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1961 · Williams

Highways

Rural multi-lane highway seen in perspective, hillside with winding road and pine trees, large roadside score building with grid windows and green fields and verges.

Year
1961
Maker
Williams
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
1

Made by

Design
Steve Kordek
Art
George Molentin

Vision analysis

On the playfield

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

Highways playfield

Playfield

  • cream
  • green
  • yellow
  • blue

Fingerprint: Highways: colossal blue comet tail splitting field, five brightly colored mushroom-capped bumpers stacked center red-green-green-orange-orange arrangement each 100,000 WHEN LIT. Huge yellow HIGHWAYS banner arcing middle tall red letters, red star disc center, flanked WHEN LIT banners. Two orange-uniformed women sit cross-legged left-right lower playfield, twin-prop airliner behind OFF / GREEN BUMPERS plate.

Distinctive

The most memorable feature is the five brightly coloured mushroom-capped bumpers stacked down the centre in a red-JET, green, green, orange, orange arrangement, each cap printed 100,000 WHEN LIT. Second is the huge yellow HIGHWAYS banner arcing across the middle in tall red letters with a red star disc at its centre, flanked by matching WHEN LIT banners. Third, two orange-uniformed women sit cross-legged left and right in the lower playfield, one dark-haired holding a HIGHWAYS SPECIAL card and the other blonde in a peaked cap with a finger to her lips, mirrored across the centre line. Fourth, a painted twin-prop airliner sits nose-up between them behind an OFF / GREEN BUMPERS plate. Fifth, the whole field is a pale-green boulevard layout with a city skyline across the top.

Setting

  • Painted city skyline of cream and tan skyscrapers with white clouds
  • Pale green boulevard layout with two parallel highways
  • Rows of small dark green stylised trees
  • Blue night sky band across the top

Symbols

  • Red five-pointed star in a circle
  • Playing-card suits on the side lane rails
  • Red circular mission-flag markers
  • Lettered h, g and h bumper caps
  • Rows of numbered circle inserts along the highways banner

Notable shapes

  • Five mushroom-capped bumpers in a descending central column
  • Arcing yellow highways banner with a central star disc
  • Two mirrored triangular slingshot areas with red special discs
  • Two red kite-shaped special when lit panels flanking the lower field
  • Long vertical clear ball guides running up both outer edges of the playfield
  • One visible cutout slot on the left apron edge

Art motifs

  • Atomic-era starbursts
  • Jet-age aviation
  • Parallel highway boulevards
  • Flanking symmetrical air hostesses
  • Skyscraper skyline
  • Cannon artillery

Themes

  • Aviation
  • Air travel
  • Jet age
  • Highways
  • City skyline
  • Mid-century air hostess

Text on it

  • 100,000
  • WHEN LIT
  • JET
  • H
  • G
  • HIGHWAYS
  • HIGHWAYS WHEN LIT
  • WAYS WHEN LIT
  • SPOTS
  • LETTER BETTER
  • ADVANCE
  • SPECIAL
  • OFF
  • GREEN BUMPERS
  • FLIPPER
  • FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
  • NO PRIZES
  • NO WAGERING
  • BALLS PLAYED
  • 5 BALLS 10 CENTS
  • 5 BALLS
  • TO PER PLAY
  • FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET
Slingshots
Two conventional triangular slingshots above the flippers, each with a red special when lit disc
Upper playfield
Upper third carries a five-bumper cluster under a painted skyline, with two orange rollovers at the left and right shoulders and a jet bumper on the centre line
Apron and lower playfield
Yellow lower apron with two white-and-red flipper bats, a painted airliner and off / green bumpers plate, red-bordered score card with highways payout table, a cream instruction strip reading for amusement only, no prizes, no wagering, and a blue balls played counter window; a vertical ball-count slide at the far right
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Left lower playfield, dark-haired, orange short-sleeved uniform top with white collar, seated cross-legged on a red rug, holding a fan of playing-card-like placards reading highways and special, smiling towards the centre
Woman Right lower playfield, blonde, orange uniform top and skirt, wearing a blue peaked cap, seated with one finger raised to her lips in a shushing pose, mirrored opposite the dark-haired woman
Vehicle Painted blue-and-white twin-engine propeller airliner, nose raised, centred between the two women in the lower playfield
Vehicle Two black line-drawn cannons on wheeled carriages flanking the bottom apron, pointing outwards
Other Small cartoon naval officer in blue uniform and cap standing centre apron holding a red-white-blue pennant, with two tiny guns firing at his feet
Full description

