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Some of the photographs featured in "The American Saloon: Historical Photographs from the Collection of Roger E. Kislingbury" capture the usage of objects similar to those on display in "#GamesofChance: Gambling Devices of the Mechanical Age". Many of the color-wheel and roulette-based gambling devices, popularized as freestanding machines in carved, wooden cabinets, were also produced as ornate, cast-iron versions for the countertops of saloons and cigar stores. On the far right side of this photo from 1904 is a machine very similar to The Wasp, a color-wheel machine from 1904. All objects are courtesy of the Joe Welch American Antique Museum. See "#GamesofChance: Gambling Devices of the Mechanical Age" and the accompanying photography show, "The American Saloon: Historical Photographs from the Collection of Roger E. Kislingbury", on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. http://bit.ly/AmericanSaloon This image was posted on April 24, 2017.

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