Coin-operated arcade peep show. Rich Penn Auctions, November 7, 2015
A Collection of Shapely Pin Ups-5 Cents! The art of the come-on is alive and well in this nearly six-foot-tall, coin-operated arcade peep show from the 1950s. It sold at Rich Penn Auctions today for $400. When players look through the peephole all they see is a row of clothespins in various colors. It was manufactured in 1957 by the Exhibit Supply Co. of Chicago, which in addition to the Barrel peep show, sold a Nudist Colony machine that revealed a live ant colony.
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Amusing the Zillion 
Oh well, most people enjoy being fooled. Once.
Yep, and then to watch other people being fooled!
As Ward Hall says, “What you see on the outside … may not be .. wacha geet on the inside!!”
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