Cash and Carry

Cash and Carry, produced by Field Manufacturing Corporation of Peoria, Illinois, was manufactured in July 1932 and holds a place in early pinball history as one of this manufacturer's machines from its brief run (1931-1933). It was built as a payout machine -- a pin table designed to dispense payouts to players rather than simply track scores -- reflecting the coin-operated amusement trends of the early Depression era.

A companion table-top version, Field Manufacturing's 'Cash and Carry 600', was also produced in 1932. Beyond its classification as a single-player payout pin table, specific details of Cash and Carry's gameplay, mechanisms, and artwork are not well documented.

As one of the lesser-known machines from Field Manufacturing Corporation, Cash and Carry remains an important but under-researched piece of early pinball and payout-game history, illustrating the close ties between early pinball design and slot-machine-style payout devices.