Back Baffle Ball

Sources

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Sources agree (6 fields)

credit
David Gottlieb — Design IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
pure-mechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
11 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1931 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
129 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (9 fields)

ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB Gottlieb used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB D. Gottlieb & Company used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/Overall_view.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/Overall_view2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/129/image-14.jpg"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB 'Baffle Ball' sold for $17.50 Different prices and quantities of balls per game were made. 5 Balls for 1 cent 7 Balls for 1 cent 10 Balls for 1 cent 10 Balls for 5 cents There were no mention of wooden stands sold by the manufacturer for this game, only metal ones. One example of this game is pictured here on a wooden stand which would have come from another source. According to the book Pinball 1, Baffle Ball was produced by Gottlieb in Chicago and also by Keeney and Sons in a separate Chicago facility but under Gottlieb�s direction. While both companies began production of this game in November 1931, Keeney was first to have this game on the production line and was first to advertise them. Gottlieb took care of all of the distribution details. Baffle Ball was "the first game to top the 50,000 mark in production and deliveries" but we do not know the exact quantity produced or how many of that quantity were made by each company. Neither Gottlieb nor Keeney put their company name on the games and the differences between the two productions (if any) are minimal, making it nearly impossible to tell them apart. See also Keeney and Sons' 1931 'Baffle Ball'. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Advertised as 24 inches long by 16 inches wide. Metal stands were sold separately for $2.50. used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog d-gottlieb-company used
title
Flipcommons Catalog baffle-ball used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Baffle Ball used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog baffle-ball used