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Coin Slot Magazine - #080 - 1981 - October [International Arcade Museum]
Ocean Park Pier (formerly Lick Pier?) was renovated
in the mid 1950's and renamed Pacific Ocean Park
(POP). This amusement park operated from 1958 to
1967. In its latter years, it couldn't compete against
theme parks such as Disneyland POP Pier burnt down
in 1974 and is now just a memory.
The only piers left in this area today are the Santa
Monica Pier (formerly Looff s Pier) and the adjacent
Newcomb Pier in Santa Monica, and Venice Pier in
Venice. Alt are in less than good shape due to old age.
The only remaining amusements are on the Santa
Monica Pier - a carousel (recently renovated), some
concessions, Playland Arcade, and bumper car ride.
(Note: this pier is featured on the opening and closing
credits of the "Three's Company" TV show.) Newcomb
Pier is now used as a parking lot (that part which isn't
condemned or in ruins). It used to have a big roller
This souvenir medal was issued to commemorate the
building of the breakwater off Santa Monica Pier in
1933. The other side advertises Ocean Park and pic
tures a bathing beauty and an amusement pier in the
background.
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AMERICAN EAGLE (Defense) 1 $ slot machine- dispenses
nickels-reels have tanks, parachutists, bombs, anti
aircraft guna Above average condition. Best offer. Wm. P.
Thompson, 6 Shannopin Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15202.
FOR SALE: Paces Races tokens Original, 23 mm size.
Mint condition. Have lot of 125 for $100. Manor, Box 527,
No. Hollywood, CA 91603.
SLOT MACHINE COVERS-Durable cotton/dacron - Tai
lor made for a perfect fit. With 2 color logo on front
(Jennings, Caille, Mills, Pace, Watling) $9.50 EACH POST
PAID. Dealers - quantity prices. Free brochure. Bob
Zwicker, P.O. 2739, Youngstown, OH 44507 (216) 743-
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1981
coaster back in the 1920's. Venice Pier is now for
fishing only.
Playland Arcade on Santa Monica Pier features
electronic arcade games, pinball machines, skee ball,
air hockey, amid miscellaneous arcade machines,
some of which are true antiques still in active use.
Bingo was extremely popular in Venice and Ocean
Park from the 1920's to 1949, when it was outlawed.
Many bingo parlors sprung up on the piers, on Ocean
Front Walk, and on the gambling ships anchored
offshore. Many versions of bingo were played. In
addition to normal bingo, there were mechanical pin-
ball competitive bingo, darts thrown to select numbers,
balls tossed to get five in a row, etc. The bingo games
went under such names as Bridgo, Tango, Hearts, and
Fascination.
Hollywood celebrities frequented these bingo parlors
which were reeling in a million dollars a month. The
winners of games generally won from $5.00 to $10.00,
usually paid in tokens or coupons.
A famous graduate of the bingo parlors of Venice
was William Harrah, founder of Harrah's casino hotels
in Reno and Lake Tahoe. In the early 1930's he
dropped out of UCLA and went to work in his father's
bingo parlor in Venice, (his father was once the mayor
of Venice). In the late 1930's he moved to Reno and
opened a bingo parlor there, which flopped. But his
luck changed when he began a gambling casino there
in 1946, and one in Lake Tahoe in 1955, and quickly
became a multimillionaire.
While in Venice in the 1930's, Harrah issued aluminum
tokens reading "Harrah's Amusements, Free Play" and
"Harrah's Vogue, Free Play". Both are very rare and
desirable today.
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hardbound. It's pure cream! $13.95/U.P.S. Jukebox
Collector, 2545CS SE 60th Ct, Des Moines, IA 50317.
JUKEBOXES- Just released, a new color pictorial bookon
antique jukeboxes. Entitled "Jukeboxes - The Golden
Age", this book is a must for anyone interested in collect
able jukeboxes. Deluxe hardbound edition only $12.95
plus $1.00 for UPS delivery. Dealer inquiries invited.
Victory Glass Co., P.O.Box 119, Des Moines, IA 50301.
(515)223-8820.
5$ SUPERIOR HORSE RACE slot machines- 2 each. 5$
early WAR EAGLES-2 each. 5$-25$ ROL-A-TOP. 5$
ROL-A-TOP. 5$ LION'S HEADS with original token. 5$
ROMAN HEAD with original gold award tokens 5$ SWEET
HEART Q.T. All machines guaranteed complete, no recasts,
some fully restored. (206) 248-1642.
ROL-A-TOP OWNERS, use authentic old-stock "Chicken
Wire" glass in your jackpot windows. No longer made,
stock up now! Each piece $10.00 plus $1.50 first class
postage. Five or more pieces gets 10% discount Chuck
Treuter, Route 7, Box 180-A, Evansville, Indiana 47712.
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Coin Slot Magazine - #080 - 1981 - October [International Arcade Museum]
FOR
Boy completely restored inside and outside (cabinet done
Cylinder Music Box Movement out of an upright slot
machine, restored. Early turn of the century billiard chalk
in rich mahogany). Call Greg Falletich. (714) 537-7568.
dispensor machine, uses an english penny. Early unusual
FOR SALE: Completely restored Pace Kitty and Bally High
Pedestal stand for slot machine. Black Cast Iron $80.00
freight collect 30" high Victorian Style. Poloroid $1.00
Louis Costet, 1500 Monument Blvd., Concord, CA 94520.
1 $ match vending machine. 221A" polyphon upright disk
music box with 16 bells, coin operated. Arnold Levin, 2835
W. North Shore, Chicago, IL 60645. (312) 262-5965.
(415)827-4545.
