He said his shop was located in the 2500īlock of Pico Blvd., an area I walked through many times as a We then began discussing his early game designs and theĬompany he founded, called Automatic Amusements, in Los Angeles Ever since then I have thought that that was a very Picture of the one Williams game I owned at that time (and stillĭo), SHOO SHOO from 1951, Harry said, "oh yes, that was one of myĭogs". Had so many Bally games and my saying that it was because they Pinball collection (about 10 or 12 games at that time, I believe)Īnd showing him pictures of them. Shortly, hisĬharming wife served us coffee and we began discussing both of Invited me in and we sat in the living room. I rang the bell and was cordially greeted by Mr. That visit and the phone conversations that followed later. Interesting information gathered from this "pinball great" during Information in these articles may not be in a real logical order,īut it does cover what I later considered to be the most Just had a friendly visit and afterwards I made additional notesĬoncerning the "highlights" of our talk. I felt it would be more casual and relaxed if I didn't. I had decided not to take many notes during my visit because That memorable visit occurred on March 18, 1978. Were two of the most enjoyable hours of my life! Then drove to Palm Springs and they let me off at Harry's houseĪgreeing to return in an hour or two. Palm Springs and look around while I visited Mr.
I talked to my wife and our friend and they agreed to go to
When I asked "how about today", he again surprised me by saying My delight he responded by asking when I would like to come, and Like to come see him sometime if it would be no bother. Suggested I get in touch with him, and said that I would sure Him of my interest in pinball, and that Roger Sharpe had Was any chance I might visit him sometime. I decided that I would try calling him to see if there Well, several months later my wife and I were visitingįriends who lived about 50 miles from Palm Springs where Harry Would have the "nerve" to call this great man, but I took his One day while talking to pinballĪuthor/historian Roger Sharpe on the phone, he suggested to me The article to follow was written to pass on the information I gained from those conversations.įirst, let me briefly relate the story of how I came to visit
Pinball life times out on my router series#
While going through my files I came across a series of "notes" I had made after my visit to pinball pioneer Harry Williams in early 1978, and subsequent phone conversations with him in the years to follow.
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