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Catalog Number 1964.137.004
Object Name Machine, Slot
Description "Sweet Sally" upright wall-mounted coin-operated roulette machine. Wooden frame, metal mechanisms, glass front-cover. Open top. Mechanized roulette-wheel game identified by label on front (under glass) as "Sweet Sally", manufactured by Exhibit Supply Company of Chicago, no date. Metal "selector," nickel-insert, and cash-prize vent on bottom, rubber suction-cup wall mountings on reverse side. This slot machine is from the excursion steamer "GOODTIME," which was originally built as the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company steamer CITY OF DETROIT II in 1889, but operated under the name "Goodtime" from 1925 to 1940.
Collection Maritime
Date c. 1934
Dimensions H-18.25 W-10 D-5 inches
Material Wood, metal, glass
People Birch, Henry J.
Search Terms City of Detroit II
Goodtime
Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company
Slot machines
Steamships
Passenger Ships
Gambling
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