Materijal: Ostalo
Originalnost: Original
Kulturno dobro: Predmet koji prodajem nije kulturno dobro ili ovlašćena institucija odbija pravo preče kupovine
Detaljno stanje: Vrlo dobro

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In 1946, the International Mutoscope Reel Company installed a “Voice-O-Graph” booth on the Empire State Building’s eighty-sixth floor. It stood some 1,055 feet above the Manhattan streets and was hailed by Billboard magazine as the “World’s Highest Coin Machine”. Featured in several front page stories, Leo Weisskopf and Murray Handler of Murlee Enterprises operated this particular machine, strategically locating it next to lines of tourists waiting to ascend the elevators. Weisskopf recalled counting eighty-seven people waiting in line to make recordings on one occasion. Building officials stated that the observatories drew over 6 million patrons that year.


Popularized in the 1940s – 1970s, recording booths were often located in arcades and tourist destinations. According to a company ad, users would step into the booth, pick-up the microphone which looked like a telephone, insert the money (twenty-five cents), wait for an indicator light, and make a one-minute long recording onto a cardboard disk. The recording was automatically played back and then vended.

In 1946, the International Mutoscope Reel Company installed a “Voice-O-Graph” booth on the Empire State Building’s eighty-sixth floor. It stood some 1,055 feet above the Manhattan streets and was hailed by Billboard magazine as the “World’s Highest Coin Machine”. Featured in several front page stories, Leo Weisskopf and Murray Handler of Murlee Enterprises operated this particular machine, strategically locating it next to lines of tourists waiting to ascend the elevators. Weisskopf recalled counting eighty-seven people waiting in line to make recordings on one occasion. Building officials stated that the observatories drew over 6 million patrons that year.