PopKulture's photos with the keyword: flyer

Vintage arcade flyer for Skill Derby by the Stoner Corporation of Aurora, Illinois, and distributed by the W. B. Novelty Co. of St. Louis, Missouri. Horse-racing themes were a staple of arcade games in the 1930's.

Vintage pinball flyer for Streamline by Bally Manufacturing Co. Streamlined and sleek indeed, from the playfield styling as well as the advertising - just what you'd expect in a game from 1934.

Vintage pinball flyer for Ace by Bally Manufacturing Co., 1935. One-ball payout machines were a prolific variation on pinball through the early years. This led to huge sales, but even bigger problems down the road with critics that decried similar machines as degenerate and viceful.

Vintage arcade flyer for Electric Eye, a stylish mechanical shooting range by Exhibit Manufacturing Co. Gambling was every where in the 1930's, as manufacturers even adapted target ranges to be payout machines. While the advertised claim of "pistol taget pratice" implies a certain degree of skill, I've seldom encountered one of these old mechanical pistol ranges that shoots the ball consistently! That inconsistency - coupled with the "automatic changing odds" - make this more a pure gambling device than a skill machine.

Vintage pinball flyer for Gateway by Exhibit Manufacturing Co. 1930's. Like other early pinball manufacturers, Exhibit experimented with interchangeable playfields for operators to update the look and play of games on their routes without having to buy entirely new machines.

Vintage arcade flyer for Ciga-Rola, a hybrid cigarette/slot machine! 1930's. Smokers could purchase a pack straight up for fifteen cents, or risk a nickel and take a chance on winning anywhere from one to ten packs, or none, as was often the case. Brands shown include: Camel, Raleigh, Lucky Strike, Phillip Morris, Old Gold, and Chesterfield.

Vintage arcade flyer for Planetellus, a highly stylized horoscope vendor manufactured by Bally in the 1930's.

Vintage pinball flyer for Bazaar by Exhibit Manufacturing Co., 1937. Note the emergence of what would soon become the familiar backbox of today.

Wonderful, vintage arcade flyer for Mousie Mousie, an absurd live-action game of chance featuring a real mouse! "The lowly field mouse goes to work for you. Crowds battle for a chance to see Mousie do its stuff. They come, they see, they take a chance. And that means profits for YOU." G and S Sales Company, Kansas City, Missouri, 1930's.

Arthur Godfrey touts Gold Seal Glass Wax and Wood Cream on this 1950's advertising flyer.

Imagine yourself in an episode of 'Mad Men' and you just ran out of Lucky's... with the handsome and handy Stoner cigarette machine located right there in the lobby, you don't even have to run down to the newsstand at the corner to satisfy your cravings. You'll be back before Joanie even notices you're gone! Advertisement from Stoner Manufacturing Corporation, Aurora, Illinois, 1957.

Nevermind what the doc or the mrs. back home says, you're jonesing for some vintage candy in a major way, and the Stoner Univendor's calling like some sweet siren. You're only human - how can you resist? Besides, it's 1957 and the Russians are breathing down our necks like never before, so what's the big deal? It's not like that one Bit-O-Honey is going to make a difference when the other shoe drops. Advertisement from Stoner Manufacturing Corporation, Aurora, Illinois, 1957.

The Stoner Cafe' isn't at all what it sounds like! This sleek, deluxe coffee vending machine from Stoner Mfg. Corp. is a glowing monument of postwar industrial design. Advertisement from Stoner Manufacturing Corporation, Aurora, Illinois, circa 1950's.

This vintage travel brochure for the 1933 Chicago "Century of Progress" World's Fair hints at the sea of deco delights visible from the famed sky ride.

Reverse of a vintage advertising brochure for the Harlich Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois, depicting one of their popular offerings. Punchboards were once commonplace trade stimulators which offered gamblers and dabblers alike the chance to win cash, cigarettes, toys, lighters, or other premiums for as little as a penny a punch. Circa 1940's.

Interior spread of a vintage advertising flyer for Flippy cigarette cases, the military strip-tease novelty case manufactured by Evans Novelty Company of Chicago, Illinois. Circa 1943.

Vintage advertising brochure for the Harlich Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois, depicting some of their colorful offerings. Punchboards were popular trade stimulators throughout the war years which offered gamblers and dabblers the chance to win cash, cigarettes, toys, lighters, or other premiums for as little as a penny a punch. Circa 1940's.

Vintage advertising flyer for Ray's Track by Bally Manufacturing of Chicago, Illinois, then the pinball capital of the universe. By the mid to late 30's, every manufacturer was rushing to cash in on the frenzied popularity of Ed Pace's Paces Races, the prototypical horse-racing consule of the type shown above, and Bally's founder and namesake, Ray Maloney, proved no exception. By my reckoning, Baker and Evans came closest in duplicating Pace's success, but then World War II got in the way, and the postwar gambling vacuum was filled in part by pinball-styled bingo machines and in greater part by a certain desert city...