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1971 · Inder

Hearts Gain

Bright turquoise sky, riverside promenade, large white multi-deck riverboat with railings and arched windows and painted stage-curtain-like side borders.

Year
1971
Maker
Inder
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
1

Vision analysis

On the backglass

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

Hearts Gain backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • red
  • yellow
  • white

Fingerprint: hearts 'gain: mechanical score reel window with digits; curved arc of bright red heart symbols forming swag decoration; three 1940s-style figures with blonde woman in white and orange-haired man in maroon suit; fan of overlapping playing cards along lower third

Distinctive

A fan of seven overlapping playing cards spread across the lower third, sitting under a curved arc of bright red heart symbols like a decorative swag. Above the title runs a row of four mechanical score reels reading 7 2 5 0 in a white window. Three 1940s-style figures in front of a white multi-deck riverboat: a blonde woman in white, an orange-haired man in a maroon suit with red tie, and a woman in a green off-the-shoulder dress with a feathered hat. The title lettering is tall red capitals with gold inline on a blue banner, cropped off at both edges.

Setting

  • Bright turquoise sky
  • Riverside promenade
  • Large white multi-deck riverboat with railings and arched windows
  • Painted stage-curtain-like side borders

Symbols

  • Row of red hearts
  • Fan of playing cards
  • Court cards
  • Red pips
  • Black pips
  • Mechanical reel window
  • Feathered hat

Lettering

  • Tall condensed red serif capitals with heavy yellow-gold inline and outline, arched slightly across a royal-blue banner, cropped at both image edges

Themes

  • Card game
  • Hearts suit
  • Gambling
  • Riverboat casino
  • Playing cards
  • Score reels

Title on it

  • Hearts 'gain

Text on it

  • HEARTS
  • GAIN
  • 7
  • 2
  • 5
  • 0
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Left of centre, long wavy blonde hair, fair skin, low-cut white top, bare shoulders, looking out at the viewer
Man Centre, orange hair, fair skin, broad smile, dark maroon suit jacket, white shirt, bright red tie, one arm raised
Woman Right of centre, dark plum upswept hair under a feathered hat, fair skin, off-the-shoulder dark green dress, angled slightly left
Other Small partially obscured figure in pale blue behind the central man, at the riverboat rail
Other Small pale figure in light clothing at the far right near the railings
Full description

Vertically oriented painted backglass. Across the very top a royal-blue banner carries tall red serif capitals with heavy yellow-gold inline and outline, reading HEARTS then a small apostrophe-like mark then GAIN, the title cropped at both edges. Directly below on the left is a white rectangular reel window with black frame holding four digit reels showing 7 2 5 0 in dark numerals. The main scene is a dockside or riverside promenade: at left a blonde woman with long wavy hair in a low-cut white top faces the viewer; in the centre a smiling man with orange hair wears a dark maroon suit, white shirt and red tie, arm raised; at right a woman with dark plum upswept hair and a feathered hat wears an off-the-shoulder green dress. Behind them rises a large white multi-deck riverboat or casino pavilion with arched windows and railings against a bright turquoise sky. A curved row of about twenty red hearts runs across the middle-lower area, above a fan of overlapping playing cards showing court cards and red and black pips. A red-and-yellow-gold striped border frames the bottom. The paint is glossy and heavily crazed and yellowed with age.