Coin Slot

Coin Slot Magazine - #006 - 1975 - February [International Arcade Museum]
THE
COIN SLOT
FEBRUARY
machines,
and
1975
immediately
played another coin, the han
dle acted as a brake and the
player could control the wheel.
Larkin advertised his Admiral
as 'The only machine on the
market that can not be cheat
ed."
His
machine,
mechanical
and
devices
the
included,
caught the attention of H.S.
Mills in Chicago, who there
upon
hired
Larkin
and
took
over his business, moving it to
Chicago. Larkin and Mills be
came very close friends, with
Larkin going to San Francisco
to open the Mills office there.
Larkin was there at the time of
the San Francisco earthquake
and fire in April,
1906,
sur
viving the incident and imme
diately moving the office out of
town. Larkin also served as a
Mills
you
promotional
look
letters
at
in old
the
ringer.
If
testimonial
Mills
catalogs
carefully, you'll see the name
Larkin pop up more than once
describing the merits of vari
ous Mills machines. You could
n't get away with
advertising today.
that
in
The Adiiral
Nickel machine, 6 slotswhieh pays from 10c
to $2.00 in nickels.
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