Slot Machines on location

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The review of the Pennies By The Sea book states that it is sad that so few photographs inside arcades exist, saying that they were rarely considered worthy of photographing.

I agree, but I think the real reason is because the owners didn't like people taking photographs inside their arcades. This is the reason why this aspect of social history has gone largely unrecorded and historic research is so difficult.

Unfortunately, this attitude still persists today. On three separate occasions I have been walking through modern arcades in Blackpool with a camera hanging around my neck (not an unusual thing to do in a town like Blackpool) and I have been accosted by some jumped-up member of staff shouting "Hey you can't bring that camera in here". In all cases, the lens cap was still on, and I had shown no intention of taking any photographs.

I don't know what they've got to hide. Perhaps they think that, by taking photographs of the machines, I will somehow be able to work out how to cheat and win a fortune off them.

As long as this blinkered attitude persists, the amusement arcades and machines will continue to go unrecorded for future generations.

What do you think?
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Interesting. I can't think why they'd object either. I've been through a few seaside arcades recently, camera around neck, without any problems. I doubt that this was really a factor. Dim interior lighting and poor sensitivity of old film stocks may have been. As someone pointed out to me yesterday, there are also very few photos of pub interiors.

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JC recently sent me these interior and exterior images of Jack Beals' Amusement Arcade in Bay Road, somewhere in the UK, sometime shortly before the war. I can make out various mid thirties pintables, Buckley? diggers, rotary merchandiser and a Smash Hitler shooter. (Click images to enlarge). The large darts game is unfamiliar.

There's also a nice British arcade interior of a similar, possibly earlier period on Stig Hollegaard's tivoliautomater site.
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In the '70s I had the privilege of spending most of my holiday time in Mablethorpe where my parents had a caravan. There were two arcades that back then had old machines to play on and I have wondered if any of the machines were still in existence. Last weekend I travelled over to Mablethorpe to see if anything was still there for me to photograph bearing in mind this post and the lack of arcade pictures.
I have posted the results of my efforts below.
The arcade owner didn't seem in the least bit interested that he owned some classics he considered them as "the ones that had lasted" The Ahrens Pile Driver is in remarkable condition and I remember playing on this machine in the early '70s. He has owned the arcade for 45 years and before you wonder, he was not interested in selling, but I guess if the price was right....... The Jigsaws have been there since new in 1934.
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Those are great pictures, Stoxman22. Thanks for posting them. :cool:
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Hello to the chap who started this post ,im a family amusement centre just outside Blackpool and will warmly welcome anyone from here who would like to take photos in my arcade .We are currently in the process of opening one of our store rooms into an OLD BACK ROOM which will house old bandits and wall machines .


look forwarding to seeing and hearing from you .

regards Money monster
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Stoxman22 wrote: The arcade owner didn't seem in the least bit interested that he owned some classics he concidered them as "the ones that had lasted" The Aherns Pile Driver is in remarkable condition and I remember playing on this machine in the early 70s. He has owned the arcade for 45 years and before you wonder, he was not interested in selling.
I know the one you mean. I visited there a couple of years ago but it was closed. I was told that the guy who owned it was offered a huge and I mean huge six figure amount for a couple of the machines. Guess what - he wasn't interested and didn't bat an eyelid! I'm delighted because it will mean that for now a well known collector won't be able to ship it to the States!
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fantastic pictures there on the site. It's really nice to see old arcades still exist in this country. I always remember an arcade in New Brighton, wirral called the Caesars Palace. Sadly it was pulled down in 1990 and i've been looking for pictures of it. can anyone help???
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Machines and arcades from Getty Images archives:

On Brighton Pier

Punchball

Playing Punchball

What The Butler Saw

Margot Lorenz - After the Bath

Playing Aristocrat (1978)

Keyman fixing Allwin

Weighing Machine (1939)

Other Brighton Pier images


Miscellaneous


Vegas 1970s

Playing Aristocrats

Sonny Lister plays Sega Progressive Star

Mills Hi-Top (England, 1960)

Two women with two Groetchen Columbia slot machines (England, 1960)

