Pinball machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RELAY CONTROLLED
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0222.001
- MANUFACTURER
- WILLIAMS ELECTRIC MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ GLASS/ WOOD/ LINOLEUM
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 162.2 cm
- Width
- 63.1 cm
- Height
- 190.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Williams Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- UP TO 1980
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
ENTERTAINMENT MACHINE. USES QUARTERS, DIMES AND NICKELS TO PLAY MECHANICAL BASEBALL GAME. - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF RELAY CONTROLLED GAME FROM BEFORE THE DAYS OF COMPUTERIZED GAMES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- COIN SLOT ON FRONT WITH 'QUARTER 3 PLAYS, DIME OR 2 NICKELS ONE PLAY'/ SEVERAL PUSH BUTTONS/ PLATES 'PRESS TOPITCH'/ 'WILLIAMS' MFR'S PLATE ON FRONT/ 'PUSH TO BAT' PLATE/ COIN RETURN SLOT/ INSTRUCTIONS ON PAPER ON FIELD.
- Missing
- Key for front hatch Ball Hoods on the playing field (that the player would be seeking to sink the ball into for points).
- Finish
- CABINET IS PAINTED RED, WHITE AND BLUE.
- Decoration
- BASEBALL FIELD PAINTED GREEN-BEIGE. SCOREBOARD IS PINK, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE. SCOREBOARD HAS BASEBALL FIELD WITH METAL PLAYERS.
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WILLIAMS ELECTRIC MFG. CO., Pinball machine, circa 1960, Artifact no. 1986.0222, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0222.001/
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