Back Gypsy

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  1. By IPDB
    credit
    Lester Hilbrich — Art
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Bally Manufacturing Corporation
    ipdb_id
    5958
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/5958/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5958/image-2.jpg"]
    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Bally
    ipdb.notes
    As far as we know, this backglass artwork did not become a production game, unless the name changed to a game for which we have not yet found its match. The woman in the center backglass appeared in color in the painting "Eqypt" by artist Henry Clive (1882-1960). We can't find a date for his painting. The artist dated the backglass drawing as 10-31-47 and the playfield drawing as 11-5-47 (Nov-5-1947). The playfield is a familiar pre-flipper design of this period. Because the first game with electromechanical flippers, Gottlieb's 1947 'Humpty Dumpty', had just hit the market a week before these drawings were completed, it seems likely this pre-flipper design was suddenly unusable for production by Bally. Artist Lester Hilbrich (1911-1999) worked for Advertising Posters, Sullivan-Nolan Advertising, and Lions/Bally.
    player_count
    1
    technology_generation
    electromechanical
    theme
    Foreign Peoples