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Queen of Hearts / IPD No. 1891 / December, 1952 / 1 Player
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Manufacturer: D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb]
Date Of Manufacture: December, 1952
Model Number: 72
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 2,200 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Cards/Gambling
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Passive bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Gobble holes (5), Rollunders (2).

Sound: 3 bells.

Design by: Wayne Neyens
Art by: Roy Parker
Notes: On the backglass, the Seven of Clubs card incorrectly has eight pips (clubs) on it.

This is not the first game to have gobble holes. Gottlieb and other manufacturers used them as far back as 1934.

Designer Wayne Neyens told an audience at Chicago's Expo 2010 that 'Queen of Hearts' was his favorite of the games he designed.

Photos in: Cigar Aficionado Autumn 1996, pp. 320 ,321,323,324,327,328,331,332,335,336,339,341. pp. (Backglass)
Entrepreneur July 1995, pp. 19.
The Pinball Collectors’ Quarterly, No. 2, pages 4-5
Arcade TreasuresExternal Link, page 46
Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, pages 36 and 44
The Pinball Compendium 1930s - 1960sExternal Link, page 83
Pinball SnapshotsExternal Link, pages 170-174
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R
Images:
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Image # 1818: Queen of Hearts Backglass
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[Russ Jensen]		 Image # 1819: Queen of Hearts Backglass
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[Russ Jensen]		 Image # 1820: Queen of Hearts Playfield
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 		 Image # 4711: Queen of Hearts Flyer
Flyer
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 		 Image # 18606: Queen of Hearts Playfield
Playfield
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[The Pinball Warehouse]
Image # 18607: Queen of Hearts Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield
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[The Pinball Warehouse]		 Image # 18608: Queen of Hearts Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield
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[The Pinball Warehouse]		 Image # 18609: Queen of Hearts Cabinet - Left
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[The Pinball Warehouse]		 Image # 18610: Queen of Hearts Cabinet - Right
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[The Pinball Warehouse]		 Image # 21192: Queen of Hearts Playfield
Playfield
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[Raphael Lankar]
Image # 21193: Queen of Hearts Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass
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[Raphael Lankar]		 Image # 23984: Queen of Hearts Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox
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 		 Image # 24557: Queen of Hearts Backglass
Backglass
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[Jim Southwell]		 Image # 50323: Queen of Hearts Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield
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[Bill Medwin]		 Image # 50324: Queen of Hearts Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View
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[Bill Medwin]
Image # 50325: Queen of Hearts Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox
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[Bill Medwin]		  
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