» DELUXE CHROME BELL «     PACE Mfg. Chicago, Illinois / USA    (1946)
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W = 17_1/2" ; 45 cm         D = 15_1/2" ; 39 cm        H = 24" ; 61 cm

It has a die-cast aluminum front with stainless steel sheets on sides,
mounted on a wooden frame.  Beside some touch-up:  All is original!

                                                

Weight = 88 lbs ; 40 kg         The STAR on the left side means "1946"

HISTORICAL REMARKS:
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           based on the book of  M.Fey »SlotMachines« ( 5th ed. 1997 )

Edwin W.Pace got his start in slot machines working as a road salesman
before opening his own company, the  »Chicage Slot Machine Exchange«,
which became the country's larged used slot dealer.  In 1926 Pace
purchased Skelly Mfg., a small Chicago producer of "Bell Slots".  He
continued building the same machine with a rotary escalator which was
to become a Pace trademark. In 1932 when he introduced the famous twin
jackpot  »COMET«-Line, the PAGE company became a major competitor for
the "Big 5" slot machine manufacturer  CAILLE,  FEY,  JENNINGS,  MILLS
& WATLING.  This PAGE » DELUXE CHROME BELL « is one of its followers.

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