Pages & What’s On Them:
- Home Page: Introduction, Timeline
- Antecedents: Bagatelle, Croquet, Billiards
- Creation of Pinball: Redgrave, addition of Flippers, Coin Slots
- Interaction with American Society: Gambling, Arcade Scene, Music & Literature, Today, Inclusion of Hollywood Franchises
- Final Bibliography: Website, Documentary
List of Media:
- Pinball Wizard song
- Timeline
- Advertisements from Pinball Machines (Museum of Play’s online collection)
- Magee, J. L. A little game of bagatelle, between Old Abe the rail splitter & Little Mac the gunboat general. (Cartoon).Philadelphia, PA, 1864. From Library of Congress. The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana.https://www.loc.gov/resource/lprbscsm.scsm0337/. Accessed February 21, 2017.
- Various Patents (Redgrave’s as well as addition of flippers and coin slot)
- Images of the various Antecedents
- Documentaries (possibly including clips, pending copyright details) http://www.specialwhenlitmovie.com/ & http://www.tilt-movie.com/
- Interviews with College Students
Key/Iconic Photo with Full Citation:
Ssfaulken, photographer. “Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Pinball Museum.” Photograph. August 5, 2016. Flickr. 2016 August Roanoke, Virginia. https://www.flickr.com/photos/51812340@N00/30637776075/in/photolist-5tRvVt-MCGuMy-M8gd2r-MCGvyJ-oeuQbj-PrbFat-JsTRcd-tZ2RvA-t3mpxY-NFmBGz-NFmBqx-NFmBhB-MHvGQC-NFmByt. Accessed March 16, 2017.
Break Down of Work:
Below outlines who in our group will be researching and collecting images for the different sections of our website. To see our break down of work for our documentary, please click here.
- Research & Collection of Images for Antecedents Page and section of Documentary: Laura Downs
- Research & Collection of Images for Invention of the Pinball Ball Page and section of Documentary: Cameron Bierkan
- Research & Collection of Images for Interaction (part 1: Gambling, Arcade, and a portion of Today) Page and section of Documentary: Danielle Howard
- Research & Collection of Images for Interaction (part 2: Music, Literature, Hollywood, and a portion of Today) Page and section of Documentary, Timeline of the Pinball Machine, Introduction, and Bibliography: Shannon Keene