The first Jukeboxes were simply wooden boxes with coin slots and a few buttons. Over time they became more and more decorated, using colored lights, chrome, bubble tubes, and other visual gimmicks.Many consider the mid-to-late 1940's the "golden age" of Jukebox styling with the gothic-like curvaceous "electric rainbow cathedral" look. The Wurlitzer model "1015-Bubbler" jukebox typifies the look and is arguably the most popular selling Jukebox model of all time. Many of these survived into the 50's in active use and are instead associated with the 50's in pop culture despite their 40's origin because of their unique visual prominence. Who would not want to own one of these?
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