Coin Slot
Issue: 1982 April 086 - Page 11
Coin Slot Magazine - #086 - 1982 - April [International Arcade Museum]
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The Caille BEN HUR in Tom Nagelin's collection, 50 play,
Another machine from the Nagelin collection, the Watling
serial 10,976. This late 1920s — early 1930s machine is
TWIN JACKPOT BALL GUM VENDER It play, serial
described in the Volume 1 — Revised An Illustrated Price
T-55,201.
Guide to the 100 Most Collectible Slot Machines. Coin Slot
Illustrated Price Guide to the 100 Most Collectible Slot
This machine is described in
Volume 3 o/An
Guide No. 81 featuring the CailleBENHUR and the European
Machines. Coin Slot Guide No. 51 for the Watling BLUE
version, THE COMMERCIAL, is in the works.
SEAL and TWIN JACKPOT line is in the works.
Continued on page 10
Charles Fey, (right) and Tom
Watling, in front ofFey's original
"Bell" machine. Fey, of course,
Left: Th* Late Tom Wotting
Coin Machine M
f«s«fnr«r with Charley
Shown
of Origin®!
was inventor of the three reel slot
machine,
which still retains its
original format almost 90 years
later. Tom Watling, founder ofthe
Watling Machine Co., may be best
known for the tens ofthousands of
penny scales that were found in so
many public places years ago.
This photo is from The Coin
Machine Journal, July, 1949
issue. Incidentally, it is interesting
to note that the article accom
panying
the photo claims
that
"Charlie Fey, an Australian by
nativity, brought the original ma
chine to America in the late 90's."
This is in direct contradiction to
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Les Druyan,
an
article
written
by Elizabeth
Ann Fey, great granddaughter of
Charles. Ms. Fey states that her
famous ancestor immigrated to the
U.S. about 1882 from Bavaria,
and built the first 3-reeler about
1895 in San Francisco.
P.O. Box 1270, L.I.C., New York, 11101
April, 1982
© The International Arcade Museum
THE COIN SLOT—9
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
i
The Caille BEN HUR in Tom Nagelin's collection, 50 play,
Another machine from the Nagelin collection, the Watling
serial 10,976. This late 1920s — early 1930s machine is
TWIN JACKPOT BALL GUM VENDER It play, serial
described in the Volume 1 — Revised An Illustrated Price
T-55,201.
Guide to the 100 Most Collectible Slot Machines. Coin Slot
Illustrated Price Guide to the 100 Most Collectible Slot
This machine is described in
Volume 3 o/An
Guide No. 81 featuring the CailleBENHUR and the European
Machines. Coin Slot Guide No. 51 for the Watling BLUE
version, THE COMMERCIAL, is in the works.
SEAL and TWIN JACKPOT line is in the works.
Continued on page 10
Charles Fey, (right) and Tom
Watling, in front ofFey's original
"Bell" machine. Fey, of course,
Left: Th* Late Tom Wotting
Coin Machine M
f«s«fnr«r with Charley
Shown
of Origin®!
was inventor of the three reel slot
machine,
which still retains its
original format almost 90 years
later. Tom Watling, founder ofthe
Watling Machine Co., may be best
known for the tens ofthousands of
penny scales that were found in so
many public places years ago.
This photo is from The Coin
Machine Journal, July, 1949
issue. Incidentally, it is interesting
to note that the article accom
panying
the photo claims
that
"Charlie Fey, an Australian by
nativity, brought the original ma
chine to America in the late 90's."
This is in direct contradiction to
om
m.c
m: useu
o
r
f
ed ade-m
8x10 reproductions are available
oad Frameable,
l
n
arc for $9.00
.
w
o
w
each, postpaid from:
D
ww
/
/
:
p
htt
Les Druyan,
an
article
written
by Elizabeth
Ann Fey, great granddaughter of
Charles. Ms. Fey states that her
famous ancestor immigrated to the
U.S. about 1882 from Bavaria,
and built the first 3-reeler about
1895 in San Francisco.
P.O. Box 1270, L.I.C., New York, 11101
April, 1982
© The International Arcade Museum
THE COIN SLOT—9
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
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