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1961 · Rally

Bowling Flipper

Bowling lane in steep perspective, blue sky-like backdrop, yellow and black diamond harlequin panel and dark green ball-in-play strip at foot.

Year
1961
Maker
Rally
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
2

Vision analysis

On the backglass

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Bowling Flipper backglass

Backglass

  • orange
  • blue
  • white
  • green

Fingerprint: Giant perspective bowling lane ten numbered pins driving straight up middle artwork, enormous white boxes reading BOWLING and FLIPPER flanking, lunging man mustard trousers throws himself upper left, two pin-up style women swimwear pose bottom center clusters bowling balls, yellow-black diamond harlequin panel upper-right

Distinctive

The giant perspective bowling lane of ten numbered pins driving straight up the middle of the artwork, flanked by enormous white boxes reading BOWLING and FLIPPER. A lunging man in mustard trousers throws himself across the upper left while two pin-up style women in swimwear pose at the bottom centre among clusters of red, blue, green and black bowling balls. Multi-coloured bowling balls are also stacked behind the upper-right woman against a yellow-and-black diamond harlequin panel.

Setting

  • Bowling lane in steep perspective
  • Blue sky-like backdrop
  • Yellow and black diamond harlequin panel
  • Dark green ball-in-play strip at foot

Symbols

  • Ten numbered bowling pins
  • Bowling balls in red, green, blue and black
  • Yellow and black harlequin diamond panel
  • Black numbered ball icon beside 1-2 can play
  • Gold horizontal rail across the lower lane

Lettering

  • Bold black sans-serif block capitals on white panels with dark blue drop shadow; player labels in slanted mixed-case serif with drop shadow; ball in play in spaced gold capitals on dark green

Themes

  • Bowling
  • Sports
  • Pin-up
  • Mid-century

Title on it

  • Bowling

Text on it

  • BOWLING
  • FLIPPER
  • 1-2 CAN PLAY
  • CHOOSE A PARTNER
  • 1st PLAYER
  • 2nd PLAYER
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Adult, upper left, white shirt with black shoulder yoke and black tie, mustard-yellow trousers, dark shoes, arms flung wide, mouth open, leaping across the lane
Woman Upper right, black bobbed hair, white short-sleeved top with a small yellow chest emblem, short white skirt, white shoes, one fist raised, standing before a harlequin diamond panel
Woman Lower centre left, blonde, blue sleeveless leotard with white trim, crouched low on her hip, one arm extended sideways, white shoes
Woman Lower centre right, brunette, red bikini top and matching shorts, seated with legs crossed and one arm propped, holding a cigarette
Full description

A brightly coloured backglass built around a single huge perspective lane of orange-tan wooden bowling pins receding up the centre, numbered 1 to 10 in black on white pin bellies with red neck stripes, arranged 1-2-3-4 across the top row, 5-6-7, then 8, 9 and 10 below. Two oversized white rectangular name panels sit left and right of centre reading BOWLING and FLIPPER in bold black block capitals with dark blue shadowing. A man in a white shirt with black shoulder yoke, black tie and mustard-yellow trousers lunges across the upper left, arms flung wide, mouth open; a woman in a white short-sleeved top with a yellow emblem and short white skirt, black bobbed hair, stands upper right with one fist raised. Lower centre: a blonde woman in a blue sleeveless leotard slides low on her left hip with one arm outstretched, beside a brunette in a red bikini top and matching shorts seated with legs crossed and smoking. Red, green, blue and black bowling balls cluster at their feet. Text on the left reads 1-2 CAN PLAY with a black ball, and on the right CHOOSE A PARTNER. Two white score windows with mechanical reels at bottom left and right read 1st PLAYER and 2nd PLAYER, above a dark green strip lettered BALL IN PLAY in gold.