Pinball Machines - 1960s

Arcade scene (Film Still From 'The Courtship Of Eddie's Father', 1962)

Bobby Fischer outside arcade (Playland arcade, New York, U.S.A.,l 1962)

General view arcade (U.S.A., 1959)

Model on Weighing Machine

Canvey Island arcade, 1957

Auto Test driving machine (New York, U.S.A., 1956)

Bren Gun Amusement Machine

Pachinko parlour (Shinjuku, Tokyo, circa 1955)

Japanese Pachinko Parlour, 1955

Playing Pachinko (Hiroshima, Japan, 1955)

Pinball arcade (Japan, 1955)

James Roosevelt beside Video Jukebox

Peep Shows (Arcade on 42 St., Time Square, New York, U.S.A., 1954)

Debbie Rae with Mutoscopes (arcade, U.S.A., 1954)

GIs play Hi-Tops (United States Services Club, London, 1951)

U.S. arcade with Pinballs (Marble Tables)

U.S. arcade with Pinballs

U.S. arcade

U.S. soldier plays amusement machine

Military Lady plays Love Test

Coney Island Fortune Teller

Red Skelton with Pace bandit

Pres. of Teamster Union James R. Hoffa plays Jennings bandit

Woman plays one arm bandit (Henry's Western Gift Shop, Reno, Nevada, 1955)

Winning the Jackpot (1955)

Close-up of Polk Black Beauty (Henry's Western Gift Shop, Reno, Nevada, 1955)

Cowboy bandit (Henry's Western Gift Shop, Reno, Nevada, 1955)

Woman plays Cowboy bandit (Henry's Western Gift Shop, Reno, Nevada, 1955)

Exterior arcade London boy gang member Colin Donellan lounges against a lamppost in front of 'Lots-O-Fun' amusement arcade. The Making Of Boy Gangsters - pub. 1953.

Man inspects a Blonde Bombshell fruit machine dummy (California cafe, Death Valley, 1952)

Police chief disables Rol-a-Top

Mary Astor plays bandit (From the film "Any Number Can Play", 1949)

President Dumarsais Estime plays slot machine at a casino

Machine Gun arcade game (U.S.A., 1948)

Screen Test arcade game (U.S.A., 1948)

Kissometer (U.S.A., 1948)

Radio Wave Diathermy therapy slot-machine A woman receives treatment from a 'radio wave diathermy' slot-machine, set up in an amusement arcade in New York, for people suffering from headaches, neuralgia and other minor ailments, 1948.

Man plays bandit (meat market, Las Vegas, 1947)

Judy Canova wins on bandit (Hotel El Rancho, Las Vegas, 1947)

Repairing Mills bandit (1946)

Human Analyst (Coney Island, U.S.A., 1944)

Exterior arcade (2nd Street, Times Square, New York, U.S.A., 1943)

Exterior arcade (Wonderland, U.S.A., 1943)

GIs at shooting gallery in penny arcade (U.S.A., 1943)

High angle interior of arcade (U.S.A., 1943)

High angle of pinballs (U.S.A., 1943)

High angle of pinballs (U.S.A., 1943)

Pinball arcade (Amusement Room, Red Cross Club, Rainbow Corner, Piccadilly, London, 1943)

Arcade with row of Mills Extaordinaries (1942)

Adolph Menjou with Mills Roman Head (1942)

Exterior arcade (Egypt, 1942)

Smash Hitler machine (Rainbow Corner, Red Cross Club, Piccadilly Circus, London, U.K., 1942)

Fortune Teller booth beside Penny Arcade (U.S.A., 1941)

Clamshell Mutoscopes (U.S.A., 1940)

Ahrens 'Tank contre Forteresse' (Paris, 1930)

Automatic Baseball game (Broadway Street, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., 1915)

Nickelodeon Theatre (U.S.A., 1910)

Mutoscopes (U.S.A, 1900)
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Super bunch of photos!!!
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More...

