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technology_generation
electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
5 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1935 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
1437 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/1437/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1437/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1437/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1437/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1437/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1437/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1437/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1437/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1437/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1437/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1437/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1437/image-14.jpg"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB According to Marketplace Pictorial History, David Gottlieb featured the words "Liberty Bell" on his payout games in honor of Charles Fey, the inventor of the original slot machine, "Liberty Bell". In addition, the mint venders carried the Liberty Bell design. This can lead to misidentifying other Gottlieb games that also have this mint vendor. As an example, see Gottlieb's 1935 'Plus and Minus'. The solenoid-operated aluminum Liberty Bell mint vendor was invented by Edmund Fey and was used primarily on slot machines although its design allowed it for use on other devices such as this pinball machine. Its view window was supposed to permanently display five packages of mints to give the impression that the vendor was always full. A nice article from his son Marshall Fey appeared in the October 1985 issue of Loose Change magazine and discussed this invention as well as a 1914 patent for a rotary-piston internal combustion engine, granted to Carl E. Anderson and Edmund C. Fey. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB 10 balls for 5 cents. Mint vender on cabinet front. Instructions state: First shoot ball for skill pocket. Then match two 200 holes or any three higher pockets. Skill determined by highest number of matched pockets. used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog d-gottlieb-company used
title
Flipcommons Catalog liberty-bell-2 used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Liberty Bell used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog liberty-bell-2 used