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Buffalo’s place in bowling history

by S.J. Velasquez • February 21, 2012 @ 10:06am

In this 1946 newsreel, the world was introduced to "bowling's electric brain," the automatic pinsetter.

According to the YouTube video description, this particular model, AMF 82-10, was an experimental machine unveiled in a Buffalo warehouse, across the street from the American Bowling Congress tournament.

TAGGED: 1946, bowling, old+school, pinsetter, pinspotter, sports, vintage

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