Service and Vending Machines

Gum (U.S.A., 1975)

Photo Booth

Hot Meals (London, 1966)

Insurance (1965)

Sweets & Novelties (Oberdorf, Germany, 1965)

Nylon Tights (Paris, 1965)

Farm Eggs (Worplesdon, Surrey, England, 1963)

Potatomatic (24 Hour Potato Vending Machine! King's Road, Chelsea, London, 1962)

Potatoes (Chelsea, London, 1962)

Lemonade (Moscow, Russia, 1961)

BAC, Tea (England, 1961)

Readers Digest (1961)

Lightbulbs (London Electricity Board, Kirkdale, London)

Whisky & Soda (Second Automatic Vending Exhibition and Convention, Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminister, London, 1960)

Automatic Shop (Second Automatic Vending Exhibition and Convention, Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminister, London, 1960)

Card Operated Hot Drinks (1960)

Hot Drinks (Kilburn, London, 1957)

bikini Vending Machine (Amusements Trade Fair, Westminster, London, 1957)

Candy (Poznan Fair, U.S., 1958)

Tea (Factory, Harlesden, northwest London, U.K., 1957)

Nylon Stockings (Stockholm, Sweden, 1956)

Nylon Stockings (Stockholm, Sweden, 1956)

Milk (Stockholm, Sweden, 1956)

drinks, cigarettes, chewing gum etc. (U.K., 1956)

Metal Stamper, Scales, Stamps?, Cigarettes (Station interior, London, U.K., 1956)

Airline Insurance (United Airlines, U.S., 1955)

Train Tickets (Tokyo Station, Japan, 1955)

Chewing Gum (Tokyo, Japan, 1955)

Feinkost (Germany, 1955)

Lyons Ice Cream (U.K., 1955)

Subway Tokens (Change Booth 504, Sixth Avenue and 40th Street, New York, U.S.A., 1954.)

Dixies Cup Dispenser (1953)

Chocolate (New York subway, U.S.A., 1953)

Peanuts (U.S.A., 1953)

Ice Cream (Washington, U.S.A., 1952)

Perfume (1952)

Tea (Haymarket, London, 1951)

Coke Vender lowered into hold of ship (1950)

BAC, Cigarettes (England, 1950s)

Warm Buffet (Zandvoort, Holland, 1950s)

Campbell's Soup Vender interior (1950s)

Campbell's Soup (1950s)

Gum (1950s)

Sweets (France, 1948)

Model at Snack Vender (1945)

Sandwiches (U.S.A., 1945)

Peanuts (New York, U.S.A., 1940s)

Fruit and Nut Chocolate Vendor on back of car (Britain, 1938)

Automatic Tote Machines (Windsor Races, Berkshire, England, 1936)

Newspapers (Euston Station, London, U.K., 1933)

Underground Tickets (Highgate Station, London, U.K., 1932)

Underground Tickets (Highgate Station, London, U.K., 1932)

Nestles, Reeves, Fruit (Paddington Station, London, U.K., 1929)

Boot Polishing Machine (1907)

Hot Drinks (Line drawing, Paris, France, Circa 1889)
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Weighing Machines

Weighing Machine (Pietrasanta, Tuscany, Italy, 1984)

'Speak Your Weight' Machine (Blackpool promenade, U.K., 1955)

Heaviest man on 'Guess Your Weight' machine (U.K., 1950)

Lana Morris beside Weighing Machine (French Riviera, France, 1949)

Child on Lollipop Scales (U.K., 1937)

Coin-Operated Scales (The pier, Eastbourne, East Sussex, U.K., 1936)

Removing Weighing Machine (Barry Island, near Cardiff, South Wales, U.K., 1936)

Dog on Weighing Machine (U.K., 1929)

Schoolboys on the 'Try Your Weight' machine (Waterloo Station, London, U.K., 1913)

Coin-Op? Scales in advert (Line drawing, France 1913)

Collecting coins from the automatic weighing machine in the Royal Mint (Line drawing, U.K., 1883)
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Found some more Getty Images...

