Sunbeam
Manufacturer: Rock-ola Manufacturing Corporation, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1932-1938)
Year: 1935
Date: August, 1935
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM)
Players: 1
About This Machine
Sunbeam is a single-player electro-mechanical pinball machine manufactured in August 1935 by the Rock-ola Manufacturing Corporation of Chicago, Illinois. Rock-ola was an established Chicago manufacturer active from 1932 to 1938.
Specific details of Sunbeam's gameplay, rules, and notable features have not survived in the historical record, which is common for many machines from this period. As an electro-mechanical design, it would have used relays and switches typical of mid-1930s pinball technology to control scoring.
Little is documented about the machine's artwork or theme, and production and distribution figures are unknown, leaving Sunbeam as one of the lesser-documented entries in Rock-ola's pinball catalog.