1948 · Bally
Carnival
Radiating rainbow bands of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple sweeping across the whole panel, large oval medallion with a deep blue interior behind the central figure and wooden cabinet frame with a plain varnished top rail visible around the outside edge.
- Year
- 1948
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Art
- Lester Hilbrich
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- yellow
- green
Fingerprint: Large oval medallion containing single white-faced clown in maroon costume with white ruff collar and raised hand, arched white block-letter "CARNIVAL" wrapping over top on rainbow bands, descending white numerals 12 to 1 ringing left and bottom, stacked coloured score panels down right edge, radiating rainbow wedges forming background instead of flat field
The centrepiece is a large oval medallion containing a single white-faced clown in a maroon costume with a white ruff collar and one hand raised beside its head, ringed by a band of small yellow ball and white balloon shapes on deep blue. Wrapping over the top of this medallion is the arched white block-letter title 'CARNIVAL' on a rainbow of radiating colour bands. A descending ring of white numerals 12 down to 1 runs anticlockwise around the left and bottom of the medallion, and a stacked column of coloured score panels with big white numbers runs down the entire right edge. The whole panel is ringed by radiating rainbow wedges rather than a flat background.
Setting
- Radiating rainbow bands of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple sweeping across the whole panel
- Large oval medallion with a deep blue interior behind the central figure
- Wooden cabinet frame with a plain varnished top rail visible around the outside edge
Symbols
- Small yellow ball ornaments around the medallion ring
- White balloon shapes
- Radiating rainbow colour wedges
- Antclockwise numeral ring 12 to 1
- Stacked coloured score panels with three dots under each number
- Playing-card-style numeral wedges
Lettering
- Large arched white block capitals with red and blue inline shading and a dark outline, curved over the top of the medallion; a smaller yellow cursive script word tucked above the left of the title; plain white sans-serif numerals on solid colour panels elsewhere
Themes
- Carnival
- Fairground
- Clown
- Big top
- Prize stall
- Rainbow
Title on it
- Carnival
Text on it
- CARNIVAL
- Klein
- 12
- 11
- 10
- 9
- 8
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 900
- 800
- 700
- 600
- 500
- 400
- 300
- 200
- 150
- 90
- 80
- 70
- 60
- 50
- 40
- 30
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | A single clown, white face with a small red mouth and dark brows, curly yellow hair, white ruffled collar, maroon-red costume, one arm raised with the open hand beside the head, shown from the chest up inside the central oval medallion |
A carnival-themed backglass inside a varnished light-brown wooden cabinet frame with a plain rounded top rail. The background is a full rainbow of radiating bands - red and orange at the top, then yellow, green, blue and purple down the right side. Across the upper third an arched banner reads 'CARNIVAL' in large white block capitals with red and blue inline shading, with a smaller yellow script word above its left end. Below sits a large oval medallion with a deep blue interior ringed with small yellow ball ornaments and white balloon shapes. Inside is one clown: white face, small red mouth, dark brows, curly yellow hair, white ruffled collar, maroon-red costume, one arm raised with the open hand beside the head. Around the medallion white numerals count down the left side and along the bottom - 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - each in its own coloured wedge. Down the right edge a stack of coloured rectangular score panels, each a large white number with three small white dots beneath: 900, 800, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200. A further row of smaller score boxes runs along the bottom. The style is flat, hand-painted, poster-like cartoon.