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
- 3 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1934 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 6893 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (8 fields)
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB G.B. Daval Company Inc. used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/6893/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6893/image-1.png"] used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB This game was the continued production of Gee Bee Manufacturing Company's 1934 'American Beauty'. The Encyclopedia of Pinball page 22 refers to this game as "improved" but without explanation. Elsewhere on page 22, Eddie Ginsburg is quoted as saying their game had problems, only one of which was identified by him as the ball hitting the counter and bending (an unspecified piece of) metal. Still, we don�t know what the improvements actually were. The Billboard article shown in this listing may help explain any of this. According to The Encyclopedia of Pinball pp 22-23, 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. On August 15, 1934, G.B. Daval Company closed out and Daval Manufacturing Company assumed the entire operation. This game continued production as Daval Mfg. Co.'s 1934 'American Beauty'. The manufacturer advertised this 36 inch by 16 1/2 inch game with text describing a Ball-O-Meter in the lower playfield and what they called a catapult (a ball kicker into a Mystery Score hole) in the upper playfield. However, some of these ads incongruously picture a playfield with no evident catapult and having what could be described as three decorative aluminum vases surrounding the American Beauty rose in the lower playfield, and no Ball-O-Meter. We cannot find any manufacturer reference to the "three vases" playfields. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB Cabinet advertised as 36 inches long by 16 1/2 inches wide. used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog gb-daval-company-inc used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog american-beauty-improved used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog American Beauty (Improved) used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog american-beauty-improved used