Re: Caille Upright "The Reliable"
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 7:39 pm
Hi Guy's,
Regarding Caille in France, I do not think that Caille had an actual factory in France,they did however have an agency at 20 Rue De La ChasusseeD'Autin, Paris. The Caille Reliable was made in 1897 in the Caille factory in Toledo Ohio, it was Caille's answer to the Mills Owl but after it failed to compete, they were shipped to Europe.
Caille tried to get into the wall machine business around 1905 the produced a machine called Le Notre (Ours) they thought that the French sounding name would attract the French operators, but the name meant nothing to the French. Caille also built two more wall machines under license the Stock Exchange under license from Gordon Smith and The Clown from the German company of Jentzsch & Meerz.
It is also my understanding that the first uprights produced in America by Mills and Caille at the turn of the century was inspired by the French wall models of the Roulette type of games that were so popular in Europe in the late 1800's. I have a copy of a consignment note from The Caille Brothers Company to Caille Brothers Paris for One Venus, Two Uncle Sams, Four Ben-Hurs and Spare Parts. also several Caille machines from there French Catalog with the Paris address on them.
Hope my imput helps to answer your questions.
Freddy Bailey
The Official British Coin Machine Historian
Regarding Caille in France, I do not think that Caille had an actual factory in France,they did however have an agency at 20 Rue De La ChasusseeD'Autin, Paris. The Caille Reliable was made in 1897 in the Caille factory in Toledo Ohio, it was Caille's answer to the Mills Owl but after it failed to compete, they were shipped to Europe.
Caille tried to get into the wall machine business around 1905 the produced a machine called Le Notre (Ours) they thought that the French sounding name would attract the French operators, but the name meant nothing to the French. Caille also built two more wall machines under license the Stock Exchange under license from Gordon Smith and The Clown from the German company of Jentzsch & Meerz.
It is also my understanding that the first uprights produced in America by Mills and Caille at the turn of the century was inspired by the French wall models of the Roulette type of games that were so popular in Europe in the late 1800's. I have a copy of a consignment note from The Caille Brothers Company to Caille Brothers Paris for One Venus, Two Uncle Sams, Four Ben-Hurs and Spare Parts. also several Caille machines from there French Catalog with the Paris address on them.
Hope my imput helps to answer your questions.
Freddy Bailey
The Official British Coin Machine Historian