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Packard Jukebox
Company History Packard Manufacturing was founded in 1932, but didn't operate between 1933 and 1939 when its founder, Homer Capehart worked for Wurlitzer. After the war, The Model 7 Pla-Mor was manufactured. This combined the most deeply moulded plastics ever manufactured, and an unusual mechanism that stored the 78rpms vertically to the left of the turntable. By 1949 economic pressures reduced Packard to the manufacture of wallboxes only, and in 1950 Packard was declared bankrupt, selling its phonograph division to Wurlitzer. Notable Jukeboxes The Manhattan was one of the outstanding designs of the post war period. Shorter and wider than most other jukeboxes of that period, the variety of veneers used on the cabinet gave it a luxurious appearance. |