1956 · Chicago Coin & Gottlieb
Blondie
Seaside beach with pale sand, flat cyan sky with small white clouds, blue-green sea on the horizon, lighthouse on the far right horizon, sailing yacht and small boat on the water and fairground and striped circus tent on the left.
- Year
- 1956
- Maker
- Chicago Coin & Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
2 games under this title
-
Standard 1956 -
Harbor Lites 1956
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Design
- John Gore
- Design
- Jerry Koci
- Design
- Al Schlappa
- Design
- Albin Peters
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Standard
- red
- yellow
- blue
- cream
Fingerprint: blondie, huge slanted yellow script title on cyan-blue sky, giant red-white beach ball marked BALL IN PLAY with blonde woman in red sarong leaning against it, tall red scoring ladder with white numbered windows running center-line labeled THOUSANDS, row of five circular portrait medallions of named women across bottom, red Ferris wheel with numbered discs around yellow MILLION hub at left edge
A huge slanted yellow script title on a plain cyan-blue sky. A giant red-and-white beach ball labelled BALL IN PLAY with a full-size blonde woman in a red sarong leaning against it. A tall red scoring ladder with white numbered windows running down the entire centre of the glass, headed THOUSANDS. A row of five circular portrait medallions of named women along the very bottom. A red Ferris wheel numbered 1-9 around a yellow MILLION hub, clipped at the left edge.
Setting
- Seaside beach with pale sand
- Flat cyan sky with small white clouds
- Blue-green sea on the horizon
- Lighthouse on the far right horizon
- Sailing yacht and small boat on the water
- Fairground and striped circus tent on the left
Symbols
- Ferris wheel with numbered red discs
- Striped big-top tent
- Giant beach ball
- Sailing yacht
- Rowboat
- Lighthouse
- Scoring ladder of white number windows
- Row of ten numbered white discs
Lettering
- Large slanted yellow cursive script with dark outline for the title, small red all-capital sans-serif above it, white block capitals on cream for thousands, and plain black numerals on white panels down the centre
Themes
- Seaside holiday
- Beach
- Blonde comic heroine
- Fairground
- Circus
- Summer
Title on it
- Blondie
Text on it
- THOUSANDS
- 900
- 90
- 800
- 80
- 700
- 70
- 600
- 60
- 500
- 50
- 400
- 40
- 300
- 30
- 200
- 20
- 100
- 10
- 000
- 00
- CHICAGO COIN'S
- Blondie
- MILLION
- PLAYS
- BALL IN PLAY
- BABY
- ANN
- BABS
- CINDY
- DOT
- EVE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large half-length smiling blonde woman on the right, shoulder-length curled golden hair, strapless dark red sarong across the chest, bare shoulders and arms, head tilted, facing the viewer |
| Woman | Woman in a red two-piece swimsuit sitting sideways on top of the giant red-and-white ball in play ball, one arm raised, dark hair |
| Man | Small figure in a blue suit standing on the sand to the left of the ball, facing right |
| Woman | Small blonde figure in a dark swimsuit standing on the sand near the tent, facing right |
| Woman | Small figure in a red swimsuit in the water near the sailboat |
| Woman | Portrait medallion: red-haired woman labelled ann, head and shoulders, red lipstick |
| Woman | Portrait medallion: red-haired woman labelled babs, head and shoulders |
| Woman | Portrait medallion: dark-haired woman labelled cindy, head and shoulders |
| Woman | Portrait medallion: blonde woman labelled dot, head and shoulders |
| Woman | Portrait medallion: red-haired woman labelled eve, head and shoulders |
A wide painted backglass in a flat mid-century cartoon style, dominated by a central red scoring ladder headed THOUSANDS in white block capitals on a cream band, its rungs stepping down 900|90, 800|80, 700|70, 600|60, 500|50, 400|40, 300|30, 200|20, 100|10 and 000|00, each figure in black on a white rectangle with the right-hand figure reversed out in white on a dark blue panel. Top right carries small red capitals over a huge slanted yellow script title. Left edge shows part of a red Ferris wheel with red discs numbered 1 to 9 around a yellow hub lettered MILLION, and below it a red-and-white striped big-top tent with a yellow sign board. Centre-right a smiling blonde woman in a strapless dark red sarong stands beside a giant red-and-white beach ball marked BALL IN PLAY, with PLAYS printed above it. Small background figures in swimsuits stand on the sand and a man in a blue suit stands nearer the tent. Bottom is a red band of ten white discs numbered 1 to 10, and beneath that five round portrait medallions of red-haired and blonde women.
