Wurlitzer 1100 Jukebox, 24 Selection, 1948


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aw item number:  1996.015
manufacturer:  Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., North Tonawanda, New York
model number:  1100
serial number:  2107300

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date manufactured:  1948
composition:  Wood, plastic and steel quantity manufactured:  25,169
size:  30.5"L x 57.625" H x 27.25" W color:  Wood, chrome, red & yellow
weight:  355 lbs. patent number:  2,400,088, May, 14, 1946  
acquisition date:  12/20/1996

status:  Collection

description:  The greatest eye appeal jukebox to date and also loaded with new features. Crystal clear lenses cover the revolving color cylinders. The Encore program selector divides 24 records in to three programs. The Cobra tone arm reduces record wear by 4 times.

information:  "The first postwar phonograph is here", Wurlitzer claimed and was evident from the panoramic SKY-TOP record changer window, built like a bombers nose. Also the final edition from Wurlitzer's famed designer Paul Fuller and the end of the Golden Age.


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