If you are a fan of old arcade machines, this photo is for you. It is a wonderful trade show display from 1941. Probably in a ball room in some old Chicago Hotel.

Front and center, Exhibit Supply was a well known amusement device manufacturer for many decades. Pinball, postcard vendors and personality testers were just some of the machines they made. If you look carefully there are some other manufacturers along the sides of the room including Metropolitan Amusement Co. and Holly Mfg Co. A music system manufacturer is visible but the name is partially obscured by some of the other machines.

This original 8x10 print was purchased from Dick Bueschel, an author who wrote many books in the coin-op field. I was fortunate enough to buy several great images from Dick before he died in 1998. View full size.