Flash (Senior)

The Richard Manufacturing Company's Flash (Senior), made in Winooski, Vermont in February 1933, is an early example of pure mechanical, single-player pinball. It comes from the same formative period as Bally's landmark 'Ballyhoo' (1931-32), though it followed rather than predated that machine.

Advertised dimensions for Flash (Senior) were 44-45 inches long, 22 inches wide, and 36 to 39 inches high from front to back. It's the Senior counterpart to a Junior version, distinguished mainly by the placement of the FLASH lettering on the playfield - higher up on the Junior model, further down on the Senior. Interestingly, surviving 1930s advertising images appear to show only the Junior version.

Specific gameplay features, theme, and designer credits for Flash (Senior) are not documented, but as an early Richard Manufacturing Company product, it remains a notable piece of pinball's pioneering era.