Back Across the Board

Sources

IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (1 field)

theme
IPDB Horse Racing IPDB Sports Flipcommons Catalog Sports used Flipcommons Catalog Horse Racing used

Sources agree (5 fields)

technology_generation
electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
12 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1951 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
13 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (8 fields)

ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Universal Industries, Inc. (Chicago) A subsidiary of United Manufacturing Co. used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/13/image-2.jpg"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB In the Billboard article shown here from December 1951, United Manufacturing Company referred to this game as "Universal's Across The Board" and as a "jumbo pin game" but does not specifically define why, and also indicated that this is a multiple-coin game that awards replays. There is no mention of flippers. We have found no images of this game. The Operator Adjustments Sheet in this listing depicts this game as a horserace game and a distributor ad in Billboard Feb-23-1952 page 93 lists this game as a One Ball. We previously showed a date for this game of September 1952. The Billboard article from December 1951 states that shipments of this game have been scheduled but does not say when. The earliest distributor ad we found was in Billboard Dec-29-1951 page 47. Elsewhere on page 47, an article dated December 23 indicates that United's 500 employees took a break from volume production of this "jumbo pin game" to have a Christmas party and would resume volume production on December 26. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB 1 ball per play. used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog universal-industries-inc-chicago-a-subsidiary-of-united-manufacturing-co used
title
Flipcommons Catalog across-the-board-2 used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Across the Board used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog across-the-board-2 used