Slot Machine Vends 25c Sunburns (Mar, 1935)
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Mar, 1935
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Mar, 1935
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Slot Machine Vends 25c Sunburns
SELLING sunburns at twenty-five cents an installment, new slot machines being installed in Broadway barber and beauty shops are attracting New Yorkers seeking that Palm Beach and California complexion.Upon depositing a coin in the slot, a violet ray lamp gives off radiations for seven minutes. Patrons are warned to wait three days before the next treatment, said too frequent usage gives painful burns.
I read this as “Slot Machine Vends 25c Sideburns”, which is a much better invention.
Comment by Aler — November 28, 2007 @ 1:15 pm
Includes corneal scarring at no extra charge!
Comment by David Moisan — November 28, 2007 @ 2:11 pm
Because simply going outside and looking up doesn’t help “whip old man Depression”. At least not for the inventor of this thing!!
“Let’s see, lunch or a blast of UV, which is the best use of my quarter?”
Comment by Neil Russell — November 28, 2007 @ 2:32 pm
It was probably cheaper to go see a two movies with a newsreel and a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
Comment by Chris L — November 28, 2007 @ 5:51 pm
Makes you wonder what year they started describing it as a suntan vs sunburn?
Comment by AJ — November 29, 2007 @ 6:48 pm
My mother said she could go to the movies as a little girl, get a soda a popcorn and a candy bar (if I remember correctly) all for a quarter. And that was back in the 60’s. So I imagine a quarter in the late 30’s would be… quite a bit more.
Comment by Anne — April 7, 2008 @ 6:40 pm