1932 Mills Slot Machine

Vest Pocket Patents

Two of these are numbers from the coin slide and the others are Mills Novelty Co. 3-wheel slot patents.

1. The Lion's Head coin-operated Slot Machine by Mills Novelty Co. (circa 1931), and it's history and background, photos, repair help, manuals, for sale and wanted lists, and census survey is brought to you by The International Arcade Museum at the Museum of the Game.
2. Vintage 1932 Mills Skyscraper Slot Machine. Recently cleaned and tuned up. This machine has the uncommon removable casting over the upper jackpot. All original except the lock/key, side decal and new fortune reel strips. Original award card in great condition, original backdoor and cash box.

1932 Mills Silent Front OK Vender slot machine serial #286290. This is the probably one of the most beautiful slot machine models Mills ever produced, with the castings being highly detailed with the War and Peace Eagles.

783794 John L. Miller, Coin-Controlled Vending Machine, Feb 28, 1905, 194/282; 221/196 - vend cigars from the original box (showing tax stamp)

1697537Coin-controlled machine, Fred L Mills, Mills Novelty Co, Jan 1, 1929, 221/124, 273/143.00R, 194/300, 312/49, 221/277, 221/131, 221/155 - 3-wheel slot machine
1677647Safety-catch device, Mills Fred L, Mills Novelty Co, Jul 17, 1928, 221/13, 221/152, 453/38, 221/206, 273/143.00R, 221/264, 221/270 - for above 3-wheel slot machine
1767602Coin-controlled vending machine, Fred L Mills, Mills Novelty Co, Jun 24, 1930, 273/143.00R - 3-wheel slot machine
1854479Coin-operated machine, Fred L Mills, Mills Novelty Co, Apr 19, 1932, 273/143.00R, 194/290 - 3-wheel slot machine

1908380Coin slide, Walter A Tratsch, Monarch Tool & Mfg Company, May 9, 1933, 194/291 -
1908752Coin controlled device, Louis M Hall, Monarch Tool & Mfg Company, Walter A Tratsch, May 16, 1933, 94/291 -

Mills High Top Slot Machine

This is applied with a silk screen, not a stencil.

1932 Mills Skyscraper Slot Machine

This is applied with a silk screen, not a stencil.

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.

Mills Slot Machine Parts

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.

1932 Mills Roman Head Slot Machine

Reel Amusement was produced by Norris Manufacturing Co. in 1935.

Mills Slot Machine History

Rol-A-Top was produced by Watling Manufacturing Co. in 1935.