Coin Slot
Issue: 1979 June 052 - Page 34
Coin Slot Magazine - #052 - 1979 - June [International Arcade Museum]
Crown Publishers, Inc./
Nancy White Kahan, Director of Publicity & Public Relations
One Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016/(212) 532-9200
DROP COIN HERE
The book of Antique Coin-Operated
Gambling, Vending, and Arcade Machines
of aesthetics gone wild and mechanical ingenuity.
—A Holy Water Vender, the first coin-oper
They really caught on in the late 19th century,
ated machine, c. 200 B.C.
and now they are everywhere bought, sold, coll
ected, restored, and appreciated for their colorful
—An "Automatic Phrenologist" that reads
designs and Rube Goldberg-like machinery.
"wheels in you head" for 5c, 1894.
DROP
COIN HERE is the collector's guide to these enter
—A Dictionary-Lexicon that opens for a
taining relics of a bygone era.
An absolute must
for the collector, it has both an informative history
penny, 1900.
of the machine's development and manufacture,
—A Toilet Paper Dispenser-yes, even in the
privy the proprietor makes profit!
plus valuable collecting and restoring information
1903.
and a general price guide.
—A One-Armed Bandit, a carved wooden
320 photographs (over 70 in full color) show
life-size "bandit" with a slot machine in
actual machines from the finest collections in the
his chest, early 1950's.
country.
Here are slot machines, gumball vendors,
strength testers, fortune tellers, trade stimulators,
shoeshine machines, peep shows, pinball machines,
These coin-operated machines are a little more
unusual than the penny gum machine that you
cigar venders, horse race machines, perfume vend
remember so fondly from your childhood.
ers, electricity machines, peanut dispensers, lung
From
Roman times, when machines dispensed holy water
testers,
for three drachma, to modern times, when ma
(1839), roulette machines, one-wheel slots, diggers,
poker
games,
America's oldest machine
chines do everything from sealing your valuables
automatons, scales, and more.
in plastic to serving your coffee with two sugars
DROP COIN HERE is the first book to cover
and extra cream, they have appealed to the imagin
the entire subject of coin-operated machines.
ation.
If
you're interested in reliving your youth with a gum-
One of the hottest new collectibles around is
ball machine, finding out how people used to gam
the coin-operated machine, a masterly combination
new collectible
ble, or investing in the hottest
om
m.c around, this is the place to look.
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o
r
f
-m
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The book of Antique
Gambling,
:
p
tt
Vending, and h Arcade Machines
$12.95 Cloth
ISBN:
Publication Date:
By Ken and Fran Rubin
© The International Arcade Museum
0-517-532980
32
March 30, 1979
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
Crown Publishers, Inc./
Nancy White Kahan, Director of Publicity & Public Relations
One Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016/(212) 532-9200
DROP COIN HERE
The book of Antique Coin-Operated
Gambling, Vending, and Arcade Machines
of aesthetics gone wild and mechanical ingenuity.
—A Holy Water Vender, the first coin-oper
They really caught on in the late 19th century,
ated machine, c. 200 B.C.
and now they are everywhere bought, sold, coll
ected, restored, and appreciated for their colorful
—An "Automatic Phrenologist" that reads
designs and Rube Goldberg-like machinery.
"wheels in you head" for 5c, 1894.
DROP
COIN HERE is the collector's guide to these enter
—A Dictionary-Lexicon that opens for a
taining relics of a bygone era.
An absolute must
for the collector, it has both an informative history
penny, 1900.
of the machine's development and manufacture,
—A Toilet Paper Dispenser-yes, even in the
privy the proprietor makes profit!
plus valuable collecting and restoring information
1903.
and a general price guide.
—A One-Armed Bandit, a carved wooden
320 photographs (over 70 in full color) show
life-size "bandit" with a slot machine in
actual machines from the finest collections in the
his chest, early 1950's.
country.
Here are slot machines, gumball vendors,
strength testers, fortune tellers, trade stimulators,
shoeshine machines, peep shows, pinball machines,
These coin-operated machines are a little more
unusual than the penny gum machine that you
cigar venders, horse race machines, perfume vend
remember so fondly from your childhood.
ers, electricity machines, peanut dispensers, lung
From
Roman times, when machines dispensed holy water
testers,
for three drachma, to modern times, when ma
(1839), roulette machines, one-wheel slots, diggers,
poker
games,
America's oldest machine
chines do everything from sealing your valuables
automatons, scales, and more.
in plastic to serving your coffee with two sugars
DROP COIN HERE is the first book to cover
and extra cream, they have appealed to the imagin
the entire subject of coin-operated machines.
ation.
If
you're interested in reliving your youth with a gum-
One of the hottest new collectibles around is
ball machine, finding out how people used to gam
the coin-operated machine, a masterly combination
new collectible
ble, or investing in the hottest
om
m.c around, this is the place to look.
m: useu
o
r
f
-m
ed
oad .arcade
l
n
Dow //w Coin-operated
ww
The book of Antique
Gambling,
:
p
tt
Vending, and h Arcade Machines
$12.95 Cloth
ISBN:
Publication Date:
By Ken and Fran Rubin
© The International Arcade Museum
0-517-532980
32
March 30, 1979
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
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