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This version of Log Cabin offered $1 for the central shot, or between two and five cigars from alternating pockets in the lower trough. #coinoperated This tweet was posted on January 12, 2018.

In 1901, Caille Brothers of Detroit patented Log Cabin, a nickel-operated #bagatelle game and trade stimulator. Log Cabin features a spring-loaded plunger for shooting and pioneered the mechanical ball lift. #coinoperated This tweet was posted on January 12, 2018.

"The Automatic Age: #CoinOperated Machines" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/vtBTqEQXW4 This tweet was posted on January 05, 2018.

This countertop model by Watling features an optional music box and is decorated with characters from the Brownies cartoon series by Palmer Cox. #CoinOperated This tweet was posted on January 05, 2018.

Early slot machines incorporated a vertically mounted gaming wheel marked by segmented colors. When space was at a premium, saloon owners installed machines similar to the larger slots atop their bars. #CoinOperated This tweet was posted on January 05, 2018.

Modern jukeboxes trace their origins to coin-operated phonographs. Marketed as automatic phonographs, these late-nineteenth-century machines combined wax cylinder phonographs with a #coinoperated mechanism. This tweet was posted on December 29, 2017.

"The Automatic Age: Coin-Operated Machines" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/vtBTqEQXW4 #CoinOperated This tweet was posted on December 21, 2017.

Electricity is Life was one of the best-selling, coin-operated electric shockers. Produced from 1899 to 1909, Electricity is Life was advertised as both a strength tester and electrical therapy device. #CoinOperated This tweet was posted on December 21, 2017.

Introduced in the late 1800s, coin-operated electric shock machines operated alongside coin-controlled vending machines, scales, and strength testers. #CoinOperated This tweet was posted on December 21, 2017.

The first electric shock devices date to the mid-18th century, when electrical therapy was commonly administered as a treatment for nervous disorders. #CoinOperated This tweet was posted on December 21, 2017.

"The Automatic Age: Coin-Operated Machines" will open this Saturday, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/vtBTqEQXW4 #CoinOperated This tweet was posted on December 15, 2017.

Coin-operated machines combined mechanical novelty and automated convenience. At the drop of a coin, they vended goods, provided entertainment, and offered potential jackpot payouts and free merchandise. #CoinOperated This tweet was posted on December 15, 2017.