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ICE CREAM
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Automatic insurance at the airport
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These were popular
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Books
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Fresh Pie
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This machine actually sold lit cigarettes for a penny.
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A coin operated perfume dispenser.
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A music record vending machine.
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A whole supermarket as a vending machine.
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Worms!
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Lemonade
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Reader’s Digest vending machine.
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Pantyhose on-the-go in France.
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A machine dispensing lightbulbs.
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A sandwich vending machine. 1940s.
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A Macy’s vending machine that sold men’s shorts for only 97 cents.
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Warm lunch vending machine at Zandvoort in the Netherlands.
These are still extremely popular in the Netherlands
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Milk!
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Coal machine distributor in England.
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A fruit vending machine in London Tube. 1920s.
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Fresh Fruit
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Sparkling Water
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A cafeteria vending machine
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Hot Coffee 1947
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Sandwich dispenser
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Cold Drinks and Hot Soup
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Campbell’s Soup vending machine 1950s
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A vending machine that allowed customers to buy stamps without having to queue.
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A woman purchases a pair of nylon stockings from a machine.
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ice cream vending machine
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This couple have a choice of sandwiches, hot soup or hot chocolate, coffee, cold drinks, fresh milk and chilled fruit from a series of automated vendors. 1959
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Eggs
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More Eggs
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Po-Ta-To
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A woman in Berlin, Germany uses a coin-operated device to buy a clock. 1960s.
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Whisky!
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Beer!
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Shoppers could pick up household essentials from this machine. 1960s.
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This woman is now able to use a credit card to pay for one of a selection of coffees from this self-serve machine. 1960s.