More Automatic Pleasures- The Slot Machine Revolution
Here they are at last in book format, the entertaining and widely acclaimed articles written by Nic Costa concerning the growth and development of the slot machine industries in the USA and the UK from the 1870’s to the 1970’s. This revolutionary technological movement which took over the world in the late 1800’s has subsequently permuted into our present computer age. Here you will find numerous articles about many of the major U.S. and U.K. manufacturers such as Mills, Caille, Jennings, Rockola, Wurlitzer, Gottlieb, and Bally to name but a few, as well as leading pioneers, distributors, and operators. Since their initial publication in the 1980’s they have proved to be 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.
The Automatic Age
Punch and the Slot Machine
The Earliest Exhibitions
Archaeology of the Slot Machine
The Treasure of the 1906 Holocaust
The Golden Age of the Slot Machine 1909-39
John Barleycorn’s Last Will and Testament
Ban Those Gambling Machines!
Ribs Heal in Time- Broken Castings Never!
Disguise
I never heard of anyone being forced to have fun!
Innovation and Design
The Bleak Years
World’s Fair Articles
Ahrens
Arcades
Bally- Moloney
Barrons
Boland
Bolland
Brenner
British American Novelty Company- Montague
Bryan
Burrows
Caille Brothers
Essex Automatic Manufacturing Company- Smith
Everitt
Exhibit Supply Co- Meyer
Genco & Chicago Coin- Gensburg
Gottlieb
Groetchen
Haydon and Urry
Heron
Hooper
OD Jennings
Mason
Mills Novelty Company
Looking back at the birth of the Mills Company
How wise Herbert Mills capitalised on his owl
Aggressive marketing policy ensured success
An all embracing policy from Herbert
St Louis Show opened new operation
1904 Mills make muisc fit for a king
Mills move into cinema but vending lines still thrive
Arch-demon of the automatics industry is no ordinary machine
1933: Machine sales top million mark despite world recession
How Herbert Mills jumped on the jukebox bandwagon
How the giant was brought to its knees
Mutoscope
New Polyphon Supply Co
Pace
Post War Boom
Rockola
Ruffler and Walker
Samson Novelty Company- Holloway
Scott-Adickes
Seeburg
Shefras
Streets
Thompson
Trade shows
Watling
Williams
Wurlitzer
Collections
Japan
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