Mills was to make in the following years for operators of the era. Mills started the manufacture of the first counter machine called the 'Klondike' and later that same year he conceived the idea and started the manufacture of the famous 'Owl Lifter', which was the forerunner of all the arcade type machines which Mr. In a small workshop, 20 x 60 feet, at Jefferson and Lake Streets, Chicago, with only two employees, Mr. "In 1889, the late Herbert Stephen Mills founded the great coin machine company whose name 'Mills' is famous the world over for its Bell and amusement type coin machines. Here is an excerpt from the "Story of Mills" published by the company in 1949. But, the story of Mills is truly an American success story of a small entrepreneur who made it against all the odds. We all know of the Mills Novelty Company as the "giant" of the coin machine business.
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