Backglass Harbor Lites
- turquoise
- red
- white
- orange
Fingerprint: HARBOR LITES, painted harbor scene with long row of white buoys with red bullseye targets floating in foreground, red-and-white striped lighthouse on right edge with red 90 panel, stack of white pennant flags numbered 7-1 on left with gold score values, large orange-and-white striped spherical beacon lamp at center under title
The bay is filled with target practice: a long row of white square plates each painted with a red and white bullseye, floating on the harbour water in front of the ships. A huge red-and-white striped lighthouse runs up the entire right-hand edge, with a red panel reading 90 and the word THOUSANDS above it. Top left a stack of white pennant flags numbered 7 down to 1 pairs with a ladder of gold score values 900000 to 300000. A big orange-and-white striped spherical beacon lamp on a black stand sits dead centre under the title banner.
Setting
- Harbour bay
- Steel bridge
- Pale turquoise sky
- Concrete pier
Symbols
- Bullseye target buoys
- Red-and-white lighthouse bands
- Ship flags
- Red parasol
- Blimp
- Spherical beacon lamp
- Numbered pennants
Lettering
- Tall condensed sans-serif block capitals in white on orange for the main title, white capitals on a red arrow ribbon above it, red-with-yellow-outline numerals for the score ladder
Themes
- Lighthouse
- Harbour
- Buoys
- Pleasure pier
- Shipbuilding
Title on it
- Harbor lites
Text on it
- GOTTIEB'S
- HARBOR LITES
- 50,000 LITES BY HARBOR LITES
- MILLION
- 900000
- 800000
- 700000
- 600000
- 500000
- 400000
- 300000
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 25
- THOUSANDS
- 90
- 30,000
- A PRODUCT OF
- amusement Pinballs
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Sailor in white cap and blue trousers on the far left of the pier |
| Man | Man in a red-and-white striped shirt and dark shorts sitting on the pier edge |
| Man | Man in white shorts walking left along the pier, dark-skinned |
| Woman | Woman in a wide-brimmed white hat and blue dress standing centre-right, back partly turned |
| Man | Man in white uniform and white cap standing behind her |
| Man | Man in red swim trunks and a white sailor hat standing at the quay edge |
| Woman | Woman in a strapless yellow dress with short brown hair in the foreground centre |
| Man | Man in a blue suit and cap in the foreground left, arm raised |
| Man | Man in a red-and-white striped top and blue trousers seated on the yellow hull at right |
Painted harbour scene under a pale turquoise sky. Top right: a red parallelogram banner with a white arrow ribbon reading GOTTIEB'S, and a big orange-and-white sign in tall block capitals reading HARBOR LITES. Below it a cream blimp/airship labelled 50,000 LITES BY HARBOR LITES flies leftward with a red-orange parasol hanging beneath. Top left: a stack of white pennant flags numbered 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 in red numerals, with MILLION printed at the foot of the 1 pennant, and to their right a column of red and gold score values 900000, 800000, 700000, 600000, 500000, 400000, 300000. Centre: a large orange and white striped spherical beacon/lighthouse lamp on a black pedestal, its glass band labelled 25. Right edge: a red-and-white banded lighthouse tower with THOUSANDS over a red 90. Middle ground is a wide blue-green bay with a long steel bridge, cargo boats, a tugboat, a white cabin cruiser, a red rowing skiff, a yellow-hulled ferry and a police launch flying a red flag. A line of white buoys with red bullseye targets runs across the water. Bottom: a concrete pier crowded with about eight people in summer clothes - sailors, a woman in a yellow dress and a woman in a blue dress standing centrally, men in striped shirts and swim trunks - watching the water.