1961 Press Photo Machine Executives at Automatic Merchandising Association

Among Vending Machine Executives attending the Southern sectional Automatic Merchandising Association at the Royal Orleans hotel are James Howard, left; I. H. Houston, center, and Roy Zola. Envisions Automatic Supermarkets in Suburbs - The suburban housewife in many U. S. cities may one day be able to buy most of her family groceries from machines, a vending machine expert said here today. I. H. Houston of New York, vending machine division manager for National Biscuit Co. and former president of the National Automatic Merchandising Association, spoke of the automatic supermarket in an interview.

Photo is dated 1961.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.