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Wild West / IPD No. 2785 / August, 1951 / 1 Player
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Manufacturer: D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb]
Date Of Manufacture: August, 1951
Model Number: 52
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 800 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Western
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Kick-out holes (4), Drop target (1). V-shaped ball saver between flippers.

Sound: 2 bells

Design by: Harry Mabs
Art by: Roy Parker
Notes: This is the last game designed by Harry Mabs for Gottlieb. An earlier game that used the same style of drop target is Gottlieb's 1951 'Minstrel Man'. This was actually a stationary target in front of a plastic image which dropped into the playfield once the target was hit.
Photos in: The Billboard, Sep-22-1951, page 107
Pinball ArtExternal Link, pages 40-41
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Images:
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Image # 2650: Wild West Backglass
Backglass
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[Clay Harrell]		 Image # 2651: Wild West Backglass
Backglass
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[Clay Harrell]		 Image # 2652: Wild West Playfield
Playfield
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 		 Image # 4772: Wild West Flyer
Flyer
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 		 Image # 27168: Wild West Billboard Ad (The Billboard, Sep-22-1951, page 107)
Billboard Ad*
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[John Gray]
Image # 37534: Wild West Cabinet - Left (The right side of the lower cabinet shows a shift of color from dark blue to light blue. This light blue extends to the cabinet front. The remainder of the cabinet shows dark blue. The owner did not explain the reason for the lighter blue color.)
Cabinet - Left*
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[Eugene "Butch" Torpey]		 Image # 37535: Wild West Cabinet - Right (The right side of the lower cabinet shows a shift of color from dark blue to light blue. This light blue extends to the cabinet front. The remainder of the cabinet shows dark blue. The owner did not explain the reason for the lighter blue color.)
Cabinet - Right*
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[Eugene "Butch" Torpey]		 Image # 37536: Wild West Cabinet - Front View (The right side of the lower cabinet shows a shift of color from dark blue to light blue. This light blue extends to the cabinet front. The remainder of the cabinet shows dark blue. The owner did not explain the reason for the lighter blue color.)
Cabinet - Front View*
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[Eugene "Butch" Torpey]		 Image # 66187: Wild West Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left
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[Rob Koss]		 Image # 66188: Wild West Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View
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[Rob Koss]
Image # 66189: Wild West Cabinet - Full View
Cabinet - Full View
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[Rob Koss]		 Image # 66190: Wild West Inside backbox
Inside backbox
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[Rob Koss]		  
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