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Bonanza / IPD No. 346 / November 05, 1947 / 1 Player
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Manufacturer: Williams Manufacturing Company (1944-1958) [Trade Name: Williams]
Date Of Manufacture: November 05, 1947
Model Number: 12
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Specialty: Flipperless [?]
Notable Features: Passive bumpers (12), Kick-out holes (4). All of the components inside the lower cabinet are placed onto a full-scale wiring diagram.
Design by: Gordon Horlick
Notes: 'Bonanza' is the last flipperless pinball machine made by this manufacturer.

The manufacturer’s original playfield drawing (not shown here) is dated 9/12/47 and is signed with initials GTH.

Photos in: The Billboard, Nov-22-1947, page 131
The Pinball Compendium 1930s - 1960sExternal Link, page 61
Files: 1 MB JPG Promotional Photo - Large Size [Williams Manufacturing Company]
Images:
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Image # 7196: Bonanza Backglass
Backglass
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[Alan Tate]		 Image # 7197: Bonanza Playfield
Playfield
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[Alan Tate]		 Image # 35255: Bonanza Backglass
Backglass
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 		 Image # 35256: Bonanza Backglass - Detail
Backglass - Detail
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 		 Image # 35257: Bonanza Playfield
Playfield
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Image # 35258: Bonanza Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield
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 		 Image # 35259: Bonanza Middle Playfield
Middle Playfield
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 		 Image # 35260: Bonanza Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield
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 		 Image # 35261: Bonanza Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield
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 		 Image # 35262: Bonanza Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left
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Image # 35263: Bonanza Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right
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 		 Image # 35264: Bonanza Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front
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 		 Image # 35265: Bonanza Front Door Removed
Front Door Removed
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 		 Image # 35266: Bonanza Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox
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 		 Image # 53921: Bonanza Backbox - Right
Backbox - Right
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[Sean Kavanagh]
Image # 53922: Bonanza Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left
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[Sean Kavanagh]		 Image # 53923: Bonanza Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front
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[Sean Kavanagh]		 Image # 53924: Bonanza Under Playfield (with retrofit flippers) (The two spots where the wood has chipped away indicate where holes were made by an operator to insert the after-factory impulse flippers.)
Under Playfield (with retrofit flippers)*
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[Sean Kavanagh]		 Image # 53925: Bonanza Inside Cabinet (with retrofit flipper button) (This game was retrofitted with two impulse flippers operated simultaneously by one flipper button wired to the right side of the cabinet.)
Inside Cabinet (with retrofit flipper button)*
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[Sean Kavanagh]		 Image # 60252: Bonanza Billboard Ad (The Billboard, Nov-22-1947, page 131)
Billboard Ad*
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[Rob Hawkins]
Image # 60253: Bonanza Billboard New Game Announcement (The Billboard, Dec-6-1947, page 111)
Billboard New Game Announcement*
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[Rob Hawkins]		 Image # 62037: Bonanza Promotional Photo
Promotional Photo
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[Duncan Brown]		 Image # 79260: Bonanza Instruction and Score Cards
Instruction and Score Cards
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[Ted Morris]		  
Source: BB 11/22/47 p131 [?]
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