Back Play Ball

Sources

IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (1 field)

theme
IPDB Baseball IPDB Sports Flipcommons Catalog Sports used Flipcommons Catalog Baseball used

Sources agree (5 fields)

technology_generation
pure-mechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
5 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1932 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
1813 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (9 fields)

ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB ESCO used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Exhibit Supply Company used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-5.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-2.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-6.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-7.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-8.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-9.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-10.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-11.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-12.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-13.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-14.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1813/image-15.png"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB A manufacturer ad from Automatic Age May 1932 (not shown here) shows a picture of the full counter top game. It also references a Play Ball playfield, sold separately, to be used for converting other games. This same ad references Patent No. 1630098 (AMUSEMENT DEVICE) which shows a smaller Play Ball counter game with a vertical playfield, patent filed March 11, 1926 by Percy C. Smith, assignor for John F. Meyer, the owner of Exhibit Supply Co. The patent was granted May 24, 1927. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB 10 balls for 1 cent. used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog exhibit-supply-company used
title
Flipcommons Catalog play-ball-2 used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Play Ball used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog play-ball-2 used