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1953 · Williams

Dealer

Blue-and-white playing-card suit wallpaper pattern, green baize card table in perspective and flat painted backglass lighting.

Year
1953
Maker
Williams
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
1

Made by

Design
Harry Williams
Art
George Molentin

Vision analysis

On the backglass

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

Dealer backglass

Backglass

  • yellow
  • green
  • red
  • blue

Fingerprint: Huge yellow ribbon-shaped score panel carrying seven mechanical reels, DEALER massive red slab-serif capitals above cursive Williams script crowning whole thing, two crowned playing-card kings peer top corners title, Jack Spades Ace Hearts lie face-up green baize table lower centre, four pin-up women blue yellow evening gowns tuxedoed man, blue-white card-suit wallpaper runs background

Distinctive

The huge yellow ribbon-shaped score panel carrying seven mechanical reels, with 'DEALER' in massive red slab-serif capitals above it and the cursive 'Williams' script crowning the whole thing. Two crowned playing-card kings peer in from the top corners of the title. A Jack of Spades and an Ace of Hearts lie face-up on a green baize table in the lower centre, flanked by four pin-up women in blue and yellow evening gowns and a tuxedoed man. The blue-and-white card-suit wallpaper runs right across the background behind everything.

Setting

  • Blue-and-white playing-card suit wallpaper pattern
  • Green baize card table in perspective
  • Flat painted backglass lighting

Symbols

  • Playing-card kings
  • Jack of spades playing card
  • Ace of hearts playing card
  • Card suit wallpaper
  • Ribbon banners
  • Crowns
  • Scrolling filigree

Lettering

  • Yellow cursive script for the small top word; enormous red slab-serif block capitals with cream outline for the main title; white capitals on red arrow plaques for 'score' and 'card score'

Themes

  • Casino
  • Card game
  • Poker
  • Gambling
  • Evening dress
  • Nightclub

Title on it

  • Dealer

Text on it

  • Williams
  • DEALER
  • SCORE
  • CARD SCORE
  • 0
  • 3
  • 5
Who and what
Kind Description
Other Pale-faced crowned king playing-card head and shoulders at upper left corner, facing inward, above red-and-yellow scrollwork
Other Bearded crowned king playing-card head and shoulders at upper right corner, facing inward, above red-and-yellow scrollwork
Man Dark-haired man in a black tuxedo with white shirt and black bow tie at lower left, in profile facing right
Woman Blonde woman with short curled hair in a strapless pale-blue evening gown at left, leaning forward toward the table
Woman Redhead woman with a beaded necklace in a strapless yellow gown, seated beside the blonde at left
Woman Blonde woman in a pale-blue gown with a white fur stole at right, smiling toward the table
Woman Brunette woman in a strapless yellow gown at the right edge, holding a fan of playing cards in her right hand
Full description

A landscape backglass with a dark green background covered in a repeating blue-and-white pattern of card suits (spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts). Across the top, in yellow cursive script, sits the word 'Williams', flanked by two small crowned king figures drawn as playing-card kings, one pale-faced at upper left and one bearded at upper right. Below that, 'DEALER' is spelled in huge slab-serif block capitals, red with a cream outline. A large yellow scalloped banner shaped like a ribbon occupies the upper third, holding seven mechanical score reels showing 0, 3, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, with a red arrow-tipped plaque below reading 'SCORE' in white capitals. A smaller ornamental yellow-and-red cartouche in the centre, topped with scrollwork and labelled 'CARD SCORE' in red, holds two more reels showing 0 and 0. The lower half shows a green baize card table in perspective, with a face-up Jack of Spades and an Ace of Hearts lying on it. Four glamorous women and one man in evening dress line the table: a dark-haired man in a black tuxedo at lower left, a blonde in a strapless pale-blue gown, a redhead in a strapless yellow gown with a necklace, another blonde in pale blue with a fur stole at right, and a brunette in yellow holding a fan of cards at the right edge.