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Known as trade stimulators, these dispensers were once popular alternatives to gambling. They offered prizes in the form of cigars, stamps, or chewing gum rather than money. This trade stimulator dates from 1902 and was produced by the Overton Manufacturing and Engineering Company of Topeka. E.L. Overton worked with Charles Eagle (the largest cigar manufacturer in Topeka) to create this wooden nickel slot machine offering a chance to win Eagle cigars. A patron inserted a coin and cranked a handle to set into motion an internal roulette wheel. When the machine stopped, the patron read his winnings on the dial; these were dispensed by the store clerk.
Creator: Overton Manufacturing and Engineering Company
Date: 1902
Item Number: 209934
Call Number: 1963.107.1
KSHS Identifier: 1963.107.1
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Gambling
Date - 1900s - 1902
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Smoking
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Merchandising - Machine, Vending
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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