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Oklahoma / IPD No. 1701 / June, 1949 / 1 Player
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Manufacturer: United Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1942-1962)
Date Of Manufacture: June, 1949
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: American Places - American West
Notable Features: 5 balls for 5 cents. Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Kick-out holes (6). No slingshots.

Sound: 2 bells

Notes: This is the first game from United to have a drop chute for coin insertion, replacing the coin slide used on their previous games.

United referred to their flippers as "control kickers" on this game. Both flippers operate simultaneously from a single solenoid.

The New Game Announcement in The Billboard, Jun-25-1949, page 113, states this game has a high score of 9,990,000 points. However, the millions counter on the backglass only goes to '8'.

Photos in: Pinball! (Sharpe), page 180
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R
Documentation: 4 MB PDF Schematic Diagram (continuous) [United Mfg. Co.]
Images:
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Image # 6027: Oklahoma Flyer
Flyer
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 		 Image # 41930: Oklahoma Backglass
Backglass
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[Mark Sturtevant]		 Image # 41931: Oklahoma Playfield
Playfield
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[Mark Sturtevant]		 Image # 52847: Oklahoma Backglass
Backglass
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[Sean Kavanagh]		 Image # 52848: Oklahoma Backbox - Left
Backbox - Left
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[Sean Kavanagh]
Image # 52849: Oklahoma Flipper Mechanism (Both flippers operate simultaneously.)
Flipper Mechanism*
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[Sean Kavanagh]		 Image # 71932: Oklahoma Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox
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[Andrew Harris]		 Image # 76179: Oklahoma Billboard New Game Announcement (The Billboard, Jun-25-1949, page 113)
Billboard New Game Announcement*
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