1940-50s 5₵ GAMBLING Punchboard WINNING BEAUTY Pinup Girl SEXY WOMAN in SWIMSUIT

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1940-50s 5₵ GAMBLING Punchboard WINNING BEAUTY Pinup Girl SEXY WOMAN in SWIMSUIT:
$49.95

This comes with FREE postage in the USA with the United States Postal Service and includes a tracking number.

My husband and mother passed away and I am selling items from their estates. They both had many hobbies and collections and they loved antiques of all kind. Mother also loved to buy all kinds of things and never use them!

DESCRIPTION:

This is one of the nicest graphics I have seen on a punch board. This was a way to gamble in the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s. There is no date so I can’t say for sure when it was made.

It looks like there are several ways of winning from $15.00, $5.00, $4.00, $3.00, 2.00, $1.00, 50₵, 25₵, 15₵, and 5₵,

The graphics show a slim beautiful young woman in a one piece swimsuit with long slim legs and she is standing on her tiptoes. She has brown hair and a white swimming cap. She has a great smile, pink cheeks and red lipstick on her lips.

On the top left corner it has the “Bloomer girl”. She is dressed in teal green/blue with a white hat, red and white striped stockings, and white shoes.

This would be a fun item for your “Man Cave or bar!

Below is some of the information on the punch board:

WINNING FORM

“MODERN MISS”

JACKPOT PAYS $15

6 TICKETS “THREE LUCKY BARS” EACH PUNCH ONCE IN BLOOMER GIRL” JACKPOT OR $5

7 JACKPOT HOLES ARE WON

FORM 1844

“BLOOMER GIRL” JACKPOT PAYS $5. $4 $3 $2 $1 OR ADVANCE TO MODERN MISS JACKPOT

Last sale on board receives one punch in “bloomer girls” jackpot

On The back it has the original “key or punch” and the sticker with serial number and more information.

If display items are used to display this item they are NOT included they are for display only unless otherwise stated.

If you are interested in information at on gambling punchboards I have the information at the bottom of the listing.

MEASUREMENTS:

13” wide x 11” tall x 15/16” thick

CONDITION:

This punchboard is in very good condition for its age but does show wear especially on the edges and corner wear. 17 of the holes have been punched. This would be a fun display item if you like pinup girls.

Please check the enlarged photos to see how nice it is after all these years.

I pack items carefully in a box to protect your purchase for shipping.

This is clean and ready to use, display or give as a gift.

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This item comes from a smoke free home.

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SHIPPING INFORMATION:

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Information on Punchboards

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

History

Origin

Punchboards were originally used in the 18th century forgamblingpurposes. A localtavernowner would construct a game board out of wood, drill small holes in it, and fill each hole with a small paper ticket or gamepiece. The holes were then typically covered with paper or foil. After a patron bought a chance at the punchboard, he would puncture one of the hole\'s paper or foil covers with anail and retrieve the ticket/gamepiece. If the game piece contained a winning number, the patron won the prize.

In the nineteenth century, board operators eventually drilled into their own holes (they knew where the big money was, because they made the board). The punchboard\'s use started to decline.

Paper punchboard

In the late 1800s, a new type of punchboard was introduced. This one involved putting paper in both the front and back of the hole (to help prevent operators fromcheating). These new punchboards became popular purchases atdrugstores, and they were sold with a metalstylus. The punchboard soon became increasingly similar to today\'slottery tickets.

Soon, the punchboard became cheap and easy to assemble, and the industry flourished. Noted gambling authorJohn Scarne estimates that 30 million punchboards were sold in the years between 1910 to 1915. He also estimates that 50 million punchboards were sold in 1939 alone, during the peak of their popularity.

After World War II

AfterWorld War II, use of the punchboard as a gambling tool began to decline because many people frowned at its gambling-like nature, and the punchboard was outlawed in many states. The use of punchboards for advertisement started to gain popularity. Many companies started hiding goods such as bottles ofbeerandcigarettesinside punchboards.Zippolighters reportedly sold more than 300,000 lighters through punchboard advertising between 1934 and 1940.[1]

Larceny

People have beencheatingon punchboards ever since they were first invented. Many operators know where the big prize holes are; they used to create punchboards with very few holes so they could easily track the big money.

Other gamblers could make a dirty deal with the customers: give the customer a \"map\" of where the big prizes are on the punchboard. This came to prevention by the use ofserial numbers: the customer would present the slip to the operator, and if the serial numbers matched, the customer was declared a winner.