The Mills Novelty Company Inc. Manufactured slot machines, vending machines, automatic music machines and jukeboxes. Mortimer Mills received a patent for a coin vending apparatus in the early 1890s. The company’s first upright slot machine was called the Mills Owl, introduced in 1897. Antique Slot Machine Repairs Restorations & Appraisals: Antique Slot Machine repairs. Expert Old Slot Machine repairs on Mills, Jennings, Pace and all other brands of machines from 1948 and older. We can do everything from minor repairs to total restorations. We DO NOT sell parts; Lubrication, tune-ups and preventative maintenance also.
1935 Western Electric Piano Company Western Sweep Stakes
This is applied with a silk screen, not a stencil.
This is applied with a silk screen, not a stencil.
1926 Mutoscope by International Mutoscope Reel Co.
Step on the scale and dial your weight if you guess right your penny is returned
Punching Bag Machine was produced by Mills Novelty Co. in 1903.
In response to this interest in electricity as a cure-all, Mills Novelty Co. produced the ‘Electricity Is Life’ machine in order to provide a similarly tingling effect for amusement. These machines usually have a pair of handles that are connected to an induction coil. Attached to the coil is a buzzer that takes DC voltage…
Quartoscope Quartoscope was produced by Mills Novelty Co. in 1897. Quartoscope Description This penny picture machine displays 48 pictures – four different sets of twelve stereo card shows. These were made to accept pennies or nickels. The viewer has to spend four coins to see them all. Mills Novelty Co. Pat. October 12, 1897. Some…
Fey Target Practice Mfg: Charles Fey & Co, San Francisco, CA Year: 1928 Charles Fey & Co. Fun Facts Fact 1: Charles Fey & Co. started releasing pistol range machines in 1920. Fact 2: When Charles Fey was 23 he had saved enough money to travel and decided to follow his uncle who had moved…
Lucky was produced by Norris Manufacturing Co. in 1938.
Reel Amusement was produced by Norris Manufacturing Co. in 1935.
Wisconsin Novelty Company Slot Machines 5 Cent
Rol-A-Top was produced by Watling Manufacturing Co. in 1935.