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Comments:	Two "Penny Press" machines are on second floor of the building at 685 Cannery Row next to Zoltar near the Candy Factory store under the escalator to the Blue Fin restaurant and bar. The machines are owned by the plaza and not by any of the individual stores. Both are four design hand crank machines. <p> Machine 8: (2019):</b> is still upstairs across from the candy store. All cost $1.00 and are preloaded with Zinc pennies. All have 'Monterey, CA' on them and are in a 'Salty' the sailor machine. Designs are: <br> 1) Mermaid laying down facing right, <br> 2) Sea Otter and baby. <br> 3) Shark with mouth open, <br> 4) Humpback Whale. <p> <b>Machines 1 through 7 are Retired/ Moved.</b> <p> Retired #1 (2012), 1) Lone Cypress design (H), 2) Sea Otter (H), 3) Image of the Cannery row buildings with two boxes and a can on a table on the right (H), 4) Head of a pirate in his pirate hat, skull and cross bones on the front of the hat (H)<br> Retired #2 (2012): 1) "Betty Boop" sitting on a ledge with her legs crossed hanging down/ (V), 2) "Elvis" standing with his legs apart playing a guitar/ (H), 3) "Marilyn Monroe" in classic pose holding her dress down as it is being blown up/ (V), 4) "John Wayne" head wearing a scarf on his neck and a cowboy hat/ (H)<br> Retired #3, single design machine, 1) The Lone Cypress tree, <br> Retired #4 (2012): 1) Monterey, California', Sea Lion, 2) Monterey, California', 2 Humpback Whales, 3) Monterey, California', Sea Otter, 4) 'Monterey Canning Company', Cannery building <br> Retired #5 (2012), moved to Fisherman's Wharf - Wharf General Store. <br> 1) 'Monterey Sardines', Sardine, peppers and tomato, 2) 'Monterey, California', Sea Lion, 3) 'Greetings from Monterey, California', Otter head and Cypress Tree, 4) 'Cannery Row Monterey, CA', Pelican. <br> Retired #7: (From Candy Land and The Steinbeck Museum): 1) Otters, 2) John Steinbeck, 3) Doc Ricketts, 4) Spirit of Monterey Logo. <p> Moved #6 (to 5 and dime/ was From Candyland 2): 1) Sea Otter top in heart, 2) Pirate with a sword, 3) 'Greetings from Cannery Row', 4) Lone Cypress tree <p> 8/19: Machines 4, 6 & 7 are Retired. GSY <p> 4/5/21 - Machine rolling okay. RK
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Cannery Row - Steinbeck Plaza

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685 Cannery Row
Monterey, CA , 93940

Phone: 831-375-7000

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Two "Penny Press" machines are on second floor of the building at 685 Cannery Row next to Zoltar near the Candy Factory store under the escalator to the Blue Fin restaurant and bar. The machines are owned by the plaza and not by any of the individual stores. Both are four design hand crank machines.

Machine 8: (2019): is still upstairs across from the candy store. All cost $1.00 and are preloaded with Zinc pennies. All have 'Monterey, CA' on them and are in a 'Salty' the sailor machine. Designs are:
1) Mermaid laying down facing right,
2) Sea Otter and baby.
3) Shark with mouth open,
4) Humpback Whale.

Machines 1 through 7 are Retired/ Moved.

Retired #1 (2012), 1) Lone Cypress design (H), 2) Sea Otter (H), 3) Image of the Cannery row buildings with two boxes and a can on a table on the right (H), 4) Head of a pirate in his pirate hat, skull and cross bones on the front of the hat (H)
Retired #2 (2012): 1) "Betty Boop" sitting on a ledge with her legs crossed hanging down/ (V), 2) "Elvis" standing with his legs apart playing a guitar/ (H), 3) "Marilyn Monroe" in classic pose holding her dress down as it is being blown up/ (V), 4) "John Wayne" head wearing a scarf on his neck and a cowboy hat/ (H)
Retired #3, single design machine, 1) The Lone Cypress tree,
Retired #4 (2012): 1) Monterey, California', Sea Lion, 2) Monterey, California', 2 Humpback Whales, 3) Monterey, California', Sea Otter, 4) 'Monterey Canning Company', Cannery building
Retired #5 (2012), moved to Fisherman's Wharf - Wharf General Store.
1) 'Monterey Sardines', Sardine, peppers and tomato, 2) 'Monterey, California', Sea Lion, 3) 'Greetings from Monterey, California', Otter head and Cypress Tree, 4) 'Cannery Row Monterey, CA', Pelican.
Retired #7: (From Candy Land and The Steinbeck Museum): 1) Otters, 2) John Steinbeck, 3) Doc Ricketts, 4) Spirit of Monterey Logo.

Moved #6 (to 5 and dime/ was From Candyland 2): 1) Sea Otter top in heart, 2) Pirate with a sword, 3) 'Greetings from Cannery Row', 4) Lone Cypress tree

8/19: Machines 4, 6 & 7 are Retired. GSY

4/5/21 - Machine rolling okay. RK

Machine 8

Moved #6 (to 5 and dime/ was From Candyland 2):

Retired 7

Retired 3

Moved 5 Moved to The Wharf's General Store

Retired 1 & Single (Single design from the Blue Fin Restaurant)

Retired 4 - 2012

Retired 2