British Slot Machines in Print (3 of 4)

Trade Promotional and Advertising

"Make hay while the sun shines, make hay while the rain rains" is the slogan on AMECO's (Amusement Equipment Company Ltd.) 1950s catalogue. This is the strategy they adopted: the 17 machines illustrated are reconditioned wall-machines from Germany that were flooding the British market at this time. Softback, 10 pages, two-tone.

Mid 1930s catalogue from the Bolland's Automatic Machine Supply Co. Ltd., a major slot machine manufacturer and distributor. 37 machines illustrated: British, American and German. Softback, 16 pages, b/w.

"Price List and Illustrations of Coin Automatic Machines" from this important manufacturer based at The Phoenix Works, Hurst Street, Birmingham in the early 1920s. Seven elegant line drawings illustrate the machines, several of which are copies of German designs. Softback, 10 pages, colour.