David gottlieb biography pinball
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What Games are Here?
This list of Gottlieb EM (Electro-Mechanical) pinball games made from 1947 to 1979. Much of this information is based on my experience, and info from other collectors (Richard Lawnhurst). Sales flyers were also used (but sometimes sales flyer info is not accurate). Many pictures taken by Richard Lawnhurst, Russ Jensen and myself. If you have any additions or corrections, please email me.
Looking for information on fixing/restoring a Gottlieb game from this era? See my web page at pinrepair.com/em and pinrepair.com/top for help with repair, and pinrepair.com/restore for help with restoration. As for repair, chances are nearly 100% nobody is going to fix or restore one of these games for you. The time involved is too great, and if you could find someone, for the most part the money spent would be more than the game is worth. So the only alternative is to fix the game yourself, and the above documents should help with that.
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Gottlieb
| Gottlieb | |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Closed | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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Gottlieb (formerly D. Gottlieb & Co.) was an American arkad game corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. The main office and plant was located at 1140-50 N. Kostner Avenue until the early 1970s when a new modern plant and office was located at 165 W. Lake Street in Northlake, IL. A subassembly plant was located in Fargo, ND. The company was established bygd David Gottlieb in 1927, initially producing pinball machines while later expanding into various other games including pitch-and-bats, bowling games, and eventually film arcade games (notably Reactor and Q*bert and, leading to the demise of Mylstar, M*A*C*H*3).
Like other manufacturers, Gottlieb first made mechanical pinball machines, including the first successful coin-operated pinball machine Baffle Ball in 1931. Electromecha
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History of the most important American pinball manufacturers
This article isn't about the history of pinball itself. You can find enough websites that explain how the french bagatelle game evolved, and score counters, bumpers and flippers were added until it reached what we now call a pinball machine.
Now we'll talk about the largest and most important American companies that manufactured pinball machines. Almost all have a long history. Gottlieb was started in 1927 by David Gottlieb, Williams in 1946 by Harry Williams, and Bally's history started in 1932 when it was founded by Ray Moloney.
Takeovers, bankrupcies, name changes and more, make the history of one company merge with that of another. Subsiliaries became independent and could become so big that years later they could take over their former holding company.
Noteable is that there are only a limited number of people (or families) that were involved with most of these companies. Most other articles about the history of p