So in 1958, my grandfather’s short-lived drive-in restaurant in Aqueduct apparently featured a jukebox, as just about any respectable diner of the day would have have done. He apparently rented a Seeburg from Elmer H. Weatherwax, wholesale distributor of novelties, coin operated amusement equipment, Thorens audio equipment, and plush toys (indicated on the back of the receipt). Elmer’s operation (TWO PHONES!) was located at 14-16 Myers Alley, which is tucked off of South Avenue, which is tucked off of North Jay Street in Schenectady. I don’t know much about Elmer, but Weatherwax is an old Schenectady County name, which may have come from the German Wiederwachs, which could mean any number of things except “back wax,” which is what Google Translate would tell you. I do know that his wife was from Montreal and died in 1985, several years after Elmer passed on.
