Name/Title
Game, MechanicalEntry/Object ID
1985.279.0001Description
A slot machine from Vonda's Cafe, which was the first cafe in Mesquite to serve beer and also had the first slot machines in Mesquite. In 1936, a year after Nevada legalized gambling, Joe Wilson, the owner of the cafe, went down to Las Vegas and returned with five slot machines. This is the original dime machine Joe Wilson brought back from Vegas and was donated to the museum by his wife, Vonda Wilson.