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Manufacturer:

Exhibit Supply Company, of Chicago, Illinois,
USA (1932-1957) [Trade Name: ESCO]

Date Of Manufacture:

April, 1939

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Theme:

Wartime

Specialty:

Flipperless

Notable Features:

5 balls for 5 cents. Trap holes (14). Backglass light animation (biplane flies around).

Design by:

Lyn Durant

Notes:

This game is sometimes believed to be the first game with backglass animation. However, one earlier example of backglass light animation is Exhibit's 1938 'Basketball'. An earlier example of mechanical backbox animation is Chicago Coin's 1937 'Dux'.

Photos in:

Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2 External Link

, page 165
Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, page 34

Images:
(click to zoom)

Playfield Detail 444x438 [Richard Conger]	Backglass 538x502 [Richard Conger]	Lower Playfield 422x592 [Richard Conger]	Playfield 632x394 [Richard Conger]	Playfield 422x604 [Richard Conger]
Playfield Detail 486x367 [Richard Conger]	Upper Playfield 566x567 [Richard Conger]	Playfield 725x1233	Backglass 725x676 [Bob Lico]	Backglass 1024x768 [Mark Johnson]
Playfield 768x1024 [Mark Johnson]	Playfield - Detail 1024x768 [Mark Johnson]	Lower Playfield 1024x768 [Mark Johnson]	Score Card 1024x768 [Mark Johnson]	Cabinet - Front View 768x1024 [Mark Johnson]
Backglass 1173x1158	Backglass - Detail 1200x900	Backglass - Reverse 1133x1141	Playfield* 900x1200 [Gillier Emmanuel]	Backglass 766x744
Backglass - Detail 1099x766	Backglass - Detail 1107x757	Backglass - Detail 1145x766	Backglass - Detail 1111x767	Backglass - Detail 1127x766
Backglass - Reverse 819x771

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