Exhibit Machine

[Mountaineer1999]

I love these! My dad left me some exhibit cards and I would love to get one of the type machines that he would have purchased them from. Looks like the cards are from both 47-66 set and The 39 Salutations. Any help identifying the machine would be awesome. All I know is that they were a penny a piece from a machine in a local drug store in the 1940s.

[jsage]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

I love these! My dad left me some exhibit cards and I would love to get one of the type machines that he would have purchased them from. Looks like the cards are from both 47-66 set and The 39 Salutations. Any help identifying the machine would be awesome. All I know is that they were a penny a piece from a machine in a local drug store in the 1940s.

The cards in my machines are 5 5/16 high and 3 3/16 wide. Take a look at my post.
Hope that helps.
Jerry sage
jssage24@yahoo.com

[Theoldprofessor]

I bought this on-line several years ago, refurbished it a bit, and rigged it out with some "classy" reprints. The original display is at right. Now that I've seen what others have done, I may mess with it some more.
IMG_0046.jpg Original display Exhibit Machine (2).jpg


Given that it sits with a load of Pirate memoribilia, maybe I should sit these up there

Carey and Adams.jpg

[sayhey24]

That wood machine is a beauty Bob -- I'd go ahead and put those old cards in it!

Greg

[Mountaineer1999]

Nice looking machine Bob!

[Theoldprofessor]

Thanks Greg. It reminded me of the wooden machines at Kennywood Park, near Pittsburgh, where I bought Exhibits until I ran out of pennies. Baseball players and cowboys. Baseball was a nice mix of Salutations and early cards in the '47-'66 set.

It's a shame that Exhibits get so little attention. I think they tell the history of the early Twentieth century game better than any other set, or set of sets.

And I think it's cool that they stayed b/w, or whatever sepia is. My favorite:

Moses Yellowhorse.jpg

My grandfather used to tell me about Pirate games in which, years after he had departed the team, people would still yell "Put in Yellowhorse!" when a pitcher was going bad.

[sayhey24]

Here are a couple of my favorite larger machines --

Greg

[sayhey24]

And here a few early models that you don't see as often --

Greg

[Mountaineer1999]

Originally Posted by jsage

The cards in my machines are 5 5/16 high and 3 3/16 wide. Take a look at my post.
Hope that helps.
Jerry sage
jssage24@yahoo.com

That's spot on jerry. How much can I expect to pay for one?