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Pinball before WW2 (prewar pinball)
1932 to 1937
by cfh@provide.net, 01/15/20.

As a starter, any pinball games you have for sale in the 1932 to 1937era, please contact me at cfh@provide.com

Before there were flippers on pinball machines, pinball was exactly how theword 'pinball' sounds - a wood board with pins (nails) inserted in particularplaces, to guide the ball to certain scoring areas. Or perhaps put better,to avoid certain scoring areas! This document deals with these 1932 to 1937pinball games made primarily by Gottlieb, Bally, Jennings, Rockola, ABT, Genco, Chicago Coin, PamCo (Pacific Amusement Co.), Daval. Though therewere many other manufacturers during the 1930s, these were the primarypinball manufacturers, making the best models for this period.

So why 1932 to 1937? Because, at least to me, this was the era where true pinball innovation took place. These games were largely PM (purely mechanical),yet the bigger manufacturers did a lot creatively to make them fun. Even the 1935/1936models that started to use electricity were very creative. Historically and creatively speaking, the 1932 to 1937 games were awesome. But around 1937 when the spring 'bumper'came into play, the games really changed. To me at least, the 1937-1947 pinballgames were more homogeneous, relying on this one device. The nails were largelygone, and so was the creative emphasis on mechanical ingenuity.

Pre-War Pinball History.
Before we go through what I consider to be the highlights of the 1932 to 1937 eraof pinball machines, we should talk about the general history of these games.Though pinball has been around since the 1700s in the French form known as bagatelle,it didn't really look like what we think pinball is today until much later. Basically itwas more like a pool table with nails, and a pool cue was used to propel the ball.Advanced scoring holes on the table were protected by more nails, making the gamepretty challenging. By the late 1700s, more of a shooter lane developed, so the gamewas starting to look like what we think of as 'pinball' today. But the big developmentwas in 1869, when a the spring plunger (as still used today) was a mainstreambagatelle game feature (patented in the U.S. in 1871.) By the late 1920s,tables with pins (nails) were showing up in bars, and were known as 'marble games'or 'pin ball.' So we're getting somewhere with the design, slowly, but it is progressing.

The story of coin operated pinball starts in 1930.Arthur Paulin, a carpenter, was cleaning out a barn during early December 1930. He came across an old board with holes and about 30 nail. At the time it looked old, but he decided to play around with ituntil he came up with what we now know as 'Whiffle Board'. Remember this was during the Great Depression and in Youngstown Ohio,where a large mill had just closed. Money was tight so Arthur Paulin decided to make this board game for his daughter Lois Paulin as a Christmas gift.

His daughter loved the game so much that she invited her friends to come and play. Next thing there was a line of kids waiting to play this board game. Hence Arthur Paulin took the board game to a friend of his, Myrl A. Park, who operated a local drug store at the corner of Sothern andMidlorthian Blvd in Youngstown. Paulin wanted to make another one and sell it at the drug store. Park instead suggested putting a coin device on the game, and let people pay to play.Paulin like the idea. Earl W. Froom, who was at the drug store and saw the game,thought the idea was a good one too. Between the two men they came up with a coin device. Paulin, Froom, and Park made a number of experiments with the board game, which they dubbed 'Old Jenny.' Finally they decided they had it perfected. They tried the game inlocal general store, and in one hour, made $2.60, at 5 cents per play!

Summer 1931 Bingo Novelty 'Bingo' pin game.

On January 28th, 1931 the three men went into partnership. Arthur Paulin was President in charge of construction and manufacture. Earl Froom was Vice President in charge of sales. Myrl Park came to assist Paulin and Froom with 1/6 partnership. William Howell was in charge of all records (secretary) and also had 1/6 partnership. Automatic Industries was born with their first pin game, now called 'Whiffle.'Sales skyrocketed, and after many moves to larger facilities, there were 53 people working in the shop making games. Unfortunately others took notice and copied the game, and new pin game makers entered the market.Automatic Industries tried to enforce their patents unsuccessfully,paving the way for others to invest in pin game manufacturing.

(It should be noted that at precisely the same time that Whiffle was born,another coin operated pin game called 'Whoopee' was developed in Chicago by Jack Sloan. Though not nearly as successful as Whiffle, it was the same idea, invented simulataneouslyand wit`1hout any influence from the Youngstown people. Though both games could beindentified as the 'first' coin operated pinball, most people give the nod toWhiffle instead of Whoopee.)

The November 1931 Gottlieb Baffle Ball.

One competitor to the original Whiffle game was David Gottlieb.In the fall of 1931 David Gottlieb's Baffle Ball was the first big pinball hit of the coin-operated era. Though not the first coin operated pinball (Automatic Industries'1931 Whiffle got that honor), Gottlieb's was the first that was commercially availablein large numbers. It was said that David Gottlieb's company (who made strength testers)worked 24 hours a day manufacturing their Baffle Ball game.Selling for $17.50, the game dispensed five to seven balls for a penny. In just a fewmonths, Gottlieb sold 50,000 Baffle Ball games to taverns and drugstores. Americawas loving the idea of a coin operated pinball game, especially since it was onlya penny to play, and it was something that encouraged gambling. It was the depression,so all this seemed so appealing. Entertainment and gambling potential, and allfor a penny.

Interestingly, David Gottlieb bought his initial game design fromChicago handyman Nate Robin and business partner Al Rest, who showed them thedesign for their summber 1931 pinball machine called 'Bingo.' Gottlieb took over their'Bingo' game manufacturing from Bingo Novel