OLD PHOTO's / POSTCARD's SHOWING COIN MACHINES ON LOCATION

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OLD PHOTO's / POSTCARD's SHOWING COIN MACHINES ON LOCATION

Postby Midcoast Vintage » Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:23 am

SALOON PHOTO.jpg

There are early post cards and photo's showing early coin-op machines on location.
Many of us collect them.
Here is one showing a saloon interior in Rockford, il.
Pictured is a CANDA , OR MILLS ROUND TOP LITTLE PERFECTION.
Notice at the extreme left is a BRUNHOFF CIGAR CUTTER.
On the back bar is a DOUBLE DRAWER NATIONAL BRASS CASH REGISTER.
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Postby nvmos2 » Thu May 01, 2014 11:18 am

It's always interesting to see these things in their natural environment.

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Postby Midcoast Vintage » Wed May 07, 2014 7:43 pm

HERE ARE A FEW MORE.
SMASH.JPG

SLOT SCALE.JPG

PACE SLOT.JPG

CRICKET.JPG

COK.JPG

ciGAR STORE.JPG

BUCKET OF BLOOD.JPG
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Postby Midcoast Vintage » Fri Jun 13, 2014 9:44 pm

broadway slot machine.png
Interior of the Peter Thomas Grocery Store, located at 2002 14th Avenue, Rockford, Il. 14th Avenue would be later be renamed to Broadway. The store was in business from around 1914 to at least 1942.
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Postby Midcoast Vintage » Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:32 am

1934 SLOT MACHINE BUST PHOTO.
ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
DATED 1934.
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Postby Midcoast Vintage » Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:37 am

Joe Johnson’s Cigar Store on Fourth Avenue and Seventh Street,Rockford, il. circa 1912
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Postby pj waelti » Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:26 am

Cool pictures as I live in Rockford Illinois. We are about 90 or so miles from Chicago.
from what I understand we a had a mob connection, along with lots of Wisconsin sites.. Lake Geneva was one of them.. P.J.
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