1961 · Gottlieb
Flipper Parade
Pale pink sky filling the upper two thirds, grey stone castle or city wall with towers at centre-left behind the parade, flat cream and pale yellow ground strip along the bottom, potted conical topiary trees with red dots, adjacent backglasses with a clown, a rainbow and a cocktail table visible at the left and right edges of the photo and cream painted wooden cabinet frame with a dark marbled inner border, paint chipped and dirty at the lower left.
- Year
- 1961
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- pink
- red
- cream
- yellow
Fingerprint: Showgirl parade with blonde in red sequins holding hoop opposite girl majorette in marching band, FLIPPER PARADE title split with figures, brass instruments and bass drum in foreground, ten coloured oval windows numbered 1-10 for balls at base, flat cartoon bright style on pale pink sky
A parade theme dominated by two full-length showgirls in revealing costume flanking a marching brass band: a blonde in a red sequined top and purple shorts holding a hoop and baton on the right, and a girl majorette in a red jacket and dark pleated skirt striding left on the left. The FLIPPER PARADE title has a third showgirl in a black-and-red leotard standing upright in the gap between the two words. A silver bass drum lying on its side with a long brass trumpet laid across it anchors the lower centre. A row of ten coloured ovals numbered 1 to 10 under the words BALLS TO PLAY is unusual for the period.
Setting
- Pale pink sky filling the upper two thirds
- Grey stone castle or city wall with towers at centre-left behind the parade
- Flat cream and pale yellow ground strip along the bottom
- Potted conical topiary trees with red dots
- Adjacent backglasses with a clown, a rainbow and a cocktail table visible at the left and right edges of the photo
- Cream painted wooden cabinet frame with a dark marbled inner border, paint chipped and dirty at the lower left
Symbols
- Four mechanical score reels
- Ten numbered coloured ovals for balls to play
- Trumpets and tubas
- Bass drum
- Cymbals
- Conical potted trees
- Castle wall with towers
- Horseshoe shape of the previous score ribbon
Lettering
- Large slab-serif capitals with red fill, yellow inline highlight and white drop shadow, evenly spaced across the top; smaller red block capitals on a cream band for balls to play; white script logo inside a black rectangle at centre
Themes
- Parade
- Marching band
- Showgirl
- Circus
- Music
Title on it
- Flipper parade
Text on it
- FLIPPER PARADE
- PREVIOUS SCORE
- BALLS TO PLAY
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- ELECTRONIC GAME
- Deluxe
- FAIR
- Flipper Fair
- BALLS IN PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Showgirl standing upright in the gap between flipper and parade at the top centre; blonde, black-and-red costume, bare legs, arms slightly out |
| Woman | Tall blonde showgirl on the right in a red sequined top, purple shorts and red high heels, holding a hoop over one shoulder and a short baton in the other hand, smiling |
| Woman | Girl majorette on the left in a red jacket with white buttons, red peaked cap, dark purple pleated skirt and yellow shoes, striding left with right arm raised |
| Woman | Small blonde figure in a pale outfit walking left at centre-left, holding a green-and-red hoop or drum |
| Other | Marching brass band of six identical musicians in red jackets and white caps, blowing trumpets, trombones and tubas in a line across the centre |
| Other | Row of about seven small band members in red jackets and black caps marching left to right along the lower centre, some holding cymbals or small drums |
| Other | Large silver bass drum lying on its side in the foreground with a long brass trumpet resting across it |
| Other | Piles of red and gold marching band drums and sticks stacked at lower left beside the majorette |
Photographed backglass set in a cream/off-white painted wooden frame with a weathered dark-brown and grey marbled inner border; the artwork itself is a flat, brightly coloured cartoon on a pale pink sky. Across the top, large slab-serif capital letters with red fill, yellow inner highlight and white drop shadow spell FLIPPER PARADE, with a full-length showgirl in a black-and-red costume standing in the gap between the two words. Below sit two score windows: a smaller white panel at upper left with a curved yellow-on-green ribbon reading PREVIOUS SCORE, and a larger orange-rimmed panel of four mechanical reels showing 0, blank, 0, 3. The centre of the glass is a parade scene: at left a girl majorette in a red jacket, red cap, dark purple pleated skirt and yellow shoes walking left with one arm raised; in the middle a marching brass band of six identical red-jacketed musicians in white caps playing trumpets and tubas; at right a tall blonde showgirl in a red sequined top, purple shorts and red heels holding a hoop and a baton. Two conical potted trees with red dots flank her. A silver bass drum lies on its side in the foreground with a long brass trumpet resting across it, and a line of small red-uniformed band members marches beneath it. A small black rectangular badge with a white script logo and the words ELECTRONIC GAME sits at centre. Along the bottom, BALLS TO PLAY in red capitals above a row of coloured ovals numbered 1 to 10 in sequence. Neighbouring backglasses showing a clown, a rainbow, a blonde woman at a cocktail table, and the words FAIR and Flipper Fair are visible either side.