Machines

The slot machine from Charles Fey's Liberty Bell onward: fruit machines, video slots, and the fixed-odds betting terminals that regulators later capped.

Part of Gambling

59 moments in this segment.

1. 1500 - LOCKING MECHANISM. A cabinet opened to show the mechanism behind the reels.
2. 1872 - Liberty Bell 1872 - crop. Reels carrying fruit symbols behind the viewing window.
3. 1892 - Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the. A reel machine with its glass front and payout tray.
4. 1893 - 1893 - Liberty Bell Returns to Allentown PA. Liberty Bell Returns to Allentown PA.
5. 1897 - Liberty Bell. From Philadelphia: The Birthplace of the Nation, The Pivot of Industry, The City of Homes. Philadelphia (1904) ( ).
6. 1905 - Liberty Bell - Transferring the Liberty Bell from truck to train at St. Louis after. The Exposition 1 photographic print.
7. 1915 - Liberty Bell hb096nb0z7-FID616. "Liberty Bell in Penn[sylvania] State Building", Panama-Pacific international exposition 1915 in San Francisco.
8. 1919 - Berliner-Spielhalle 1919. Berliner Spielhalle im Jahr 1919.
9. 1938 - OlgaLABarDrink1938. "Native of Olga, Louisiana drinking at the bar. Note the branch of tree used as a mosquito switch." 1938. Olga was a town across the Mississippi River from Boothville, in Plaquemines Parish.
10. 1938 - PilottownSlotMachineSpectators. Cast iron casing on an early payout machine.
11. 1938 - OlgaLABar3. The handle that sets the reels turning.
12. 1938 - Olga Louisiana Bar 1938. Coin entry and payout hardware on a gaming cabinet.
13. 1938 - RacelandPlateOCrabsSlotMachine. Standing man holding plate of boiled crabs and drinking a bottled beer, interior of bar in Raceland, Louisiana. Note slot machine at right.
14. 1938 - RacelandSlotMachineRussellLee. Woman playing slot machine in decorated barroom in Raceland, Louisiana, 1938.
15. 1938 - "DIXIE BELLE" 5 cent Slot Machine in September 1938 (cropped). Interior of bar in Raceland, Louisiana 1938: slot machine.
16. 1950 - The Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, Pa (61755). Ment facilities Places: Pennsylvania > Philadelphia (county) > Philadelphia Title from item. Extent: 1 print (postcard): linen texture, color; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Accession #: 06_10_017986.
17. 1958 - Slot machine. In Tammisaari 28.3.1958. Lasse Sandborg, agent of Finland's Slot Machine Association.
18. 1962 - 1962 - Liberty Bell Shrine. Liberty Bell Shrine, with a replica of the Liberty Bell. The shrine located in the basement of Zion's Memorial Church, Allentown, Pennsylvania - 1962.
19. 1969 - Slot machine of Folkhälsan organisation. A man (Sven-Erik Blomqvist) plays with a Folkhälsan slot machine in Porvoo in the summer of 1969.
20. 1972 - Raha-automaattiyhdistyksen rahapeliautomaatti pajatso Porvoossa vuonna 1972 ; A slot. Teenagers flick coins into a pajatso gambling arcade game at a bus station in Porvoo, southern Finland on December 1, 1972.
21. 1975-12-10 - New markka's payazzo. Finland's Slot Machine Association introduced a new markka's payazzo in 10.12.1975.
22. 1977 - Gremlin - Hustle - May 1977 Play Meter advert. 1977 advertisement from Play Meter for Gremlin's arcade game Hustle.
23. 1980-04-15 - Gremlin - Sega - Monaco GP - April 15th 1980 Play Meter advert. 1980 advertisement from Play Meter for Gremlin/Sega's arcade game Monaco GP.
24. 1980-06-15 - Gremlin - Sega - Dual - June 15th 1980 Play Meter advert. 1980 advertisement from Play Meter for Gremlin/Sega's arcade game Dual.
25. 1980 - The Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Machines seated in a bank along a wall.
26. 1997 - Video-System MD-11 Swissair ETHZ LBS SR04-030221. Photograph of a man gambling on the in-flight entertainment system offered to some passengers aboard the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 of Swissair.
27. 2003 - Independence National Historical Park Liberty Bell at the LBC. The old cracked Bell still proclaims Liberty and Independence Hall echoes the words, "We the People." Explore Franklin's Philadelphia and learn about the past and America's continuing struggle to fulfill the Founders' Declaration that "all men are created equal.".
28. 2003-07-04 - Liberty Bell - by rdesai. A National Park Service ranger with visitors by the Liberty Bell at the old Liberty Bell Pavilion at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Liberty Bell.
29. 2004 - Liberty Bell. The Liberty Bell, Location: Philadelphia.
30. 2004-08-23 - Liberty Bell, Independence Hall. The Liberty Bell hangs in the Liberty Bell Center, with Independence Hall visible through the glass. Liberty Bell, Independence Hall.
31. 2005-07-26 - Liberty Bell made of fruit. The Ripe Fruit of Freedom. Liberty Bell made of fruit. Interior of Agricultural Building. From Columbian Gallery: A Portfolio of Photographs of the World's Fair by The Werner Company. 1893. Digitial Identifier: GN90799d_CG_109w World's Columbian Exposition Collection at The Field Museum.
32. 2007-06-03 - Liberty Bell View of Independence Hall. The Liberty Bell inside the Liberty Bell Center in front of Independence Hall. Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
