scan: 1985 Directory of Amusement Machines & Amusement Park Equipment [遊戯機械総合年鑑]

I am delighted that I can present another extremely rare annual directory game machines in Japan!  These are incredibly rare directories that cost us quite a bit to acquire so I am happy to help make them widely accessible. Scan done by Detchibe.

If you scroll through the 遊戯機械総合年鑑 tag you'll also find 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1987.

85 Directory of Amusement Machines & Amusement Park Equipment [遊戯機械総合年鑑] (600DPI)

 

 some of what is inside:

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scans: Computopia 1968-02 & Canadian Vending Magazine 1961-05

2 very different types of scans, but they're both from the 1960s and they both have some very interesting images from niche industries. Computopia were part of a stack that a kind person at Pinball Expo helped us acquire with a surprise donation. Canadian Vending Magazine was a gift from my friend Sparky.

Computopia [コンピュートピア] (February 1968) (600DPI)

a few of the images I liked:

本社コンピュータ室 (head office computer room)

地球上での自然および人間技術の発達史年表,GM年表 (A timeline of the development of natural and human technologies on Earth, GM Timeline)

六本足のロボット GAWALK (Six-legged robot GAWALK)

Computer City

 

 

Canadian Vending Magazine 1961-05

As far the content goes, check out this incredible fold-out, scanned brilliantly with 18,000 pixels of splendor.

This is a goldmine for automat enthusiasts.
 

 

Cigarette machines and candy machines used to look very much alike.

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scan: Coin Journal 1983-01

The next of the incredibly rare Coin Journal batch we purchased!  ty Detchibe for the scan

月刊コインジャーナル [Monthly Coin Journal] Vol. 8 No. 1 (January 1983) (600DPI)

some pages:

 

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This blog stands in solidarity with all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president who has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.

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1970 - Muhammed Ali, "Would you believe Nazis in our city"

pictures from the Berkeley Library digital collections

I love libraries and archives!  There are so many wonderful ones out there and kudos for the Univ of California Berkeley Library Digital Collections for these images.  h/t to tweakbod on these.

These are ordered by date and the title given in the archive is listed as well.  18 of these 27 images are high resolution.

1922 Shooting Gallery on the North side of Market St. between Leavenworth & City Hall Ave. Dec. 1922

1922 Shooting Gallery, North side of Market between Leavenworth & City Hall Ave. Dec. 1922
this photo is special because you seldom get to see behind the counter

1932-02-23 Sergeant Theobald McCarthy, raid

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps
including this as an example of how the details on photos were tracked

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps

1935-12-17 School kids playing baffle board at Seventeenth and Sanchez

1935-12-17 School kids playing baffle board at Seventeenth and Sanchez

1935-12-17 School kids playing baffle board at Seventeenth and Sanchez

1935-12-17 School kids playing baffle board at Seventeenth and Sanchez

1936-02-07 Judge G.W. Schonfeld and slot machines
on the right: 1926 Play Ball by Exhibit Supply

1936-04-03 Helen Allen, pinball slot machine
Line-O-Lites does not appear on IPDB. I believe this is a modified Genco Criss Cross 'A' Lite. It could be concocted just for this photo, but I'm guessing that the Line-O-Lites backbox does not normally belong to that machine. 5x5 grids for Fascination / Pokerino games would involve a ball the player can roll by hand, and that's what I assume Line-O-Lites is typically from. When they would form a line the jackpot light on the top would light up.

1936-05-22 Hugo Radbruch with slot machines, Court House
1935 Gold Award by Rock-Ola spotted

 

1937-12-21 Slot machine raid, 118 First Street

1937-12-21 Slot machine raid, 118 First Street

1938-09-14 Lieutenant L. Tackney, slot machine raid, Northern Station
upright clawfoot slot on the left, probably circa 1900s. Many of the slot machines feature mint side-vendors

1938-09-14 Lieutenant L. Tackney, slot machine raid, Northern Station
at the front is a Pipe-Eye, The Darby, Steeplechase

1938-10-04 Girl arrested on slot machine charge

1938-10-04 Girl arrested on slot machine charge

1938-10-17 Gambling raid on pin-ball game

1938-10-17 Gambling raid on pin-ball game

1939-1940 Journalists [Giovanni Artieri and Lynn Louis Heinzerling, at slot machine]
this is a full-sized pajatso machine!  What on earth is it doing here?  I love it so much.

 

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This blog stands in solidarity with all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president who has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.

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