Back Log Cabin

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  1. By IPDB
    credit
    Adolph A. Caille — Design
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Caille Bros.
    ipdb_id
    5203
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/5203/image-1.jpg"]
    ipdb.notable_features
    1 ball for 5 cents. This version used a dial handle in the front to lift the ball instead of a crank handle. Player shot the ball into play using a small "throwing device" (vertical plunger). Landing the ball into the top center hole paid a dollar prize. The thirteen score troughs at playfield bottom alternated between seven that paid between 10 cents and 50 cents, and six that paid nothing. The cabinet contained a magazine of 500 balls, dispensing one per play. Played balls ended up in a separate area and did not recycle. When all 500 balls had been played, the operator had to open the game and move the played balls back into the first magazine.
    ipdb.notes
    This is known as the "Square Top" version, originally made as Caille-Schiemer Company's 1901 'Log Cabin'. Patent 711,383 [A. A. CAILLE GAME] applied for by the Caille-Schiemer Company on Jan 21, 1901 and granted Oct 14, 1902
    month
    7
    player_count
    1
    technology_generation
    pure-mechanical
    year
    1901