1964 · Gottlieb
Bowling Queen
Known for Lit lanes, Blue standup target, Red standup target and Lights Kickers target. Sky-blue upper field, indoor bowling alley with polished wooden lanes and pin decks, bowling set-up and ball-return area, bar-style scoring counter in the lower vignette and cream cabinet surround with diagonal red and blue stripes.
- Year
- 1964
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- Lane
Lit lanes
- Target
Blue standup target
- Target
Red standup target
- Target
Lights Kickers target
- Slingshot
Rail slings
- backbox toy
Bowling ball rack
On the playfield
Bumpers 2
- Blue bumpers
- Red bumpers
Targets 3
- Blue standup target
- Red standup target
- Lights Kickers target
Lane 1
- Lit lanes
Slingshot 1
- Rail slings
Post or gate 1
- Center peg peg
Backbox 1
- Bowling ball rack backbox toy
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Central blonde bowler, white shirt with red-and-blue striped sleeves, blue trousers, white wristband, right arm swung back mid-delivery, seen from behind and side
- woman Grinning red-haired head at top right wearing a yellow crown, part of the title block
- woman Red-haired attendant in a red uniform dress with white collar and white cuff, holding a stack of cards or score sheets, lower right
- woman Flame-red-haired young woman at lower left in a red top, leaning forward with hand raised to her mouth
- woman Blonde woman in profile at lower centre, yellow-blonde hair, smiling, facing right
- woman Dark-haired woman in a red top at lower centre-right, head turned left, mouth open as if talking
Setting
- Sky-blue upper field
- Indoor bowling alley with polished wooden lanes and pin decks
- Bowling set-up and ball-return area
- Bar-style scoring counter in the lower vignette
- Cream cabinet surround with diagonal red and blue stripes
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- BOWLING
- QUEEN
- .955
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- TOURNAMENT
- PLAYER 1
- BOWL-A-WAY
- LANE
- MID BY D GOTTLIEB & CO
- CHICAGO, ILL. 60653
- GAME
- OVER
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Reference
Linked terms
- Bowling ball rack also called Pool ball rack
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- cream
- yellow
Fingerprint: BOWLING QUEEN in red 3D block capitals with crowned grinning red-haired woman at right end, blonde bowler in striped-sleeve shirt releasing ball above frozen pins, mechanical four-reel score window showing .955 in yellow-and-black hazard frame, bar-counter vignette with hostess holding scorecard, mid-century cartoon style with cream surround and red-blue diagonal stripes
A huge red three-dimensional 'BOWLING QUEEN' title slanting across a sky-blue sky, paired with a grinning red-haired crowned head at the right end of the word. The centre is a full-action bowling shot of a blonde woman in a striped-sleeve shirt with her arm swung through, ball and pins frozen mid-air above her. A mechanical four-reel score window reading '.955' sits in a yellow-and-black hazard-striped frame at the top left. The bottom third is a bar-counter vignette of three women and a red-uniformed hostess with a scorecard, and the whole art is framed by a cream surround painted with diagonal red and blue stripes.
Setting
- Sky-blue upper field
- Indoor bowling alley with polished wooden lanes and pin decks
- Bowling set-up and ball-return area
- Bar-style scoring counter in the lower vignette
- Cream cabinet surround with diagonal red and blue stripes
Symbols
- Red bowling ball
- White bowling pins with red neck stripes
- Yellow-and-black hazard-striped score window frame
- Reel score digits
- Trophy cup graphic behind the scoring desk
- Numbered frame markers 1 to 12 in red and blue discs
- Three round white indicator lamps and one red lamp on a black ball track
- Diagonal red and blue racing stripes on the cream border
- Crown
Lettering
- Title in slanted heavy red block capitals with white inline shading and a black drop shadow; 'gottlieb's' in a flowing purple cursive script with white highlight; small print in compact condensed sans-serif capitals
Themes
- Bowling
- Ten-pin bowling alley
- Mid-century bowling-league advertising
- Sports
- Women's social leisure
- Scorecard and trophy-cup presentation
Title on it
- Bowling queen
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- BOWLING
- QUEEN
- .955
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- TOURNAMENT
- PLAYER 1
- BOWL-A-WAY
- LANE
- MID BY D GOTTLIEB & CO
- CHICAGO, ILL. 60653
- GAME
- OVER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Central blonde bowler, white shirt with red-and-blue striped sleeves, blue trousers, white wristband, right arm swung back mid-delivery, seen from behind and side |
| Woman | Grinning red-haired head at top right wearing a yellow crown, part of the title block |
| Woman | Red-haired attendant in a red uniform dress with white collar and white cuff, holding a stack of cards or score sheets, lower right |
| Woman | Flame-red-haired young woman at lower left in a red top, leaning forward with hand raised to her mouth |
| Woman | Blonde woman in profile at lower centre, yellow-blonde hair, smiling, facing right |
| Woman | Dark-haired woman in a red top at lower centre-right, head turned left, mouth open as if talking |
| Other | Small figure in a striped bowling shirt and red trousers at the set-up table, upper left of the lane scene |
| Other | Second small figure in a striped shirt behind the set-up table with bottles |
| Other | Third small figure in dark shorts at the ball return, right of the lane scene |
Illuminated rectangular backglass set in a cream/ivory cabinet surround, painted as a mid-century cartoon bowling-alley scene. A wide sky-blue field fills the top; a red bowling ball and two white pins with red stripes fly across the upper left. A window-style score unit showing '.955' sits in a yellow-and-black hazard-striped frame at upper left, four mechanical reels behind glass. Across the top right, 'Gottlieb's' appears in purple-and-white cursive script, beside the huge title 'BOWLING QUEEN' in slanted red block capitals with white inline and a heavy black drop shadow. A grinning red-haired woman's head in a yellow crown occupies the far right of the title block. The centre panel shows a blonde woman bowler in a white shirt with red-and-blue striped sleeves, blue trousers and a white wristband, arm cocked, releasing a ball down polished wooden lanes lined with white pins. Behind her, small figures in striped bowling shirts stand at a set-up table with bottles. Below sits a black ball-track with three white round indicator lamps and a red lamp, then a numbered strip 1 to 12 in alternating red and blue circles. The bottom scene shows three women leaning over a scoring desk, a red-haired attendant in a red uniform dress with a white collar holding a stack of cards, a 'BOWL-A-WAY LANE' card, and small print. 'GAME OVER' appears in red-outlined white capitals at lower right. The cream border carries diagonal red and blue speed stripes.