Silver Skates

Silver Skates was a captivating pinball machine released by Bally Manufacturing during the post-WWII boom in coin-operated entertainment. The machine's theme celebrated the graceful art of ice skating, which was gaining popularity in American culture through touring ice shows and exhibitions of the 1940s.

The machine featured beautiful artwork depicting figure skaters in elegant poses, typical of the artistic style of 1940s pinball artwork. As an electro-mechanical pinball machine, it employed the standard technologies of the era, including mechanical score reels, bells, and bumpers. The playfield likely included the common features of the time such as pop bumpers, kickout holes, and various scoring lanes.

Silver Skates represented a period when pinball manufacturers were working to establish pinball as legitimate entertainment following various legal challenges and bans in major cities. Machines of this era helped transform pinball's image from gambling devices to skill-based amusement games. While specific production numbers are not well documented, machines from this period typically had production runs of several thousand units.