Chicago Coin’s Band-Box in the Pancake Hut in Carthage shipped to California for restoration

The historic Chicago Coin’s Band-Box robotic band in the Pancake Hut restaurant in Carthage, Missouri, has been shipped to a company in California so it can be repaired and restored.

Wanda Baugh, owner of the restaurant, has set up a donations fund for the Band-Box with an SMB bank in Carthage called the “Pancake Fund.” For more information, call the bank at (417) 358-1770 to make arrangements on how to mail a donation check.

According to Route 66 Times, the Chicago Coin’s Band-Box that dates to the early 1950s once sat at Red’s Cafe near the corner of Garrison Avenue (aka Route 66) and Central, just steps from the Boots Court motel.

The Band-Box has been in the Pancake Hut, also a few feet from the Boots, since 1979.

The coin-operated Band-Boxes were manufactured only from 1950 to 1952.

Here’s one of the Band-Boxes (not in Carthage) in action:

Much to my surprise, there’s a comprehensive website about Chicago Coin’s Band Boxes from a guy in Los Angeles who specializes in restoring them.

(Image of the Chicago Coin’s Band-Box inside the Pancake Hut restaurant in Carthage, Missouri, via Facebook)

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