Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Gumball Machine

When I was a kid, I loved these machines because the bubble gum sold here was the best for making huge bubbles.

Maybe there weren't enough customers among the approximately 4000 inhabitants of Güsten for this beautiful Gumball Machine. Now it is just an empty shell.

Neubukow calls itself "Schliemann Stadt" of Heinrich Schliemann, the archeologist who found Troy, came from here. But it is also a place where vandals live who loot and destroy gumball machines.

When I visit my friends in Detmold, they have sometimes already made a list of vending machines that I don't know yet. They really have an eye for these machines. I really loved these machines when I was a kid. The gumballs sold here, were the very best for bubblegum bubbles. Unfortunately, my parents neither liked bubblegum nor these machines...

The preserved areas of Lübeck's old town, located on an island of the Trave river, with over a thousand cultural monuments have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 1987. This is Germany´s most extensive UNESCO World Heritage Site. I do hope, that this gumball machine is part of it.

When I was a kid, I loved these machines because the bubble gum sold here was the best for making huge bubbles. But even in Rethem, a small town on the Aller River, there are now not enough young customers for these once wonderful machines.

When I was a kid I loved these machines, as the gumballs sold here, were the best for bubblegum bubbles. Unfortunately, my parents neither liked bubblegum nor these vending machines... Though chewing gum is still popular, these vending machines are only rarely seen meanwhile. I know this machine already for some years, but it gets a new "decoration" now and then.

When I was a kid I loved these machines, as the gumballs sold here, were the best for bubblegum bubbles. Unfortunately, my parents neither liked bubblegum nor these vending machines... Though chewing gum is still popular, these vending machines are only rarely seen meanwhile. They open 24/7, even in snow..

When I was a kid I loved these machines, as the gumballs sold here, were the best for bubblegum bubbles. Unfortunately, my parents neither liked bubblegum nor these vending machines... Though chewing gum is still popular, these vending machines are only rarely seen meanwhile. I was surprised to find a couple of them in Berlin.

When I was a kid I loved these machines, as the gumballs sold here, were the best for bubblegum bubbles. Unfortunately, my parents neither liked bubblegum nor these vending machines... Though chewing gum is still popular, these vending machines are only rarely seen meanwhile. I was surprised to find a couple of them in Berlin.

When I was a kid I loved these machines, as the gumballs sold here, were the best for bubblegum bubbles. Unfortunately, my parents neither liked bubblegum nor these vending machines... Though chewing gum is still popular, these vending machines are only rarely seen meanwhile. I was surprised to find a couple of them in Berlin, but this one was obviously temporarily out of business.

When I was a kid I loved these machines, as the gumballs sold here, were the best for bubblegum bubbles. Unfortunately, my parents neither liked bubblegum nor these vending machines... Though chewing gum is still popular, these vending machines are only rarely seen meanwhile. I was surprised to find a couple of them in Berlin.

When I was a kid I loved these machines, as the gumballs sold here, were the best for bubblegum bubbles. Unfortunately, my parents neither liked bubblegum nor these vending machines... Though chewing gum is still popular, these vending machines are only rarely seen meanwhile. I was surprised to find a couple of them in Berlin.

When I was a kid I loved these machines, as the gumballs sold here, were the very best for bubblegum bubbles. Unfortunately, my parents neither liked bubblegum nor these vending machines... Though chewing gum is still popular, these vending machines are only rarely seen meanwhile. And most I found over the last years looked neglected.

Looks like the kids in Sassenhausen, a small village that is now part of Bad Berleburg, still love the oldfashioned bubble gum. But obviously "Heavy Metal Fingerrings" for 1 Euro are the "must haves" here.

Since 1969 the village Kirchveischede is incorporated into the Lennestadt. Th village has a population of less than 1000 - and a gumball machine. When I was a kid I loved these machines, as the gumballs sold here, were the best for bubblegum bubbles. Unfortunately my parents neither liked bubblegum nor these vending machines... Though chewing gum is still popular, these vending machines are only rarely seen meanwhile. They could only survived in small niches. How are these niches defined social-economically? Are here more kids? Is the income here below average? I have no idea.

When I was a kid I loved these machines, as the gumballs sold here, were the very best for bubblegum bubbles. Unfortunately my parents neither liked bubblegum nor these vending machines... Though chewing gum is still popular, these vending machines are only rarely seen meanwhile.

When I was a kid I loved these machines, as the gumballs sold here, were the very best for bubblegum bubbles. Unfortunately my parents neither liked bubblegum nor these vending machines... Though chewing gum is still popular, these vending machines are only rarely seen meanwhile.