Contact (Baby)

Pacific Amusement Manufacturing Company's Contact (Baby), released in January 1934, is an early flipperless electro-mechanical pinball machine designed by Harry Williams. According to company history, PAMCO was originally only interested in manufacturing the larger 60-inch 'Contact' cabinet, so Williams produced this smaller 16 x 30 inch 'Baby' version himself at his own firm, Automatic Amusements Company, marketing it under the PAMCO name. A home, non-coin-operated model was also produced for a Los Angeles department store that wanted to sell a home version.

Like other games in the Contact series, the Baby version is a flipperless machine featuring two kick-out holes and running on three dry cell batteries -- typical of the electro-mechanical technology of its era, well before the introduction of flippers to pinball design.

Surviving examples of the Contact (Baby) are believed to be scarce today, making it a notable piece for collectors interested in the earliest years of coin-operated pinball, when manufacturers like PAMCO were still experimenting with cabinet sizes, mechanics, and distribution models.