Original reference photography from the Cola Machines archive. Select any image to inspect the machine, mechanisms, identification plates, and restoration details.
An evidence-led history reconstructed from 5 surviving model records
Seeburg
Seeburg's public corporate record may be incomplete, but its machines still reveal a working history of refrigeration, vending and changing retail design.
- Founded
- Product line documented by 1960
- Founders
- Not identified in the cited public record
- Home
- Not firmly established in surviving sources
- Archive
- 5 machines
This reference catalog documents 5 Seeburg machines. Surviving model records include production information spanning 1960 to 1964. Model-specific archive photography survives for 4 of the 5 entries. This profile treats missing information as part of the historical record: uncertain dates stay uncertain, while surviving machines, literature and photographs carry the narrative.
What survives
The Seeburg record begins with machines
Seeburg is represented here by 5 model records, 3 with usable production-date evidence. The documented span is 1960–1964.
The recovered manufacturer summary adds this period evidence: Known for their Jukeboxes manufactured from the 1930's into the 1960's and beyond… However, not many people know that they also manufactured soda machines! To the best of our knowledge, they manufactured very few models and it wasn't until their acquisition of Choice Vend Manufacturing in 1960 that you can say their soda machine line greatly expanded. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Seeburg acquired several other companies in related coin-operated fields of vending, amusements, and musical instruments. A couple noteworthy acquisitions where: Lyon Industries in 1959, the Choice Vend Company in 1960, Cavalier Corporation in 1963, Arthur H. DuGrenier, Inc. in 1964 as well as Williams Electronic Manufacturing Corp. and United Manufacturing Co. during the same year!
Reading the catalog
Models become a working chronology
Seeburg CV-200 (Early 1960's) marks one edge of the surviving chronology; Seeburg Marquee Series (Early 1960's, 1964) marks the other. Between them, model names and cabinet sizes trace how the line responded to package, capacity and retail-location demands.
Archive dates describe surviving examples and period literature, not guaranteed factory introduction and discontinuation dates. That distinction matters when corporate catalogs are missing.
The visual evidence
Photography preserves 4 models
Model-specific photographs survive for 4 of 5 entries—about 80 percent of this manufacturer catalog.
Together, specification records and images let collectors compare proportions, doors, vending mechanisms and branding without pretending every unresolved identification has been settled.
Archive chronology
Seeburg in motion
Seeburg CV-200 helps establish the earliest documented portion of the line.
5 model records now define the surviving manufacturer shelf.
3 records carry usable production-era information.
4 models have model-specific archive photography.
Seeburg Marquee Series helps define the latest documented portion of the range.
Legacy pages and images are consolidated into the Cola Machines reference archive.
Open questions remain labeled while additional literature and identified machines can extend the history.
The complete reference shelf
All Seeburg machines
5 model records
Research notes
Sources & further reading
Corporate milestones are cross-checked against the sources listed here. Model dates and archive counts follow surviving Cola Machines records; gaps and uncertain dates are left visible rather than filled with guesses.
- Cola Machines — Seeburg archiveComplete surviving model list, production notes and photographs.
- Smithsonian Institution — vending collectionsBroader museum context for commercial cooling and automatic retail.