Coin Slot

Issue: 1975 February 006

Coin Slot Magazine - #006 - 1975 - February [International Arcade Museum]
THE COIN SLOT
FEBRUARY 1975
THE COIN SlfJH is published monthly by Les and Edith Druyan, 681
Sherman Coufeti Westbury, N.Y.
11590. The cost of a one year
subscription is $7.00. Trial six month subscriptions are available for
$3.50.
THE COIN SLOT is mailed first class postpaid at Westbury,
N.Y. 11590.
Advertising rates for THE COIN SLOT are as follows: $15.00 for a full
page ad, $7.50 for a half page, $3.50 for a quarter page, and $2.00 for
a one inch ad, per insertion. All ads run the entire width of the page.
Black and white drawings will be printed at a cost of only the space
that they occupy; black and white photos that must be half toned will
be printed at a cost of $4.00 plus the space that they occupy. Color
photos are not acceptable for advertising. The editors of THE COIN
SLOT assume no responsibility for statements made by our
advertisers, and we do reserve the right to edit or reject any ads that
we consider to be dishonest or misleading, or that do not conform to
the high standards we attempt to maintain. We must have your ad
copy in our hands by the 10th of the month preceeding the issue of
publication. If your ad misses the 10th of the month deadline, it will
appear in the following month's issue, unless otherwise requested.
No part of this newsletter may be reproduced in any form, except for
incidental quotations used in reviews, etc., without the express
written permission of the publisher.
BELL FRUITGLft
From the Editors.
sought
As we stated last month, the
major aim of THE COIN SLOT
is to promote the exchange of
information between collectors
its
identity.
Having
never seen one like it before,
we forwarded the pictures to
Dick Bueschel in Chicago, who
bills himself as "Chronicler of
the mechanical public arts", a
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January issue we
research proceeded along that
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in the field of antique mechan
icals. Anyone having a prob
printed a little piece about a
assumption. However, further
machine owned by Dick Zeller,
study by Dick B. brought out
the
following
information,
quoted in the letter below:
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con'd on next page
Troy, N.Y. Dick sent us photos
of his "mystery machine", and
© The International Arcade Museum
THE
COIN
SLOT
FEBRUARY
1975
Coin Slot Magazine - #006 - 1975 - February [International Arcade Museum]
Dear Les,
a large 12 volt dry cell to make
Here are your pictures back,
and they are of a very interest
their machines work and this is
ing machine. It turns out to be
very effective.
I wish
an early model of the Berger
Chicago Ridge,
restoring
manufactured
Dick
Zeller luck
this
rare
in
machine,
by the Paul E. Berger Manu
and send you best wishes for
facturing Company of Chicago.
the New Year.
The
factory
was
in
Sincerely,
Chicago
Dick Bueschel
Ridge, a small farm town due
south
of
Chicago,
Wabash Railroad,
the Rock Island.
was
like
a
on
the
now called
Paul Berger
Pullman

We also received a note from
he
created a "perfect" town, and
Larry
built
Arcade, 1328lA Beverly Estate
the
first
slot
machine
factory on the rail spur,
Birnbaum
of
Penny's
Drive, Beverly Hills, California
and
even built the worker's homes.
90210,
He produced a line of "Coin
Cowper machine, and offered
Operated
to
chines,
what
the
and
Amusement
Electrical"
had
Chicago
about
different models.
Ma
(which
Ridge
five
or
who
help
owns
with the
a
similar
restoration,
is
and requested any literature on
is),
Cowper and Berger machines.
Unfortunately, we don't have
six
any
The electri-
literature
on
Cowpers,
cals didn't last very long, since
other than what was printed in
the
last month's issue.
wet
batteries
soon
lost
The above is what we hope
their juice (particularly if peo
ple held the handle down to
THE COIN SLOT is all about;
keep
the
contact
the
play
and
pay-out),
open
after
and
exchange
of
information
between collectors, using THE
ma
COIN SLOT as a vehicle.
chine needed maintenance. Ac
tually, it was the Mills OWL
that killed the electrics as it
was
totally
mechanical
and
damn near fool-proof. And it
was
the
Owl
that
got
H.S.
Mills off to such a good start.
This
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m
u
e
month
we
are
trying
:
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f
d
ade The rc date
two others that lo
exist.
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n
a
ow 1897
would be
D around
ww. or 1898.
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/
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:
The machine
is
a
beauty, and
http
something new in our format.
can probably be restored. The
Brooklyn,
other
motto is 15th Century Prices;
The Chicago Ridge is a very
rare machine; I know of only
owners
of
Berger,
or
similar Cowper, machines use
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We are having portions of THE
COIN SLOT typeset by Guten
berg
Typesetting,
c/o
Allen
Koenigsberg, 3400 Snyder Ave.
N.Y.
11203
whose
20th Century Methods.
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