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'Crosswords'
Image Title: Backglass

Image #578, Image Courtesy of Russ Jensen

Crosswords Backglass
Image # 577: Crosswords Playfield
Playfield
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[Russ Jensen]		 Image # 578: Crosswords Backglass
Backglass
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[Russ Jensen]		 Image # 7779: Crosswords Flyer
Flyer
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[Raphael Lankar]		 Image # 52136: Crosswords Coin Machine Journal New Game Announcement (Coin Machine Journal, March 1956, page 29)
Coin Machine Journal New Game Announcement*
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[Rob Hawkins]		 Image # 53164: Crosswords Playfield Serial Number (Serial number C1090.)
Playfield Serial Number*
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[Dennis Dodel]		 Image # 53165: Crosswords Cabinet Serial Number (Serial number C1090.)
Cabinet Serial Number*
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[Dennis Dodel]		 Image # 61312: Crosswords Backglass (Serial number C1090.)
Backglass*
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[Dennis Dodel]
Image # 61313: Crosswords Playfield (Serial number C1090.)
Playfield*
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[Dennis Dodel]		 Image # 61314: Crosswords Upper Playfield (Serial number C1090.)
Upper Playfield*
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[Dennis Dodel]		 Image # 61315: Crosswords Lower Playfield (Serial number C1090.)
Lower Playfield*
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[Dennis Dodel]		 Image # 61316: Crosswords Instruction Card (Serial number C1090.)
Instruction Card*
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[Dennis Dodel]		 Image # 61317: Crosswords Score Card (Serial number C1090.)
Score Card*
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[Dennis Dodel]		 Image # 61318: Crosswords Cabinet - Left (Serial number C1090.)
Cabinet - Left*
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[Dennis Dodel]		 Image # 61319: Crosswords Cabinet - Front View (Serial number C1090.)
Cabinet - Front View*
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[Dennis Dodel]
Image # 61320: Crosswords Cabinet - Front (Serial number C1090.)
Cabinet - Front*
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[Dennis Dodel]		 Image # 61321: Crosswords Inside Coin Door (Serial number C1090.)
Inside Coin Door*
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[Dennis Dodel]		 Image # 61322: Crosswords Inside Front Door (Serial number C1090.)
Inside Front Door*
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[Dennis Dodel]		 Image # 61323: Crosswords Cabinet - Rear (Serial number C1090.)
Cabinet - Rear*
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[Dennis Dodel]		 Image # 61324: Crosswords Inside Backbox (Serial number C1090.)
Inside Backbox*
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[Dennis Dodel]		 Image # 61325: Crosswords Inside Back Door (Serial number C1090.)
Inside Back Door*
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[Dennis Dodel]		 Image # 61326: Crosswords Inside Backbox (Serial number C1090.)
Inside Backbox*
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[Dennis Dodel]
Image # 61327: Crosswords Alternate Score Cards (From the game with serial number C1090.)
Alternate Score Cards*
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[Dennis Dodel]		  
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Crosswords / IPD No. 606 / December 12, 1955 / 1 Player
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Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Project Date: December 12, 1955
Model Number: 575
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 450 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Specialty: Bingo Machine [?]
Notable Features: Trap holes (18). Balls landing in lettered holes on the playfield light the corresponding letters on the backglass to form words.

Patent No. USD177,950 [CABINET FOR AMUSEMENT APPARATUS] filed November 7, 1955. Granted December 16, 1958 to Charles G. Troeller, Chicago, and Donald E. Hooker, Wilmette, Ill., assignors to Raymond T. Moloney, Chicago, Ill.

Design by: Don Hooker
Notes: Same game as Bally's 1956 'Spelling-Bee' but backglass has different colors.

Bally referred to this game as a "recreation vender" for placement in locations that would not accept traditional bingo machines. It has no multiple-coin capacity or variable odds.

Photos in: The Billboard, Feb-11-1956, page 94
Coin Machine Journal, March 1956, page 29
GameRoom Magazine, Vol 6 No. 10, October 1994, page 17
Bally Bingo Pinball Machines, page 33
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