The Wurlitzer 1400 and 1450  jukeboxes were produced by the Wurlitzer Company in 1950 and 1951.  They feature a new style cabinet with Vinyl sides. They can hold up to 24 records and offers 48 selections. They offer playing both sides of the record and also 33,45, and 78 rpm records.

The Wurlitzer 1400 and 1450 jukebox feature decorative lighting for an appealing and eye-catching display, they were offered with different cabinet, grill and art panels. Some say there are up to 6 different visual variety’s.

Designed to be used in public places, the Wurlitzer 1400 and 1450 jukeboxes feature a coin mechanism that accepts nickels or dimes, allowing users to pay for their song selection. They use a manual song selection mechanism. Users can flip through the record selection and manually place the desired record on the turntable for playback.

Overall, the Wurlitzer 1400 and 1450 jukeboxes were some of the transition jukeboxes of the era, they remain a nice example of a jukebox, but wurlitzer was still finding its way and its seen in the design. It’s a good 1950’s jukebox to enter in the era.