SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 LOTS OF SLOTS: 1944-- "Slot machine stockroom, Maser Music Co., Mission and Washburn streets, San Francisco. 1944. 40s One-Armed Bandits. Take My Money!!
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016, PLUG-AND-PLAY: 1944-- June 7, 1944. "Maser Music showroom, Mission and Washburn streets, San Francisco. "On display on D-Day Plus One, a selection of Wurlitzer jukeboxes and two Mills Panoram "Soundies" machines, a sort of early video jukebox that played 16 mm film loops of musical acts for a dime.
One comment says these "Soundies" were before MTV. Some mighty pretty machines. Wish i had one in my cave.
Even In war, Gotta Gamble and Tune In. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Nevada Played a Big Role-- Part 2: Homefront and Gambling
The saddle is touring the state of Nevada in honor of the 150th anniversary of the state's admittance to the Union.
Thousands of Nevadans served in the war and hundreds died.
American troops trained for North African desert warfare in the desert south of Searchlight.
Training for aerial warfare took place at Reno, Ely, Fallon Wendover, Las Vegas and Tonopah. Ammunition was made at a depot in Hawthorn.
The arrival of soldiers and war workers in Las Vegas caused a boom in Nevada's young gambling industry. This influx caused Las Vegas' population to surpass that of Reno and began a shift of political and economic power to the south end of the state.
Gold and silver mining halted and instead copper and magnesium was gone after as a necessity of the war.
--GreGen
Thousands of Nevadans served in the war and hundreds died.
American troops trained for North African desert warfare in the desert south of Searchlight.
Training for aerial warfare took place at Reno, Ely, Fallon Wendover, Las Vegas and Tonopah. Ammunition was made at a depot in Hawthorn.
The arrival of soldiers and war workers in Las Vegas caused a boom in Nevada's young gambling industry. This influx caused Las Vegas' population to surpass that of Reno and began a shift of political and economic power to the south end of the state.
Gold and silver mining halted and instead copper and magnesium was gone after as a necessity of the war.
--GreGen
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