Timeline of the Pinball Machine

Endnotes:

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2.‘Croquet in America: From Backyard Game to Worldclass Sport.’ Unite States Croquet Association. 1996 – 2017. Web. Accessed March 16, 2017. http://www.croquetamerica.com/croquet/history/

3.Masters, James. ‘Bagatelle – History and Useful Information.” The Online Guide to Traditional Games. 1997 – 2017. Web. Accessed March 16, 2017. http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Bagatelle.htm

4. Redgrave, Montague. 1871. Improvement in bagatelles. U.S Patent 115,357. Issued May 30, 1871.

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6. Christopher Klein, “That Time America Outlawed Pinball,” History In the Headlines, November 15, 2016, accessed April 4, 2017,  http://www.history.com/news/that-time-america-outlawed-pinball

7. Humpty Dumpty, Internet Pinball Machine Database, accessed April 03, 2017, http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1254.

8. Dave Lifton, “The Day the Who (Reluctantly) Recorded ‘Pinball Wizard,’” Ultimate Classic Rock, February 7, 2015, accessed April 3, 2017. http://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-who-pinball-wizard/.

9. Ann Struthers, “God, Ronald Reagan, and the Cosmic Pinball Machine,” Minnesota Review 30, no. 1 (1988): 52 Project Muse.