Bandits

Mills Hi-Top

Hi-Tops

War Eagle detail
War Eagle detail
War Eagle detail
War Eagle detail

War Eagle

Bandits at the Harold Club, Reno, Nevada
Bandits at the Harold Club, Reno, Nevada
Workers in the repair shop of Harolds gambling club in Reno fixing the fruit machines

Detail of Sega bandit in UK

Figural one arm bandit slot machines in Henry's Western Gift Shop in Reno, Nevada
Figural one arm bandit slot machines in Henry's Western Gift Shop in Reno, Nevada
Figural one arm bandit slot machines in Henry's Western Gift Shop in Reno, Nevada
Figural one arm bandit slot machines in Henry's Western Gift Shop in Reno, Nevada

A woman gambling on slot machines in Reno.

A man inspecting a 'blonde bombshell' dummy fitted with a fruit machine, in a Death Valley, California cafe, 1952.

Mechanical slot machine mechanism

The King brothers (L to R) Maurice, Franklin and Hymie relaxing at home in the evening (with one arm bandit).

Oriental military youths play slot machine

Tourists try their luck at a new gambling hall, 1950s, US.

Woman playing coin machine, 1947, US.

Jackpot winners

Man playing a slot machine, 1955, US.

Man wins jackpot, 1955, US.

Peter Sellers with Mini Sega, 1965.

Beatles with Hi-Tops, 1964.

Paul McCartney plays fruit machine, in Las Vegas, 1964.

Frank Sinatra plays Jennings slot machine, 1960s.

Milton Berle and Lucille Ball with one arm bandits, 1959.
Milton Berle and Lucille Ball with one arm bandits, 1959.
Milton Berle and Lucille Ball with one arm bandits, 1959.

Mama Cass Elliot and Sacha Distel with Hi-Top circa 1968.

Young Mods in an amusement arcade in London with Mills Extraordinary and War Eagle plus Space Flight and Earth Satellite wall machines, 1964.
Young Mods in an amusement arcade in London with Mills Extraordinary and War Eagle plus Space Flight and Earth Satellite wall machines, 1964.

Women play Jennings & Co.'s Sun Chief model slot machines in crowded room at the Desert Inn Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1953.

Woman with fruit machine at the Playboy Club in London, 1962.

Woman with figural one armed bandits at trade fair in London, January 30th 1962.

Man repairing a slot machine, July 1946.

A man playing the slot machines in a row of Mills Extraordinary bandits.

Cowboys from neighbouring ranches play the slot machines in Las Vegas, September 1948.

Slot Machines At Sahara Hotel In Las Vegas

Man and woman with Jennings bandit in Las Vegas.

A woman gambling on slot machines in Reno

Arcade Games

Young Mods in an amusement arcade in London, 1964.

Davy Jones of the Monkeys, with Bren gun and basball game, 1966.

Jon Voight on rifle game at an arcade from the film 'Midnight Cowboy,', 1969

Still from the motion picture "The Courtship of Eddie's Father"
American actors Stella Stevens (as Dollye Daly) and Ronny Howard (as Eddie Corbett) and Canadian-born actor Glenn Ford (as Tom Corbett) strike up a friendship in a penny arcade, December 14, 1962.

Jean Yanne, radio and television presenter and another in front of arcade games, 1955.

Detail of Love Test
Detail of Love Test

Detail of Ski Ball

Oracle fortune teller

Detail of Basket Ball arcade game

Detail of boxing arcade game
Detail of boxing arcade game

Laughing Clown

Digger swag

Detail of bar football

Young woman with a baby seated in amusement arcade with Rifle Range and Brenco Wheel of Fortune, 1969

Interior view of an arcade at 42nd Street and Broadway in Times Sqaure, New York, New York, January 29, 1964. There is a newsstand at left, coin-operated games in the rear, and a diner counter at right.

Sailors and civilians outside a brightly lit Times Square arcade, 1944.

Flea circus on 42nd St., amusement center sandwiched between the flicker joints also features pinball, freak shows and a penny arcade, 1954.

Game vendors in the arcade at Playland At The Beach in San Francisco, California, circa 1954.
Game vendors in the arcade at Playland At The Beach in San Francisco, California, circa 1954.

