Central Park / Hurdy Gurdy

Vertical playfield in a wooden cabinet under glass, lit warm orange and amber. The art is a 1940s-style circus scene on a cream, orange and teal ground. Four pop bumpers with coloured caps (yellow, green, blue, red) cluster across the upper third, flanked by upright red drop-target rolls numbered in white. Mid-playfield carries two large painted figures: left, a blonde woman in a red knee-length dress, arms raised; right, a dark-haired man in a black-and-white striped jacket with orange trousers and a red tie, leaning towards her. Between them a red triangle with a pointing-hand motif holds a grinning jester in blue and red. Both outer edges carry tall panels showing seated playing-card court figures. The centre lane is a red column with a blue arrow and a stack of white oval discs reading 400, 300, 200, 100, flanked by two yellow up-arrows. A cream plaque reads HURDY GURDY above a red script signature. The lower apron is pale grey-blue with a ring of blue and yellow dots and a white instruction card at lower left.

A long, portrait-format pinball playfield photographed from above, framed by chrome side rails and a pale cream outer apron. The upper two thirds form a horseshoe of dark blue and gold, edged by an arched rainbow-ish painted arch carrying two mirrored arcs of small numbered circles on the left and right shoulders. Inside sits a big glossy golden-yellow field, relieved by a cluster of white circular pop-bumper caps ringed with printed number rings, a prominent white-outlined upward-pointing triangle and chevron motif in the middle, and a bright orange radiating emblem at the apex. Groups of human figures in orange, red and dark suits stand in vertical ranks either side of the centre line, some beside white banner strips reading MAN. Below the gold the playfield turns vivid green, with a red-and-white chequered and striped tower motif running down the centre, scattered white circular target spots, and coloured plastics. The lower deck is a warm brown, scalloped, heart-shaped shield bearing a dark insect emblem, flanked by two pale flipper bats. Cream aprons carry a dense printed instruction card at bottom left and a red arrow at bottom right. Style is flat, glossy, printed card art with strong primary colour blocks.

A printed trans-lite-style insert in a cream crackle-glazed cabinet with two vertical red stripes and a blue arrowhead at the bottom edge. The art is a flat, brightly coloured cartoon of a Chicago park carnival. At top, red cursive script reading Gottlieb's sits left of a huge block title CENTRAL PARK in yellow with red shadow, over a blue sky, green trees and a skyline of brick towers. Below the title is a red-and-yellow harlequin-framed score reel window showing 6, 9, 1, and a small separate window at upper right shows 3. The middle band is a fairground midway: a smiling barker in a red jacket, white shirt, blue cravat and straw boater stands at right with one arm outstretched, holding a blue polka-dot box with a gold globe on it; to the left carousel horses with white prancing legs, a dog-headed figure in a blue jacket pointing, and a red-tinted tree-framed scene. The lower half is a crowd of onlookers leaning over a pale blue rail: a blonde woman in a pink-and-white striped dress, a woman in a yellow blouse, a mustachioed man in a tan boater and red check jacket, a small child with a mug, a boy holding a toy horse, a man in a blue shirt licking a red ice-cream cone, a man in a red coat with a pipe, and a man in a red shirt marked 3. GAMEOVER and LAST BALL IN PLAY windows sit at lower left, and a white MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO. ... CHICAGO, ILL. 60651 plate runs along the bottom.

A tall portrait painted backglass in a cream cabinet, framed by red-and-white diagonal chevron stripes down both outer edges and a blue lozenge at the bottom. Upper third: a flat 1950s cartoon park scene with blue sky, green trees, a city skyline, two blue-and-white draught horses pulling an open carriage with two passengers, a blonde woman in a red dress and white headscarf beside a dark-haired man, a red-nosed grinning character in a blue coat raising a striped mallet, a small jester, and a greyhound on the lawn. Above, red brush script 'Gottlieb's'; filling the upper right, the huge title 'HURDY GURDY' in fat pink-to-cream gradient block capitals with a dark red drop shadow over two lines. A white rounded window at upper left holds four reels reading 2,162, under a red-bordered PREVIOUS HIGH SCORE box. A white band across the middle reads MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO. and ...CHICAGO, ILL. 60651, with a yellow badge between. Below, spectators crowd a barrier watching green felt, with a large round brushed-metal speaker grille centre-right. Dominant colours: pink, green, red, blue.

A rectangular printed backglass on a flat mustard-yellow ground. Across the top runs a wide arched banner in medium blue with a magenta-pink keyline, carrying the title in large white art-deco serif capitals with dark outlining and drop shadow; a plain pink ribbon panel sits directly above the arch. Immediately below are mechanical score-reel windows in pale frames with alternating white and dark segments, each labelled on a black angled tab with white condensed lettering: 1st PLAYER at the left and 2nd PLAYER at the right. A red block arrow with white UP lettering points upward between and beside the reel windows. At the left margin a pale blue rectangular vignette contains a mauve-pink diagonal draped shape and a rounded brown object with darker straps, hanging against the blue wash. Bright red rectangular blocks anchor the extreme left and right edges of the top band. The lower two-thirds of the piece is a patchwork of separately framed painted aviation vignettes — aircraft, pilots and figures — stacked in rows beneath the reels. Style is flat, hard-outlined, mid-century printed illustration with broad flat colour areas and minimal shading.

A painted, comic-styled space-race backglass with a white cabinet border carrying vertical red and blue stripe accents on both side rails and three round inserts along the bottom (red, blue, red). The artwork is a deep blue sky above a yellow ochre lunar landscape. At upper centre a riveted silver-and-cream flying saucer hovers, its underside dotted with landing legs and a red-and-yellow rocket exhaust flame; to its right float a gold capsule, a grey spiral disc, a small white cartoon sun inside a cream square panel, and two white-suited astronauts tumbling in space beside a tiny floating robot. A large gold-and-white dome rocket with a round porthole occupies the right side, with a white-hooded, bearded man's face visible inside the cockpit window. Two matching red-suited, silver-helmeted spacemen run away from the viewer across the yellow ground towards the saucer, one with an arm raised. Bottom left a larger red-and-silver spacesuited figure stands with back to the viewer. Dominant colours are deep blue, red, yellow ochre, and cream. Lettering is chunky, hand-painted and slightly worn.

Illustrated trans-light style backglass with a white painted outer border streaked with orange-red vertical smears. Across the top, red cursive script lettering reading Gottlieb's sits left of two stacked tall block words, CENTRAL in yellow and PARK in orange-red, both outlined. Left of centre is a red-and-yellow trapezoidal score window showing three digit reels reading ,151 with blank leading reels and small dot separators. The painted park scene shows, at right, a grinning mustachioed man in a magenta jacket, yellow flat cap and blue tie holding a rod like a fishing pole over a blue-mesh square grille, his other hand on a white folding chair. Behind him a white horse-drawn carriage and a red motorcar carrying passengers on a road among trees, with city towers on the skyline. At lower centre a black circular dome opening breaks the artwork. Lower left a blonde woman in a white dress and a child in a blue sailor cap peer over a table with cups and a teapot, while a man in a navy jacket and another in a red cap sit opposite. Tiny bottom print reads MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO. on the left and CHICAGO, ILL. 60651 on the right of a small yellow logo box. Chipped paint and two bare brown repair patches mark the border.