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Between about 1905 and 1930, the company's products included the Mills Violano-Virtuoso and its predecessors, celebrated machines that automatically played a violin and, after about 1909, a piano. By 1944 the name of the company had changed to Mills Industries, Incorporated. The slot machine division was then owned by Bell-O-Matic Corporation. Playing an antique 1940s Mills Novelty Company 3 reel slot machine. HiTop model I WILL BUY your vintage old Mills, Jennings, Caille, Pace and Watling Slot ma.

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Skyscraper

Name: Skyscraper
Manufacturer: Mills Novelty Co.
Year: 1932 - 1933
Type: Slot Machine
Subtype: Bell

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Skyscraper Description

Skyscraper was produced by Mills Novelty Co. in 1932.

Mills Novelty Co. released 671 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1896.

Other machines made by Mills Novelty Co. during the time period Skyscraper was produced include Catch the Ball, Golden Bell, Gooseneck, Junior Silent, Office, Silent Escalator Jackpot Front Vendor, Front Vender Triple Jackpot, Trylon, Track King, and Hi-Boy Scale.
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Arcadia: Slot Machines of Europe and America, Baudot (ISBN 0710420528): Page: 90; Black and white photo;
Slot Machines On Parade, Geddes (ISBN 0-934422-16-8): Page: 126; Color photo; Price guide: 1980
Slot Machines, A Pictorial History of the First 100 Years, Fey (ISBN 0962385204): Page: 120; Color photo;
American Premium Guide to Jukeboxes and Slot Machines : Identification and Value Guide, Ayliffe (ISBN 0896890554): Page: 77; Black and white photo; Price guide: 1985
An American Premium Guide to Jukeboxes and Slot Machines, Ayliffe (ISBN 0-89689-082-1): Page: 81; Black and white photo; Price guide: 1991

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Mills Novelty Company, Incorporated
Industry	Slot machines, vending machines and jukeboxes
Fate	Divestment (jukeboxes); divestment and merger (slot machines); and acquisition (vending machines)
Successor	Mills Novelty Co. Restores & sells violanos and other Mills products
Founded	1891 (as M.B.M. Cigar Vending Company)
Defunct	1948 (jukeboxes); 1954 (vending machines); and 1980s (slot machines)
Headquarters	Chicago
Herbert Stephen Mills (deceased); Robert W. Brown CEO
Website	millsnovelty.com

The Mills Novelty Company, Incorporated of Chicago was once a leading manufacturer of coin-operated machines, including slot machines, vending machines, and jukeboxes, in the United States. Between about 1905 and 1930, the company's products included the Mills Violano-Virtuoso and its predecessors, celebrated machines that automatically played a violin and, after about 1909, a piano. By 1944 the name of the company had changed to Mills Industries, Incorporated.^[1]^[2] The slot machine division was then owned by Bell-O-Matic Corporation. By the late 1930s, vending machines were being installed by Mills Automatic Merchandising Corporation of New York.

Family[edit]

The origins of the business lie with Mortimer Birdsul Mills, who was born in 1845 in Canada West (today's Ontario, Canada)^[3] but who later became a citizen of the United States, resident in Chicago, Illinois. Mortimer Mills would have 13 children.^[4] One son, Herbert Stephen Mills, was born in 1872 when his father was about 27.^[3] In 1892, Bert E. Mills, the youngest of Mortimer Mill's children was born.^[4] In about 1895, Fred L. Mills, the first of Herbert Mills' sons, was born.^[5]^[6] Ralph J. Mills, Herbert's second son, was born in July 1898.^[6] In about 1900, Herbert Mills, the third son of Herbert Stephen Mills was born. His younger brother, Hayden ('Bill') Mills, was born two years later in about 1902.^[6] The Mills brothers were raised in Oak Park, Illinois, and continued to live in that area until at least the mid-1930s.^[6] In 1929, Herbert Mills had died aged 57, leaving a fortune to his wife and eight children.^[7] The business was continued with Fred L. Mills, Herbert's first son, taking over as president^[8] while his three brothers, Ralph, Herbert, and Hayden held other top management positions.

History[edit]

Mortimer Mills was granted United States patent 450,336 on 14 April 1891 for an improvement in 'coin-actuated vending apparatus'. The improvement allowed the purchaser to select the product being sold and manipulate it so that it was carried to the point of delivery.^[9] Focu

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