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Installation of the Nickel-in-the-Slot
- When
- 1889
- Where
- Palais Royal Saloon, 303 Sutter Street
Louis T. Arnold installed the coin-operated nickel-in-the-slot phonograph at the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco in 1889, near the Pacific Phonograph Company offices.
The device was located at 303 Sutter Street, two blocks from the Pacific Phonograph Company offices. It operated as a coin-operated phonograph for entertainment purposes; the supplied passages do not describe the specific mechanism by which coin insertion activated playback, nor do they record a day or month for the installation.
Sources
- Jukebox Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-12
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