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Jukeboxes and their ancestors were a very profitable industry from the [[1890s]] on. They were most popular from the [[1940s]] through the mid-[[1960s]], particularly during the [[1950s]]. Today they are often associated with early [[rock and roll]] music, but were very popular in the [[swing music]] era as well. As a result, stores and restaurants with a retro theme, such as the [[Johnny Rockets]] chain, include jukeboxes.
== Aesthetic Style ==
The first jukeboxes were simply wooden boxes with coin slots and a few buttons. Over time they became more and more decorated, using color lights, rotating lights, chrome, bubble tubes, ceiling lamps, and other visual gimmicks. Many consider the 1940s to be the "golden age" of jukebox styling with the [[Gothic architecture|gothic-like]] curvaceous "electric rainbow cathedral" look. World War II and the Great Depression were over, so the new designs and sales choices reflected the festive mood. Even before that, decorative jukeboxes were often one of the few escapes from the problems of the Great Depression and war.
Styling progressed from the plain wooden boxes in the early thirties to beautiful light shows with marblized plastic and color animation in the Wurlitzer 850 Peacock of 1942. But after the United States entered the war, metal and plastic were needed for the war effort. Jukebox production was cut back. The 1943 Wurlitzer 950 featured wooden coin chutes to save on metal. It should also be noted that since the mechanisms were made of metal, they were not produced during this time, rather, a new cabinet was produced and the internal componets of the jukebox were placed into it. Since many of the mechanisms were built by hand, a lot of these [http://www.enascor.com/jukebox/box-juke-real.html jukeboxes] had parts that never fit properly and required modification. The 1943 Wurlitzer Victory cabinet featured glass lightup panels instead of plastic. After the war, material was available again and there was a big boom in jukeboxes.
The [[Wurlitzer]] model "1015-Bubbler" typifies the look and is arguably the most popular jukebox design of all time. Many of these survived into the 50s in active use and are instead associated with the 50s in pop culture despite their 40s origin because of their unique visual prominence and production volume. Designed by stylist Paul Fuller, it is rumored that when entertainment equipment factories were redirected toward the war effort, Paul had more time to focus on esthetic design. This extra time resulted in one of the greatest designs in iconic pop culture.
After the 40s, the styles generally became more box-like and "high-tech" in look, distancing themselves from "classic" influences such as ancient Greek, renaissance, and gothic motifs found in the 40s models.
Also, the post-40s models needed more panel space for the increased number of record titles they could present on selection buttons, reducing the space available for decoration. This is partly due to improved record storage and dispatching technology and partly due to the transition from the 78-rpm disks to the 45-rpm disks, which were more compact.
Jukeboxes from the 1940's are called Golden Age because of the yellow catalin plastic. Jukeboxes from the 1950's are called Silver Age because of the predominant chrome styling.
'''Other esthetically notable models''':
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