Full-length photo of a complete single-player electro-mechanical playfield and backbox interior, seen from the front with the cabinet side rails and a strip of bare plywood visible at the edges. No title lettering appears anywhere. The upper third is a bright blue arc dotted with red-bulbed pop-bumper caps lettered H, G and H, over a painted city skyline of cream and tan skyscrapers with white clouds and dark blue sky. Below sit five plastic bumpers: a large red cap reading JET in dark blue letters, a smaller pink JET cap beneath it, and two green caps and two orange caps all lettered 100,000 WHEN LIT. Two pale green rivers or highways run vertically down the field with rows of small dark green trees. A big yellow banner edged in blue reads HIGHWAYS in tall red block capitals with a red star in a circle at its centre, flanked by two yellow banners reading HIGHWAYS WHEN LIT and WAYS WHEN LIT. In the lower half, two stylised women in orange uniforms sit facing inwards beside a painted blue-and-white twin-prop airliner with an OFF / GREEN BUMPERS sign, and two black cannon illustrations flank the bottom apron. Colours are cream, green, yellow, red and blue. Art style is flat mid-century lithographed cartoon with heavy black outlines.

On the backglass

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

Highways backglass

Backglass

  • green
  • yellow
  • red
  • blue

Fingerprint: HIGHWAYS in arched yellow letters, roadside score building with pale blue windows, nine coloured value banners 900,000 to 100,000 down left edge, multi-lane motorway with gold sedan and sports cars, five fashionably dressed women spectators, 1960s automotive art

Distinctive

The unmistakable feature is the giant arched yellow HIGHWAYS title over a roadside score building with a grid of pale blue windows and a '60' score panel. A long row of nine coloured value banners down the left edge (900,000 down to 100,000) reads like a giant thermometer. The lower half is a busily painted road scene with a gold sedan and several small sports cars on a multi-lane motorway. Five fashionably dressed young women line the bottom edge as spectators.

Setting

  • Rural multi-lane highway seen in perspective
  • Hillside with winding road and pine trees
  • Large roadside score building with grid windows
  • Green fields and verges

Symbols

  • Multicoloured numerals 1-8
  • Coloured value banners
  • Pine trees
  • Road with lane markings

Lettering

  • Yellow arched block capitals with heavy black outline for the title; yellow cursive script for the maker word at upper left; multicoloured outlined numerals on a white diagonal band

Themes

  • Cars
  • Highway
  • Motoring
  • Numbers and scores

Title on it

  • Highways

Text on it

  • Williams
  • HIGHWAYS
  • 60
  • 900,000
  • 800,000
  • 700,000
  • 600,000
  • 500,000
  • 400,000
  • 300,000
  • 200,000
  • 100,000
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • MILLIONS
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Brunette with short curled hair, mustard-yellow belted coat-dress, smiling, at lower left
Woman Auburn bob haircut, dark green blouse and full rust-brown skirt with white belt, at lower centre-left
Woman Platinum blonde bouffant, blue polka-dot dress with a bracelet, hand at chin, lower centre-right
Woman Blonde ponytail, white blouse with red vertical stripes, red belt, pale blue trousers, standing behind
Woman Blonde in red jacket and coat, pale skirt and red high heels, seen from behind walking to the right
Vehicle Large gold and brown 1960s sedan with whitewall tyres in the centre foreground
Vehicle Red sports coupe and blue-and-white sedan plus a yellow car further back on the motorway
Vehicle A tanker or truck at the far left edge beside the banner rail
Full description

A hand-painted 1960s-style automotive backglass. Across the top, a yellow cursive 'Williams' sits at upper left, and huge arched yellow block letters with black outline spell HIGHWAYS, angled slightly upward left-to-right. Below is a long two-storey roadside score building with a grid of pale blue windows and a white '60' panel at the right. A diagonal white banner across the middle carries the coloured numerals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 followed by a red MILLIONS box. A red vertical sign hangs at the far right edge. Down the left side a ladder-like rail holds nine coloured arrow banners reading 900,000 down to 100,000. The lower two thirds shows a multi-lane highway seen in perspective, with a gold and brown sedan and several red, blue, white and yellow cars driving on it, green verges, pine trees and a hilly landscape with roads. Five figures stand on the near verge: four young women in bright clothing (mustard-yellow, dark green with rust skirt, blue polka-dot, white with red stripes) and one blonde woman in a red coat, white skirt and red heels walking away. Dominant colours: green, yellow, red, blue.

