Mechanical Memories Magazine
Issue: 2014-March - Issue 84 - Page 26
More Automatic Pleasures:
The Slot Machine Revolution
by Nie Costa
Available at last in book format, Nie Costa's entertaining and well researched articles
on the growth and development of the slot machine industries in the USA and the UK
from the 1870s to the 1970s, covering the major U.S. (Mills, Caille, Jennings,
Rockola, Wurlitzer, Gottlieb, and Bally etc.) and U.K.(Ahrens, Bolland, Brenner,
Bryans, etc.) manufacturers and leading pioneers, distributors, and operators.
Since their publication in the World's Fair Coin Slot in the 1980s, they have been a
primary source of information for anybody interested in the growth, development, and
social impact of the gambling, leisure, vending and service industries on both sides of
the Atlantic. Softback, 180 pages, b/w. Price: £17
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The Slot Machine Revolution
by Nie Costa
Available at last in book format, Nie Costa's entertaining and well researched articles
on the growth and development of the slot machine industries in the USA and the UK
from the 1870s to the 1970s, covering the major U.S. (Mills, Caille, Jennings,
Rockola, Wurlitzer, Gottlieb, and Bally etc.) and U.K.(Ahrens, Bolland, Brenner,
Bryans, etc.) manufacturers and leading pioneers, distributors, and operators.
Since their publication in the World's Fair Coin Slot in the 1980s, they have been a
primary source of information for anybody interested in the growth, development, and
social impact of the gambling, leisure, vending and service industries on both sides of
the Atlantic. Softback, 180 pages, b/w. Price: £17
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Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).