vndgguy wrote:I can't find much info on the history of Pace. Can anyone tell me the reason for the chicken? on the logo? I'm also looking for the pictorial guide if anyone has one for sale. They seem to be out of stock everywhere I look.
Thanks again for the help
Don
Well, I'm not chicken to answer your 'Chicken' question, so here goes:
First off, the chicken is not something that I would have chose for my company logo. But when
you think about it, I see where the strange idea came from, that sparked Pace to use it. When
Ed Pace started his slot machine business in 1927, the "Bantam" was his first model. Being as
this machine was the smallest in size and weight, of any machine on the market at the time, Ed
chose the Bantam name for his machine, as well as the logo, because the Bantam is the smallest
size bird, in the chicken family. Why he even went down that path, is a mystery to me. Maybe he,
or his family were chicken-ranchers at one time, before he ventured into slot machines? Although
Ed did work as a road-man for Mills Novelty for several years, up until 1926, before he chose to go
off on his own, after buying a small company in 1927, and the rest is history. So, that's the story
of the "Bantam Chicken"!