Postcards of arcade, 1943.

Salesmen having serious discussion while standing in between a reindeer and horsie kiddie rides at Frankfurt Trade Fair, 1954.

Teenage boys playing Skittles machine, 1955.

Patrons of The Greyhound pub in Bromley, 1962.

Former Yugoslavian King Peter II playing bar football, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1947.

Bar football played by two Russian speed skaters, during Winter Olympics, 1956.

Pachinko

Japanese woman clad in traditional kimono, playing pachinko, a vertical pinball machine which pays off in prizes, at local parlor, 1952
Playing pachinko, Japan, 1952
Playing pachinko, Japan, 1952
Playing pachinko, Japan, 1952
Playing pachinko, Japan, 1952
Playing pachinko, Japan, 1952
An elderly woman gambles in a Japanese pachinko parlour (1955)
Pachinko parlour, Hiroshima, 1955

Pinball

Pinball detail, 1957.

Detail of pinball

Two people looking at pinball machines in an amusement arcade (1940s-'50s)

Young men at a pinball machine in an amusement arcade on Reeperbahn in Hamburg, 1955/56.

Men play pinball, village of Mattei Italy, circa 1958.

Children play State Fair miniature pinball

Men playing pinball machines in an amusement arcade, USA, circa 1935.

Pinball champion, George Schmabel (R) trying out coin operated pinball machine, supporting his court action that pinball is a game of skill, 1947.

Chess champion Robert J. Fischer playing pinball in front of 'Record Your Voice' machines, 1962.

L'Ange blanc, French wrestler plays pinball, Paris, 1959.

Russian flyer Anatoly Barsov (R) playing pinball machine, 1949.

Jean-Paul Belmondo And Sophia Loren during the shooting of Two Women Playing Pinball, 1960.

Jean-Paul Belmondo smoking a cigarette while playing pinball in a bar, France, 1965.

Austrian author Peter Handke and artists Peter Pongratz and Kurt Kocherscheidt at pinball machine, Neumarkt/Raab guesthouse, 1968.

Frank Sinatra and small girl play pinball, 1943.
Frank Sinatra and small girl play pinball, 1943.

Man playing a pinball machine in arcade, 1959.

Boys playing on a pinball machine in the Black Country, West Midlands, January 1961.

A driver playing a pinball machine at a transport cafe on the A5 road, UK, 30th January 1962

American soldiers playing pinball at Rainbow Corner, the American Servicemen's Club in London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1887 - Inside Rainbow Corner - pub. 1945

Pinball machines, 1960s.

Ohio State Univ. students playing pinball machine, 1948.

Pinball in Parisian cafe, 1957.
Pinball in Parisian cafe, 1957.

Young boy studies pinball, France.

23 yr. old Wall Street tycoon Leeam Lowin with pinball in his office.

Police break pinball machines with a sledgehammer, US, 1945.

Jukeboxes

Two young couples listening to music from jukebox, 1960s

Damaged jukebox and cigarette machine inside the Stonewall Inn (53 Christopher Street) after riots, June 27, 1969

Viewers

Woman with mutoscopes, Broadway, USA.

US soldiers view Pin Up movie machines.

Broadway Fair, woman views mutoscope

Cast iron clamshell mutoscope

Two women peering into mutascopes, UK, circa 1910.

View of coin-operated movie viewers in an arcade, New York, New York, January 29, 1964. The one on the left advertises 'Stars of the Diamond, with Babe Ruth, Etc.' while the one next to it reads 'The Electric Chair; Execution of a Criminal; Crime Does Not Pay'; the price is given as 5 cents.

Vending Machines

Automat cafeteria with vending machines for sandwiches, juices, ice-cream, soups and cookies, US, 1960s.

