Chicago Coin, like other major manufacturers, stopped producing machines in 1942 to support the US’s effort in World War II. Production resumed in 1945, making machines similar to those in the early 1940s. The central figure on the backglass likely references the then-popular All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which started 1943, and whose story was told in A League of Their Own.

One month after this machine left the factory, Gottlieb released the first machine with Flippers, Humpty Dumpty. This machine’s flippers were added later, likely by an operator updating his older machines to match the new craze.