Also in the other models the top coin viewing window, on the top castings are not round like yours is. I find your machine interesting because the very bottom of the front is made of metal, all of these Jennings Counter or Vendor fronts of this model the bottom panel under the vendor front is made of wood and not a metal casting. I'll post the link below at the end of this. It may only be available for a while as it will expire. I scanned all this and will place it where you or anyone else can download it if you like. This is very interesting to me, so I did some research on it which includes several pages of photos and information. When that happened, there was a string on the back I could pull to release the handle and keep playing! There were always nickles in it, but of course the machine would eventually gobble them all up. My grandparents lived in a cool old house in Pasadena and when we'd go visit them, he would bring out the slot machine and put it on a table in a room that was behind their garage. He was a member of some sort of 'lodge' and this was their (illegal) slot machine. I still recall that, when I played with it, the machine was unrestored and I think the wood was painted blue. She knew the HUGE sentimental value of this machine and chose to smoke, drink, and probably snort this machine away for her fix. Horrible to say this, but I will never forgive my cousin for losing it. I'd love to see the real thing instead of fuzzy pictures of it in the background. Yes I wish I knew what really happened to my grandpa's slot. Yours is a bit rarer, as it has a metal plate in that location. Mint-drop door, through that not-quite-square plate visible on your slot machine.īy the way, most Jennings vendor units (and there were lots of them) had wooden lower-fronts, where the A pin projected from the side of the machine to unlock the Here's also a closeup of the vending device. Others dispensed cigarettes, matches, and even golf balls at golf courses. The Burnham Gum Machine Works was one, and here's a pic of one that is very much like yours. Name on the machine was doctored to sound like something other than a well-known slot maker like Mills.

The Town Fathers would tighten up the rules but in the meantime, they made money. They usually didn't last long in any particular venue, as eventually I swear, if God ever gives the world an enema, watch out Camp Pendleton!Īnyway, such 'vending' machines were attempts to slide slot machines under local anti-gambling laws,įrom the early 1920's to the late 1930's. Sorry for the delayed response: Uncle Sugar just let me come home after a week of playing in the dirt.

1930's pace slot machine