Little girl and Penny Ball gum machines, New York City, 1960s
Little girl and Penny Ball gum machines, New York City, 1960s
Little girl and Penny Ball gum machines, New York City, 1960s

Refreshment dispensers at bowling alley, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, 1960s

Austrian external Wall-mounted Information slot machine

Ice cream and coffee vending machines, 1960s
Ice cream and coffee vending machines, 1960s

Placing money into a coin-operated vending machine selling newspapers in Kensington High Street, London, 1974

Factory workers queue for vending machines, 1959

Sandwich vending machines

Automat style vending machines, 1960s

Josephine Matthews of Kilburn, London, helps herself to a hot chocolate from a newly acquired coffee machine in Mr C Stuart's ladies hairdressing salon in Kilburn, 1957

Yvonne Romain standing beside cigarette vending machine in a scene from the film 'The Swinger', 1966

A woman getting a pint of draught bitter from a vending machine circa 1960s

Unmarked vending machine

Condom Vending Machine

Potatomatic, the first vending machine in Britain to sell potatoes at a greengrocer's shop at Chelsea, London, 1962

Soft drink machine

An automatic barmaid machine at the Tiger's Head public house, as a customer purchases a bottle of beer, Chislehurst, Kent, England. 1955

Tea vendor at the Tea Centre off the Haymarket, London

During the heatwave a vending machine was set up at the Saint-Lazare station in Paris. The machine offers refreshments for one Franc. France, 1930

New machines that dispense drinks, cigarettes, chewing gum etc. are appearing everywhere, England. 1956

Eighteen year old Suzanne Franks getting a Readers' Digest from a new slot machine book dispenser at the Newsagents Fair, Booksellers, Stationers and Tobacconists Exhibition, 1961

Harpo Marx inside coke vender, Candid Camera, May 1961
Harpo Marx inside coke vender, Candid Camera, May 1961
Harpo Marx inside coke vender, Candid Camera, May 1961

A woman buying a new pair of nylons from a stocking vending machine in Stockholm, 1956

Valerie Hearn operating a prototype of a Hot Meal dispensing machine, which dispenses Chicken Pilaff and Stewed Steak as pre-packed meals, 1960s

Automatic airline insurance vending machine in waiting room of United Airlines, 1950s

A woman buys a carton of milk from a vending machine, UK, May 1960

A man buys his warm lunch from a vending machine at Zandvoort in the Netherlands, 1950

A woman buying chewing gum from a machine in a Tokyo street, 1955

A mother and child buying a cold drink from a machine in Tokyo, 1955

Customer using a coin operated book machine, which has 50 different selections with titles visible for browsing, 1947

An Automatic Coffee Grinder installed in a large office in Berlin, 1950

Workmens ticket machine, North London Railway, c 1900. (At this time travelling to work by train was becoming more common. Workers could travel between any two north London stations for 2d. These machines were situated at 5 north London railway stations and issued over 2 million tickets every year)

A traveller buys a London Underground season ticket from a vending machine at Highgate Station in London, 1932

Customer using a coin operated popcorn machine, which charges ten cents per bag, with customer waiting 90 seconds for the operation, 1947

Food dispenser, UK, 1928

An automatic shopping machine which enables the public to shop after closing hours, 1929

A woman buys some fruit from a coin-operated vending machine (Reeves and Nestles chocolate machines in background) at Paddington Station, London, 1929

Coin operating coffee machine with 4 possible mixtures, each selling for five cents, 1947

A woman holds an article which she has just bought from a German 'Feinkost' vending machine mounted on a shop's wall, 1955

Mr Stanley Moody and his daughter Daphne using the cigarette machine fixed to their garden wall in Clapham, London, 1958

Woman in bikini standing by bikini vending machine, 1950s

First cigarette vending machine in Paris, 1956

A man using the first stamp vending machine, being tried out in a Paris Post Office, May 28, 1954

Vendor for stamps in Berlin, around 1935

A woman using a postage stamp vending machine at the Post Office, circa 1950

A woman using a coin changer vending machine, circa 1950

Student removing Cigarette Vending Machine out of a store in USA, 1970

Cigarette vendor, cafe in Brick Lane, London, c 1966

The Italian sprinter, Livio Berruti, inserting a glass in a Calpis drinks vending machine during the Tokyo Olympics. Japan, October 1964

