18

Monument Cigarette Box



Domestic Single Cigarette Vendor


The Patent Monument Cigarette Box Co   c1890
Added to Vendors by bob on 03/11/18

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Nestle’s Milk Chocolate

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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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Pascal Ambrosia Devonshire Milk Chocolate

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Pascal Ambrosia Devonshire Milk Chocolate



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BMR   1927
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Pascal Pearl Drops

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Pascal Pearl Drops



Imitating the product's packaging, this elegant, tubular design was one of BMR's earliest.



BMR   1927
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Platform Tickets

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Added to Vendors by pennymachines on 19/05/17

Platform Tickets



Two examples of BAC's Platform Ticket vendor (patent GB191002131), the first sporting a later enamel (British Railways came into existence in 1948 as part of Clement Attlees's policy of nationalising public services).


BAC   1910
Added to Vendors by pennymachines on 19/05/17

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Safechek Gold Sovereign Changer

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Safechek Gold Sovereign Changer



Wooden Cabinet Gold Sovereign Change Machine


Ell   1902
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Sweetmeats

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Added to Vendors by sweetmeats on 18/06/18

Sweetmeats



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Sweetmeats Automatic Delivery Co.   Unknown date
Added to Vendors by sweetmeats on 18/06/18

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VAL vendors

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VAL vendors



These solid little single column cast aluminium vending machines with their enamel product advertising and brass coin releases, were once common outside shops and stations dispensing VAL Peppermints, Frujetta, Violet Cachous, cigarettes and other small packaged products for one penny.



Turner Automatic Machines Ltd   1920s
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Wills’s Woodbine Cigarettes

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Wills’s Woodbine Cigarettes



This machine is on display at the Staffordshire County Museum, Shugborough Hall, Millford, Staffordshire.



BAC   Unknown date
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