Highways backglass

Backglass

  • green
  • blue
  • yellow
  • red

Fingerprint: Yellow-and-black HIGHWAYS title with multicoloured digit squares beneath, yellow tailfin convertible number 36 in foreground, five fashionably dressed young women along bottom, vertical scoring ladder of coloured ribbons on left edge, curved highway crossing blue office building, retro 1950s illustration style

Distinctive

A huge yellow-and-black HIGHWAYS wordmark dominates the upper third, with a row of multicoloured digit boxes reading 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 running beneath it. A yellow tailfin convertible with the racing number 36 on the door sits in the foreground, flanked by five fashionably dressed young women along the bottom edge. A vertical ladder of coloured score ribbons (100,000 to 900,000) climbs the entire left border like a list. The highway itself curls across the top over a blue-glass office building, with tiny cars on it.

Setting

  • Rolling green farmland hills with hedgerows and ploughed fields
  • A pale blue sky with soft white clouds
  • A curving multi-lane highway with white centre lines
  • A large blue-glass modern office block with a grid of windows
  • A grey rocky hillside on the right
  • Small cottages with red roofs on the far hills

Symbols

  • Coloured score ribbons with white numerals
  • Row of multicoloured digit squares
  • Tailfinned american cars
  • White-striped highway markings
  • Row of dark green conifer trees along the road

Lettering

  • Very large upright condensed sans-serif capitals in flat yellow with heavy black outline and horizontal black shading inside each letter; one cursive script word in the top left; score figures in bold white condensed numerals on coloured ribbon banners

Themes

  • Road and motor racing
  • 1950s american car culture
  • Fashion illustration
  • Countryside highway

Title on it

  • Highways

Text on it

  • Williams
  • HIGHWAYS
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • MILLIONS
  • 900,000
  • 800,000
  • 700,000
  • 600,000
  • 500,000
  • 400,000
  • 300,000
  • 200,000
  • 100,000
  • 36
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Leftmost, short dark-brown bob haircut, yellow blouse with collar and a wide red waist sash, smiling, hands on hips
Woman Second from left, shoulder-length red hair, dark green long-sleeved top, full dark red skirt, head tilted, smiling
Woman Centre foreground, blonde bob, blue dress with white polka dots and a white collar, chin resting on her hand, smiling
Woman Second from right, blonde, red-and-white vertically striped blouse with a red belt, white trousers, one arm bent at her hip
Woman Far right, tall blonde in a long bright red coat over a white skirt, red high heels, standing in profile facing left, hand at her collar
Vehicle Large yellow convertible with a black lower body, prominent tailfins and chrome bumpers, whitewall tyres, red interior, racing number 36 on the door, angled three-quarters view facing left
Vehicle Red and black sports coupe above the convertible on the road, side view facing left
Vehicle White car with a red roof stripe and blue trim, side view facing left, further up the road
Full description

Illustrated backglass with a big yellow block-letter title HIGHWAYS across the upper third, each letter shaded with black hatching and outlined in black, over a green hillside landscape. A curved multi-lane highway sweeps in from the upper left, crosses a blue-tinted glass office block, and forks around a rocky hill on the right, with tiny red, white and yellow cars drawn on it. Down the left edge runs a vertical column of coloured ribbon banners, each carrying a white score figure (100,000 up to 900,000). Across the middle a row of coloured squares holds the digits 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, followed by a white box reading MILLIONS. Three cars are drawn in the foreground roadway: a large yellow-and-black convertible with tailfins and the racing number 36 on its door, a red coupe above it, and a white car with a red roof stripe. Five young women are grouped along the bottom on a grass verge: one in a yellow blouse with a red sash, one red-haired in a green top and dark red skirt, one blonde in a blue polka-dot dress, one blonde in a red-and-white striped blouse with white trousers, and a tall blonde in a long red coat at the far right. Flat cartoon style, mid-century, bright saturated colours.