Majorettes (No. 1)

The Majorettes (No. 1) pinball machine, designed by Harry Williams and manufactured by Williams Manufacturing Company in 1952, is a single-player electromechanical game whose design let players control the ball's movement with two flippers, already an established feature by this point in pinball's history.

The machine's features include five pop bumpers and five kick-out holes that send the ball back onto the playfield. The backglass light animation of the majorettes lighting up is a charming touch, adding to the game's festive atmosphere. A notable aspect of the design is its tilt penalty system: the tilt penalty is a ball still in play, and it is reset only when the ball passes through a roll-under wire at the bottom of the playfield below the flippers.

Williams also released a nearly identical companion title, 'Majorettes (No. 2)' (Model 69), the same year; the specific physical differences between the two models, and which (or both) went into production, remain undocumented to this day.