Coin Slot Magazine - #020 - 1976 - September [International Arcade Museum]
Seeburg nickelodeons and the like did not have shiny wood finishes.
Polyurethane coatings hadn't been invented in the early 1900's, and
even if they had, I doubt that they would have been used. If you
insist on an unoriginal glossy wood finish, be aware that, no matter
how nice it looks, you have customized and not restored your
machine.
Right now many of you probably think I'm a raving lunatic.
Although you may be right, I'd prefer to think of myself as a purist.
In any event, what do you think a proper restoration should be?
Send your comments, critisisms, etc., to The Coin Slot. Well put
the most interesting comments in an upcoming issue.
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Bandit:
Death?
OLYMPIA — (UPI) —
The City of Olympia is
asking for the death
penalty in a lawsuit
against
a
one-armed
bandit
Thieves broke into the
residence of Dr. L. A.
Schafer and made off
with an old slot machine
from
the
recreation
'BandW Must Die
OLYMPIA — (AP) —
Judge Frank Baker has
sentenced a one-armed
bandit to death by sled
gehammer.
The Thurston County
Superior Court judge or
dered an illegal slot ma
chine destroyed. "The
"one-armed bandit" had
been taken by burglars
from the home of Dr.
L.A. Schafer.
Schafer did not con
test the judge's order.
The device was used
only to win back allow
ance money
children, he
court.
from Ms
told the
The machine will be
smashed and its re
mains sprinkled on the
city dump, quipped a
police official.
Submitted by Earl A. Adams, Seattle,
Washington.
room.
Police eventually re
covered the device, but
refused to give it back
on grounds it was an
illegal machine under
state law.
Schafer argued that
he should get it. back
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machines
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it should be destroyed.
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permit
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To settle the argument
loa .arca ting Californians to own antique
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the
city
filed
suit
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chine" and a hearing is
scheduled
Monday
in
Thurston County Superi
or Court.
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state's anti-gambling laws.
From the San Francisco Chronicle
by Max E. Schaffer, Fremont, CA.
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