exhibition photos
For Amusement Only: Slot Machines and Other Gambling Devices of the Mechanical Age
Please credit all photos: San Francisco Airport Museums
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“Victor” poker machine by Reliance Novelty in use at a San Francisco cigar
store c. 1900
Collection of Roger E. Kislingbury
R2009.0109.002
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Guessing Bank 1876–80
Edward G. McLoughlin Co., New York City
Courtesy of Joe Welch’s San Bruno American Antique Museum
L2009.0101.024
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Liberty Bell 1898
Charles Fey & Co., San Francisco
Courtesy of Joe Welch’s San Bruno American Antique Museum
L2009.0101.091
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The Globe 1902
The Caille Bros. Co., Detroit
Courtesy of Joe Welch’s San Bruno American Antique Museum
L2009.0101.018
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Bull Frog 1904
The Caille Bros. Co., Detroit
Courtesy of Joe Welch’s San Bruno American Antique Museum
L2009.0101.086
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Caille Triplet: Centaur, “45,” and Big Six 1905
The Caille Bros. Co., Detroit
Courtesy of Joe Welch’s San Bruno American Antique Museum
L2009.0101.090
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Little Duke 1932
O. D. Jennings & Co., Chicago
Courtesy of Joe Welch’s San Bruno American Antique Museum
L2009.0101.003
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ROL-A-TOP, or “Bird of Paradise” 1935–46
Watling Mfg. Co., Chicago
Courtesy of Joe Welch’s San Bruno American Antique Museum
L2009.0101.002
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Hit ‘em Hard punchboard c. 1942–45
Courtesy of Joe Welch’s San Bruno American Antique Museum
R2009.0101.006
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Prospector Console 1946
O. D. Jennings & Co., Chicago
Courtesy of Joe Welch’s San Bruno American Antique Museum
L2009.0101.087
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