Caille Bros.

The Detroit-based Caille Bros. Manufacturing Company along with Chicago-based Mills Novelty Company, were one of the most successful companies in the United States coin-operated machine industry during the 19th century and early 20th century.[1][2][3] They became popular releasing not only slot machines, but grew the company to encompass arcade games, weight scales, strength testers, gum machines and Bagatelle-style games.[4][5] They also produced a popular line of outboard motors.[6][7] Once penny arcades began to decline Caille even built coin-operated "moving picture'' machines, sometimes called nickelodeons. Following the death of company President A. Arthur Caille in 1916, the company continued to release mainly trade simulators and gambling machines, but with little variety in their mechanical game output, were overtaken by newer players such as A.B.T, Erie Machine co., Chester Pollard and Exhibit Supply, eventually leading Adolph A. Caille, the surviving brother, to sell the business to Fuller Johnson in 1932.[8]

  1. ^ "The Caille Brothers Building". January 25, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Historical Interlude: The History of Coin-Op Part 3, Pinball Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  3. ^ HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. H. Taylor & Company. 1908. ISBN 9783849678371.
  4. ^ Manufacturer: Caille Bros. Co. The International Arcade Museum Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  5. ^ "Trade catalogs from Caille Brothers Co., Inc". National Museum of American History. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  6. ^ "Caille and Martin: Birth of the Outboard Motor Industry". Boothbay Register. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  7. ^ Magazines, Hearst (January 1913). Popular Mechanics. Hearst Magazines.
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