33. 2007-06-06 - Flickr - ronsaunders47 - Yesterday's amusements 2. Pre-Gameboy. The slot machine and the laughing sailor. Oh! the things we did for amusement in those days. Now where's my bucket and spade?.
34. 2007-06-06 - Flickr - ronsaunders47 - Yesterday's amusements. The penny slot machine or one armed bandit and the annoying laughing sailor. Found in most amusement arcades and fairgrounds many years ago.
35. 2008-02-26 - GamblingMachineBedfordMuseum. "The Happy Legionnaire", the first electronic coin-operated gambling "fruit" machine in Bedford. Made in the US in 1965, its artwork features an imagined British street scene. Now in Bedford Museum, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.
36. 2008 - Liberty Bell at night. Looking in on the Liberty Bell at night.
37. 2008-12-18 - Jack Vegas. A couple of "Jack Vegas" slot machines in a restaurant and nightclub in Stockholm, Sweden.
38. 2009-03-04 - Violano Virtuoso's bow, Musical Museum, Brentford. Mills Novelty Company Violano Virtuoso Or bows to be more precise. Four polished bakelite wheels are spun by a 110 volt motor while a series of electromagnets "finger" the notes as a 44 note piano plays accompanent. Even the violin strings were tuned automatically.
39. 2009-03-04 - Violano Virtuoso, Musical Museum, Brentford. Mills Novelty Company Violano Virtuoso A combined player pianot and violin player!.
40. 2009-03-28 - Liberty Bell, Philadelphia. The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
41. 2009-09-08 - Norwegian Slot Machine. The new type of Norwegian slot machines, made to decrease gambling addiction. It does not take cash, and gives you a check instead of coins when you win.
42. 2009-10-13 - Liberty bell mount. Closeup of liberty bell mount (yoke) ( Ulmus americana American elm wood).
43. 2010-03-20 - Slot machine (USA - 1928). American slot machine from 1928.
44. 2010-06-21 - Amazing Race Slot Machine, June 2010. A photo of The Amazing Race slot machine game taken on June 21, 2010.
45. 2011-02-15 - The History of Slot Machines with Marshall Fey. Coin-operated gaming hardware: this piece follows a history of Slot Machines with Marshall Fey,John Burke,John Davis,Claire Carter and Arden Myrin.
46. 2012-05-01 - Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Liberty Bell in the Liberty Bell Center, Independence National Historic Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
47. 2013-02-16 - Violano Virtuoso 1912 amer IMG 0251 The Mills Novelty Co. Violano virtuoso (automated violin) from 1912, produced by The Mills Novelty Company (USA), and used in the Palace Theatre (Palassteatret) cinema in Oslo, Norway.
48. 2013 - Serious Gambler. 500px provided She have been staying with the machine for at least 20 minutes I was there. Constantly changing bills for the coins and cursing in a low voice. [#people,#woman,#train station,#gambling,#slots,#Helsinki].
49. 2017-05-31 - Liberty Bell Zoomed Out. This is a zoomed out photo taken of the liberty bell. Originally taken in 2017.
50. 2017 - Slot machines at McCarran International Airport 2. Slot machines available for gambling in the terminal of McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada.
51. 2018-02-14 - Salford Electrical Instruments tape recorder. Prototype reel-to-reel tape machine produced by Salford Electrical Instruments (a division of General Electric Company, hence the GEC logo on the panel). Erase and Recording heads stick through slots in brass cans (right), with playback in a mu-metal casting (left).
52. 2019-11-15 - Spielautomat Treff. Geldspielgerät Rotomat Treff, 1968.
53. 2019-12-01 - The History of Slot machines, The Liberty Belle Saloon and Red's 395 club. The reels and the mechanism: this recording documents dale's cousin Paul's friend's grandfather invented the slot machine.
54. 2021-07-15 - Slot machines at Reno-Tahoe International Airport. Slot machines at a Reno-Tahoe International Airport gate.
55. 2022-01-01 - Liberty Bell on display. The Liberty Bell on display in the Liberty Bell Center, Philadelphia, with Independence Hall visible in the background.
56. 2022-01-12 - The Obscure History of Slot Machines. Slot machinery and its cabinet: this item examines tHANK YOU FOR 69 SUBS! Have you ever wondered about the weird circumstances surrounding slot machines and maybe even have gone as far to question how they were made? I highly doubt it, so of.
57. 2022-01-30 - Der goldene Handschuh (2019) - rotamint gaming machine - DSC 1265DSC 1265. Film scenery of bar Goldener Handschuh for 2019 Germany movie en:The Golden Glove. rotamint gambling machine on the wall of the tavern next to the bar. In sepcial exhibition "Close-Up: Hamburger Film- und Kinogeschichten" 8 December 2021 bis 18 July 2022.
58. 2025-10-11 - The Liberty Bell and the Birth of the One-Armed Bandit by Charles Fey. The machine, its reels and payout: this film traces in 1895, inside a small San Francisco workshop, a mechanic named Charles Fey changed the way the world would chase luck.
59. 2026-05-30 - History of the Slot Machine: The Machine That Mathematically Cannot Lose (Documentary). Coin-operated gaming hardware: this segment surveys a Bavarian mechanic named Charles Fey assembled a cast iron device in a San Francisco workshop.