TRADE STIMULATOR reel strips and award cards. Top
quality reproductions. Largest selection anywhere. For
complete list, send SASE (with 2 stamps). Bill Whelan, P.O.
Box 617, Daly City, CA 94017. Also buying-broken and
incomplete machines for parts.
ORIGINAL 1930's NICKLE NUDGER MACHINES. Attrac
tive and useful $20 each PPD. Includes list of Slot and
Amusement machines I have for sale. The Slot Closet,
5929 N. Greely, Portland, Oregon 97217. Machines and
parts, Bought, Sold and Traded.
FOR SALE: Four Bill Harris hand-carved western figures to
fit your high-tops. One cowboy, two gold miners, one
bandit. $1,500. each. Youngman Enterprises, Highway 51
South; Du Quoin, IL 62832. Phone (618) 542-3267.
ANTIQUE COINS FOR ANTIQUE MACHINES. Mini-bag
(100 coins) Postage Paid. Wheat pennies-dates my choice
— $10. Buffalo nickels - worn, no date—$15. BALDER
DASH Novelty Company, P.O.Box 21232-CS, Columbia
Hghts, MN 55421.
I sell every slot machine book that was ever published,
send for my free list of books and articles for sale. Mr.
Russell, 2404 West 111th St., Chicago, IL 60655. (312)
233-3205.
BUY - SELL - TRADE if it is operted by a coin, regardless of
condition. All types of coin-operated machines. Parts,
mechanisms, speakers, cabinets, machines, and records,
etc. Counter Games. Juke Boxes, Vending Machines.
Arcade Machines. Trade Stimulators. Pin Balls, Amuse
ment, Music Machines, etc. Tony's Trading Post, 209 East
Park Street, Butte, MT 59701. (406) 723-9824.
JUKEBOX PARTS (Seeburg): STEREO NEEDLES for red
head monaural cartidge. Play stereo records on Models
100B-201.$18.95/pr. MIRROR SETS: 100B (around grill)
$35/set. 100C $46/set. WURLITZER/SONATA 1050
JUKEBOX. New in crate. $4,380. R. Shaw, 1142 Scotland
Dr., Cupertino, CA 95014.
From time to time I have jukeboxes for sale from the 40's
and 50's. What are you looking for? You can reach me
(Jukebox Jim) at (303) 321 -2242. Jukeboxes are an endan
gered species and are not only a ball to own but a great
investment and one that most of us can still afford.
WANT ADI WANT ADS
WANTED TO BUY OR TRADE FOR: Short-flipper pinball
parts, 1960 to 1972: plastics, flippers, mechanical parts,
score and instruction cards, targets, backglasses, coils,
schematics, flyers and promotional itema D K Enterprises,
762 Santa Paula, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. (408) 736-5271.
WANTED:
Keeney Bonus Super Bell 2, 3 and 4 way
consoles and extra glasses. Need a bottom glass for a
Bally Draw Bell Console. Call Greg Falletich. (714) 537-7568.
Wanted: Gottlieb SKY LINE, 1965, Backglass. Will pay
TOP $$$. Joe McCarthy, c/o World Wide Distributors,
2730 West Fullerton, Chicago 60647, (312) 384-2300.
WANTED: Kitty complete cabinet, Cooper complete
cabinet Pace 10$ coinhead 1935, horsehead mechanism,
Mills jackpots, Mills gooseneck complete cabinets, Pace
5$ escalator dials, Mills mechanisma Watling, Jennings,
Mills parts sell/trade. Gord Nichol, 320 Edgehill, Wayne,
PA 19087.
WANTED TO BUY: SPD15RCA Box Set entitled Seeburg
Package No. 3 - Country/Western 1956. 10ep45 RPM
various artist. In very good condition put out by Seeburg
Jukebox Coin 1956. I believe it was given as a bonus for
buying the Model B or KD 200 selection Jukebox Jim
Kaysinger Box 211, Whitesville, KY 42378. (502) 233-
5955. Serious buyer for this set
WANTED: Back door for Pace BANTAM; back door and top
plate for Caille Play-Boy, cash box for Mills VEST POCKET
and two CASTLE FRONTS; plunger plate for PUT-N-TAKE
Charlie Ball, P.O.Box 895, N. Little Rock, AR 72115.
WANTED: Mechanism for 1899 Midland Shocker "Electri
city if Life"; also unusual Turn of the Century Trade
Stimulators. Tom Gustwiller, 116 West Main St, Ottawa,
Ohio 45875. (419) 523-6395 or 523-6556 evenings.
Wanted to buy Chicago Coin's Band-Box. Jukebox Jim,
754 Oneida, Denver, CO 80220. (303) 321-2242.
WANTED: Disc and cylinder music boxes - any condition.
Arnold Levin, 2835 W. North Shore Ave., Chicago, IL
60645.(312)262-5965.
BUYING - OLD GAMBLING CHIPS. IVORY, CLAY, MOTHER-
OF-PEARL, METAL. Send rubbing, copy or sample. Give
colors and quantities. Dale Seymour, 11170 Mora Dr., Los
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STILL WANTED: Mechanism for Mills Dial Trade Stimulator.
Does anyone have any ideas for me? I need small front
door for Pace STAR, page 103, Vol. 2 Bueschel Slot Book.
Have original Watling back door for sale $75. Gil Jones,
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Altos, CA 94022.
WANTED: B&W photos of existing old pinbails — cabinet
playfielcf and backglass— for"100Collectible Pinbails...."
book being written. The older the better. Pictures used will
have credit line to your collection. Or shoot B&W roll of
your machines and send me film. I'll process. If II be the
pinball book we've all waited for. Dick Bueschel, c/oZylke,
1939 Waukegan Road, Glenview, IL 60025.
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October 1981

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