A brief history of S/N # 152836

From what I learned from Paoli, the previous owner/seller, the history of this jukebox goes something like this:

The jukebox was purchased in 1955 by "DK", and installed in The Cheat Mountain Club, a restaurant/dance hall/private resort located near the top of Cheat Mountain, a few minutes NW of Durbin, West Virginia, in the midst of the Monongahela National Forest. The jukebox spent the next 37 years (plus or minus) spinning 45's, but in either '92 or '93 the club moved to a new location, and the jukebox didn't make the move. Paoli, having spent more than a few quarters in it, and being quite fond of it, was able to purchase the juke from "DK", but since he didn't have a place to store it he worked a deal with "DK" to store it for him until such time as he could take possession of it himself.

The Cheat Mountain Club (old building) as it stands today:

And the view as seen when standing at the top of the front steps. (Too bad it was such a cloudy day....):

According to Paoli, one of the "services" offered at the Cheat Mountain Club (once it was opened-up to the general public) was an on-site hotel. Apparently those patrons who had "one too many" could gently stumble out the back door, and make the short walk to the CMC Hotel, located immediately behind the club itself:

Not too much remains of it now....

Although having the best of intentions, Paoli was never able to restore the jukebox, and it sat in storage in one of "DK"'s buildings, for years. When the storage building started to deteriorate to the point that it was ready to fall down, the jukebox was moved to the same shop where we picked it up. In fact, one of Paoli's friends demolished the storage building just a day or so before we arrived....

I was happy to learn that "DK" is 94 years young, and still going strong, but sadly we were unable to meet him. I'm sure he would have had some really good stories to tell!

My apologies if I've messed-up any of the details and/or gotten the dates wrong. The fault, if any, is entirely mine, and I will gladly make corrections as necessary.