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Coin
operated scale In the 1950s, these Watling Horoscope scales were manufactured by the thausends for use in F.W. Woolworth and other dime store chains. If this scale has the chrome plated hand rails, it most likely came from a Woolworth store. For a nickel, you could get your complete horoscope printed on a scroll, which was rolled up in a plastic sleeve. The scale would then reveal your weight. This was later changed to a dime, then to a quarter. If you did not want the horoscope, you could get your weight for only one cent.
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scale was in Winnipeg, Canada in use. |
| Thanks to
Jan and Bill Berning for all Informations and parts for restoration ! More informations to find in their book " Scales, a collector's guide " |
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