Roulette Bussoz
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1890 - 1934
label: date made
content: 1890s
label: date made
content: 1930s
label: date made
content: 1901 - 1940
notes: label: Description
content: Roulette style slot machine manufactured by Pierre Bussoz in Paris, France. The earliest examples of this cabinet were introduced in 1901. Bussoz would later invent the <i>Bussophone</i>a predecessor to the jukebox.
label: Description
content: This example was seized by US Customs in 1964 and transferred to the Smithsonian. It was brought into the country by a family who had purchased it as an antique. A <i>New York Times </i> article from November 18, 1964 reported the story.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: Associated Place
content: France
topic: label: Subject
content: Gambling
label: Subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.65.1369
label: catalog number
content: 65.1369
label: accession number
content: 259924
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Slot Machine
label: Object Name
content: game machine, French slot table
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 1/2 in x 18 in x 8 in; 67.31 cm x 45.72 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 48 in x 49 in x 42 in; 121.92 cm x 124.46 cm x 106.68 cm