Hi!  An inquiry:  I am trying to assemble info on Yale Wonder Clocks
and Automatic Cashier and Discount Machines for an article for the
Musical Box Society Journal.  These were made by the Yale Wonder Clock
Co., located on Main Street, Burlington, Vermont.  Incorporated in 1901
for $30,000, the company remained in business until at least 1908 or
1909, being known at the end as the Yale Manufacturing Company.

I would be very grateful if anyone having such a machine would respond,
or if they know of one elsewhere, to pass along the inquiry.
Alternatively, if there is a confidentiality and someone wishes to
remain anonymous, just send me the information.  By the way, I have a
Yale Wonder Clock No. 509 with the later style mechanism, beautifully
restored by Tim Westman.

It seems in a general way:

A. Early units were sold under the name Yale Wonder Clock.  These had
a spinning dial at the top, advertisements mounted on a continuous
vertical loop, and paid out printed tickets.

B. Later units, such as my No. 509, had no spinning dial, had a compact
card-shuffling mechanism, and paid out four different sizes of aluminum
tokens, each stamped with the number of the machine and a denomination.

C. Still later units had mechanisms similar to the preceding, but were
labeled AUTOMATIC CASHIER AND DISCOUNT MACHINE.

My basic questions for which I would be grateful to receive even
partial information:

1. Number of machine on metal plate or on paper label on the back.

2. If with paper label, any date?  Who signed it?  (Typically C.A. Yale)

3. Number on the bedplate of the Regina music box.

4. Number of coin slots (two, with one to left and right, or just one,
on the right).

5. Type of advertising display (vertical loop of advertisements or else
a card shuffling mechanism)

6. Any advertisements, brochures, or other printed material.

7. Descriptions of any remaining tokens, including diameters in
millimeters.

8. Some photos, interior and exterior.

Thanks, and all the best to you.
Dave Bowers
Box 539
Wolfeboro Falls, NH 03896 USA