PopKulture's photos with the keyword: Moderne

The splendid vitro-encrusted Dakota Theatre in Yankton, South Dakota. 2005.

Detail of Vitrolite panels from Crescent Jewelers in Hannibal, Missouri.

Art Deco perfection, the Vitrolite-adorned facade of Crescent Jewelers still shines in downtown Hannibal, Missouri, not too far from the boyhood home of Mark Twain.

Vintage pinball flyer for Streamline by Bally Manufacturing Co. Streamlined and sleek indeed, from the playfield styling as well as the advertising - just what you'd expect in a game from 1934.

Vintage pinball flyer for Gateway by Exhibit Manufacturing Co. 1930's. Like other early pinball manufacturers, Exhibit experimented with interchangeable playfields for operators to update the look and play of games on their routes without having to buy entirely new machines.

Vintage pinball flyer for Zoom by Stoner Mfg., 1935. By the mid-1930's, a handful of pinball bagatelle tables were sporting small headers at the top of the playfield that would soon evolve into the more familiar backboxes ubiquitous on pinballs from the 40's onward.

Vintage pinball flyer for Rapid Fire by Exhibit Manufacturing Co., 1930's. The earlier pinball machines of the 1930's evolved from parlor games and bagatelle tables and offered 5, 7, or even 10 balls for a penny. This first generation of pinball machines was for pure amusement only, but gambling quickly became the name of the game, and one-ball payout machines replaced their earlier counterparts by mid-decade.

Vintage arcade flyer for Planetellus, a highly stylized horoscope vendor manufactured by Bally in the 1930's.

Vintage pinball flyer for Bazaar by Exhibit Manufacturing Co., 1937. Note the emergence of what would soon become the familiar backbox of today.