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Amusement Machines: 1880s (type: All)



Entries in this index: 42
Name Manufacturer Year Type Genre Description Images
Automatic Electric Battery Automatic Battery Co. 1888 Arcade / Shocker
Automatic Lung Tester Percy G. Williams 1888 Arcade / Strength tester
Catcher Cigars B. F. Schwab & Co. 1889 Vending / Cigar
Corinthian Electro-Medical Battery Electro-Medical Battery Co., Ltd. 1888 Arcade / Shocker
Dice Box M. E. Moore 1887 Trade Stim. / Dice
Dice Tosser and Cigar Cutter Schloss and Compnay 1889 Trade Stim. / Dice
Elm City New Haven Car Register Co. 1889 Vending / Cigar
Empire Automatic Machine Co. 1888 Trade Stim. / Card game
Grip Test Farrington Cigar Co. 1886 Arcade / Strength tester
Grip Tester P. Everitt 1889 Arcade / Strength tester
Gypsy Fortune Teller Automatic Amusement Co. 1889 Arcade / Fortune
Hand Power Test Joseph DeVantery 1888 Arcade / Strength tester
Haunted House Musical Automaton John Dennison of Banks 1883 Arcade / Working model
Health Lift Health Lift & Exercising Machine Co. 1889 Arcade / Strength tester
Improved Automatic Roulette Unknown 1888 Trade Stim. / Roulette
Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. 1885 Vending
Liebes-Waage Percival Everitt 1889 Vending / Scale
Locomotive William T. Smith 1885 Arcade
Log Cabin Sicking Manufacturing Co. 1880 Pinball / Pre-flipper
Mandoline Piccolo Interchangeable Cylinder Music Box Unknown (Temporary) 1880 Music / Phonograph
Muscle Developer Peter Beetz 1888 Arcade / Strength tester
Musical Cigar Vender Unknown 1887 Vending / Cigar
Musical Fairy John Dennison of Banks 1885 Arcade / Fortune
Pretty Waiter Girl Smith, Winchester & Co. 1880 Trade Stim. / Wheel
Pretty Waiter Girl Edward S. McLoughlin 1880 Trade Stim. / Wheel
Roller Organ Chautuaqua 1880 Music
Sorcerer Fortune Teller John Dennison of Banks 1887 Arcade / Fortune
Star Pepsin Chewing Gum Unknown 1887 Vending / Gum
Stollwerck Stollwerck & Co. 1880 Vending
Stollwerck Stollwerck & Co. 1888 Vending
Strength Tester R. Page 1885 Arcade / Strength tester
Test Your Pull P. Everitt 1886 Arcade / Strength tester
Testing Machine Colby Testing Machine Co. 1889 Arcade / Strength tester
Three For One Non Pareil Novelty Co. 1889 Trade Stim. / Coin drop
Ticket Sorcerer John Dennison of Banks 1887 Arcade / Fortune
Triograph Charles C. Bishop & Co. 1889 Trade Stim. / Dice
Try Your Strength A. Rowland & Son 1885 Arcade / Strength tester
Try Your Strength Page Manufacturing Co. 1885 Arcade / Strength tester
Universal Automatic Race Track Chicago Nickel Works 1889 Trade Stim. / Racing
Unknown (\'One Bell\') Nash Manufacturing Co. 1889 Pinball / Mechanical
Waghter's Parlor Base Ball Unknown 1880 Pinball / Mechanical
Weighing Machine E. T. Fairbanks & Co. 1885 Vending / Scale