Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Sources agree (6 fields)
- credit
- Ralph Fletcher — Design IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- technology_generation
- electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- month
- 2 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1934 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 3640 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (8 fields)
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB Gee Bee Manufacturing Company used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/3640/image-1.jpg"] used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB The name Gee-Bee represented the owners, Eddie and Maurice Ginsburg. Gee Bee Manufacturing Company moved their facility from 900-910 West Van Buren Street to a larger one at 14-16 North May Street in order to make this game. This game premiered at the February 1934 Chicago Exposition. According to The Encyclopedia of Pinball page 22, on March 6, 1934 the Gee-Bee Manufacturing Company changed their name to G.B. Daval Company as an intermediate step in transitioning manufacturing and rights to the Daval Manufacturing Company. This game continued production as G.B. Daval Company Inc.'s 1934 'American Beauty (Improved)'. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB Cabinet advertised as 36 inches long by 16 1/2 inches wide. used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog gee-bee-manufacturing-company used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog american-beauty-3 used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog American Beauty used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog american-beauty-3 used