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Candy King

Monterey Distributing Co., Los Angeles, CA, c. 1930's (estimated), 28". The date on this is my estimate based mainly on the deco influence. I've always liked this model, in large part because of that deco influence. The design would be pretty uninteresting were it not for the flared red base, which along with the overall color scheme make it an attractive and atypical vendor. It's made of thin metal of some kind; a magnet sticks to the body but the machine is not especially weighty.

This is a trivial point, but if you squint at the picture of this model in Silent Salesmen Too you'll see that the top of the mirror says "Candy King," hence its listing under that name in that book. The top of the mirror on the machine above says "King Candy Vendor," which is similar but not the same. Had Mr. Enes found this machine first we might be finding it alphabetized under 'K' instead of 'C' in Silent Salesmen Too.

The example above is in excellent original condition. I bought it intending to wall-mount it (which is how the previous owner displayed it), but when it arrived I was surprised to find feet on the bottom. It could be used either way.