Clipper
Manufacturer: H. C. Evans & Company, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1935-1948) [Trade Name: Evans]
Year: 1936
Date: February, 1936
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM)
Players: 1
About This Machine
The Clipper is an electro-mechanical (EM) single-player pinball machine produced by H.C. Evans & Company of Chicago, Illinois, in February 1936. Specific details about its gameplay, artwork, and theme are not well documented.
As with other EM machines from this era, ball movement on the Clipper would have been governed by gravity, pins, and targets, with scoring registered through relays and solenoids -- player-controlled flippers were still more than a decade away from being introduced to pinball.
Without further documentation, the Clipper's specific features and design remain largely unknown, but its production by H.C. Evans & Company places it among the many EM machines manufactured during pinball's early development.