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Gallery of pinball gamers in the early 40s (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to c/historyporn@lemmy.world

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1 (OP): Aliquippa, Pennsylvania 1941

2: Ambridge, Pennsylvania 1941

3: Clinton, Indiana 1940

4: Fort Belvoir, Virginia 1942

Photos from Library of Congress.

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[–] Depress_Mode@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Photo taken 10 seconds before that one of the cop smashing up pinball machines with a sledgehammer because they had been banned under anti-gambling laws. Pinball makers would eventually successfully argue that they were a game of skill, rather than chance.

[–] raef@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Germany had those laws until so late that video arcades were never a thing here. Now there're shitty little casinos everywhere and slot machines in bars

[–] humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like Christo facisim police states are more american then baseball.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I really hope at least one of those authoritarian fucks took a piece of flying debris to the eye.