Jukeboxes - Aesthetic Styles
In The Beginning
1920's thru 1930's
Plain Wooden Boxes with coin slots.
The Golden Age
1940s
The time of the iconic gothic like jukebox with the rounded gentle curves and yellow catalin plastic. Accented with colored lightning, chrome and bubble tubes. As a note: during World War II, few of any jukeboxes were manufactured as the factories were dedicated to essential production of items for the war effort. Production of the jukeboxes resumed in 1946.
The Silver Age - The Box
1950's
The end of the 78 rpm disk. Introduction of the 45 rpm single caused a shift away from the classic jukebox look as more panel space was needed to display the increase in song selections now available.
The Ugly Box
1960-1970
The style moves even further away from the above as the "high tech" look becomes the norm. The jukebox looks now more like a practical vending machine.1980-late 1990's.
CD Juke Box
Late 1980's - 2000
With the touch of a button you could browse through mechanically flipped pages of CD covers. Songs from the entire CD were now made available. The music was digital but the jukebox itself was still a mechanical beast.
The Digital Age
2000-Present
The jukebox now resembles more a video game as the main user interface is a large touch screen CRT monitor. The album cover graphics depicted on the display are now the art. The box itself is just that. Inside one will now only finds a vending apparatus to collect paper money and even credit cards and the computer that stores the songs in mp3 format. The computer is also connected to the internet to instantly download songs from the manufacturer's server.
I have a jukebox atat looks like the one in this article. What can you tell me about it. My husband had it for several years. It is currently not working but has worked in the past. We would like to sell it.