Can the old fashioned Juke Box remain in the digital and MP3 world? The MP3 Jukebox is a reality in various types and expressions yet still the standard Juke Box lasts.
Juke Box design came on from the stark wooden boxes in the early 1930s to glorious lit displays with plastic and color animation in the Rudolf Wurlitzer 850 Peacock juke box of the early 40's. Unfortunately once the United States government entered into the 2nd world war, alloy as well as plastic were required for the war effort.
Music juke box manufacture was limited. The 1943 Wurlitzer 950 juke box featured wooden coin slides to conserve on metal. It should also be noted that although the juke box mechanisms were made of metal, they weren't manufactured during this period, instead, an new console was developed and the inside components of the juke box were placed inside it. Since most of the internal workings were assembled handmade, many of these juke boxes had components which never fit the right way and required adjustment.
The 1943 Wurlitzer Victory console had glass illuminated panels instead of plastic. After the war, materials were in stock once again and there was a great expansion in juke box manufacturing. The Bubbler juke box symbolises the appearance and is likely the hottest juke box design of all time. Many of of these lived on into the 1950's in active use and are alternatively related with the fifties in pop music culture despite their 40s origin, because of their unique visual prominence and production volume.
After the '40s, the juke box trends as a whole went more three-dimensional and techy in appearance, distancing their look from "standard" juke box looks such as ancient Grecian, renaissance, and Gothic architecture themes observed in the 'forties model juke boxes.
Music juke boxes from the forties are known as Golden Age due to the yellow catalin plastic. Music juke boxes from the fifties are called Silver Age due to the overriding chromium-plate design. With the rise of drive in restaurants in the sixties, eateries wanted to get customers in and out fast.
Nowadays, the restaurant juke box has largely been replaced by other sorts of amusemententertainment media, yet when you go to a place that still has a juke box, young and old are still attracted to their almost garish styling. The juke box as a mass media device may be dying yet the nostalgia is something that may never leave us.
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