Automat vending machine, four nickles for a slice of lemon meringue pie, New York, New York, January 18, 1964

Candy machine, Union Square/14th Street subway station with graffiti 'Peace or Pieces,' 'Ban the Bomb,' and 'General Strike for Peace,' and 'peace' sign, New York, New York, November 8, 1962

Bodonna Kass inserts a dollar bill into a vending machine that sells men's shorts for 97 cents at Macy's, US, 1960
Bodonna Kass inserts a dollar bill into a vending machine that sells men's shorts for 97 cents at Macy's, US, 1960

A man and a woman chat and eat by the snack vending machines in a facility, United States, circa 1959

Gumball machine

Laborers working on a line of coffee vending machines, from a company named Coffee Bar, Chicago, 1952

Coke machine is lowered into a ship, 1950

Chocolate automat in an express train, Germany, 1930
Chocolate automat in an express train, Germany, 1930

Carmen Hollert quenches her thirst at a vending machine in Grand Central subway station, 1950

Toy vending machine advert, 1950

Couple at vending machine, 1950

Two office workers obtain Hershey bar from vending machine, Washington, DC, 1950

Postmaster Albert Goldman and Ann Blyth buy stamps from new stamp vending machine at the lobby of the General Post Office on 8th Ave. and 33rd St, 1948

Fry's, Nestle's and other vending machines outside waiting room, Hatch End Station, 1937

A vending machine for bouquets of flowers in the Western part of Berlin, Germany, 1930

Machines outside refreshment rooms at Barrow Station, Cumbria, 11 February 1930
Machines outside refreshment rooms at Barrow Station, Cumbria, 11 February 1930

Stamp vendor on post box, UK, 1930

Fruit vendor, Berlin, 1930

Grace Johnson next to a row of new candy slot machines in a room in Chicago, Illinois, 1929

Platform ticket machine and a Nestle's chocolate machine by the gates at a London, Midland & Scottish Railway station, circa 1924

Hostesses at cigarette vendor in a club in Washington

Coal machine distributor in England

Early automatic coffee vending machine in New York

Tote Machines

A backer placing a bet on the tote, a betting medium set up by the British government. Original Publication: Picture Post - 111 - The Tote - pub. 1939

A woman buying a tote ticket from one of the automatic machines at a race course. Original Publication: Picture Post - 111 - The Tote - pub. 1939

Betting machine at the race track Aintree near Liverpool. For every horse a seperate machine was installed, where you can make a 2-Shilling-bet, circa 1930.
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Fantastic inclusion Mr P. a lot of work involved in putting that lot on and no mistake!

Looking at "Young Mods in an amusement arcade in London, 1964. (Photo by John Pratt/Keystone Features/Getty Images)" The stuff in the back ground is just as interesting.
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stoxman22 wrote:In the '70s I had the privilege of spending most of my holiday time in Mablethorpe where my parents had a caravan. There were two arcades that back then had old machines to play on and I have wondered if any of the machines were still in existence. Last weekend I travelled over to Mablethorpe to see if anything was still there for me to photograph bearing in mind this post and the lack of arcade pictures.
I have posted the results of my efforts below.
The arcade owner didn't seem in the least bit interested that he owned some classics he considered them as "the ones that had lasted" The Aherns Pile Driver is in remarkable condition and I remember playing on this machine in the early 70s. He has owned the arcade for 45 years and before you wonder, he was not interested in selling, but I guess if the price was right....... The Jigsaws have been there since new in 1934.
AND NOW THE BAD NEWS. I was due to visit next month but a learned slotty has told me that the owner has sold the lot!!!!

How desperately sad for us slotties. I understand the machines were being freighted for shipment abroad sometime in April/May 2012! :NBG:
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thats not true cheeky
there all sitting in a bonded warehouse on the edge of liverpool !!CHEERS!!
and there not going on a ship either !!STEER!!

i bleedin hope not anyway
i aint been there for a few months :!HELP:!
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Any truth in this? !PUZZLED!
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yes :'(
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