1948 · Gottlieb
Jack 'N Jill
Flat magenta-red sky band behind the title, bright yellow sky with soft white clouds in the centre, round green grassy island or mound, ring of multicoloured confetti/paint blobs around the island edge and dark brown-black background behind the top reel strip filled with multicoloured diagonal stripes.
- Year
- 1948
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Harry Mabs
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- yellow
- red
- green
- cream
Fingerprint: JACK n JILL in cream block letters, small grinning clown peeking from behind J, blonde pin-up on final L, blonde woman in yellow spotted playsuit and red-haired clown sprinting across green island, red-and-white spotted cow, row of nine striped paint buckets at bottom, 1950s cartoon style
The most memorable element is the enormous arched title JACK 'n JILL in cream block letters, with a tiny grinning clown popping out from behind the first J and a blonde pin-up in a red swimsuit perched on the final L. Second, the scene of a blonde woman in a yellow spotted playsuit and a red-haired clown in a pointed blue-and-red hat sprinting across a round green island, with a red-and-white spotted cow lying at the right. Third, the ribbon banner pinned to a pole reading A PRODUCT OF / D. Gottlieb & Co / CHICAGO in black script. Fourth, a painted row of nine striped paint buckets along the very bottom, alternating red, yellow, blue and green, and the eight reel windows 100 through 800 across the top.
Setting
- Flat magenta-red sky band behind the title
- Bright yellow sky with soft white clouds in the centre
- Round green grassy island or mound
- Ring of multicoloured confetti/paint blobs around the island edge
- Dark brown-black background behind the top reel strip filled with multicoloured diagonal stripes
Symbols
- Eight numbered score reel windows 100-800
- Row of nine striped paint buckets along the bottom edge
- Red-and-white striped lighthouse / spinning-top tower on the hill
- Red ribbon banner on a thin pole
- Multicoloured diagonal candy-stripe background
- Paint-splatter/confetti blobs in red, blue, yellow, green around the island
- Tipped-over red bucket spilling on the grass at right
Lettering
- Very large cream and white chunky slab-serif capitals with heavy black drop shadow and red outline, arched across the glass; small black uppercase and script lettering on the red ribbon banner
Themes
- Nursery rhyme
- Jack and jill
- Painted-toy / paint-pot motif
- Hill and water bucket theme
- Fairground clown
Title on it
- Jack 'n jill
Text on it
- JACK
- 'n
- JILL
- A PRODUCT OF
- D. Gottlieb & Co
- CHICAGO
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Small grinning clown head and shoulders at far left, behind the letter j, wearing a red-and-yellow striped conical party hat and white ruffled collar, mouth open in a wide smile |
| Woman | Smiling blonde woman at the upper right leaning in on the final l, wearing a red one-piece swimsuit, bare legs, short curled hair |
| Woman | Central running pin-up with blonde hair tied back with a red bow, yellow spotted playsuit with ruffled hem, bare legs and yellow shoes, arms outstretched to the left, mouth open, eyes looking left |
| Other | Running clown beside her with red hair, white face, blue-and-red pointed party hat, yellow ruffled shirt, maroon trousers, blue shoes, one hand carrying a bucket |
| Animal | Red cow with black spots lying down at lower right, white muzzle and horn, head turned left toward the running pair |
A 1950s-style cartoon backglass. Across the top runs a horizontal score strip of eight reel windows set in coloured blocks reading 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 and 800, framed by a dark background of multicoloured diagonal candy stripes. Below, huge chunky slab-serif letters spell JACK 'n JILL across the whole width, cream and white with heavy black shadow and red outline, arcing over a magenta-red sky band. A small grinning clown in a red-and-yellow conical hat and ruffled collar peeks out from behind the J at the left; at the right a smiling blonde woman in a red swimsuit leans in on the final L. The centre shows a round green grassy island ringed with multicoloured confetti-like paint blobs, a yellow sky with white clouds, a small red-and-white striped lighthouse or spinning-top tower on the hill, and a red ribbon banner reading A PRODUCT OF / D. Gottlieb & Co / CHICAGO. In the foreground a blonde pin-up woman in a yellow spotted playsuit runs left with arms outstretched, a red-haired clown in a blue-and-red pointed hat, yellow shirt, maroon trousers and blue shoes runs beside her, and a red-spotted cow lies at the lower right. Along the bottom edge sits a row of nine striped paint buckets in red, yellow, blue and green.