1955 · Gottlieb
Jubilee
Known for Advance Value target, Rotating score rollover, Captive ball horseshoe and Mystery Score. Dark navy blue circular disc behind the title, mottled pale yellow-green cobblestone ground and red diamond card-suit motifs along the bottom edge.
- Year
- 1955
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Target
Advance Value target
- rollover
Rotating score rollover
- Captive ball
Captive ball horseshoe
- Award
Mystery Score
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Scoop kickers kickers
Captive ball 1
- Captive ball horseshoe
Target 1
- Advance Value target
Lane 1
- Rotating score rollover rollover
Control 1
- Side rollover buttons buttons
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Upper left corner, small painted figure in profile facing right, wearing a red peaked cap, red vest over a white shirt, dark green trousers and dark shoes; arms raised holding the top of a hanging dark teal rectangular banner carrying one white five-pointed star.
- other Upper right corner, small painted figure in a harlequin or court-jester style costume with a dark blue jacket, red tights, white ruffled collar and white cap with a dark pom-pom; arms raised holding a hanging crimson rectangular banner bearing a white circular roundel with a small dark motif inside.
Setting
- Dark navy blue circular disc behind the title
- Mottled pale yellow-green cobblestone ground
- Red diamond card-suit motifs along the bottom edge
Text on it
- JUBILEE
- BALL in PLAY
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- Players
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- 3rd PLAYER
- 4th PLAYER
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
How it plays
-
Awards 1
- Mystery Score
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Reference
Linked terms
- Advance Value target also called Advance Value
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- cream
- green
Fingerprint: Enormous hot-air balloon striped red-white-blue with stars, "JUBILEE" arched navy title, dark blue basket reading "BALL in PLAY", four player panels, costumed figures.
The enormous central hot-air balloon whose envelope is striped red, white and blue with white stars, with BALL in PLAY lettered across its dark blue basket. Framed by four colour-coded player panels numbered 1 to 4 (red for players 1 and 4, dark blue for 2 and 3) with three mechanical score windows each. The JUBILEE title arched on a navy disc above the balloon in cream capitals with a red outline and black drop shadow. Two tiny costumed figures in the top corners holding star and roundel banners over a mottled green cobbled ground.
Setting
- Dark navy blue circular disc behind the title
- Mottled pale yellow-green cobblestone ground
- Red diamond card-suit motifs along the bottom edge
Symbols
- White five-pointed star on the teal banner
- White circular roundel on the crimson banner
- White stars on the balloon's red and blue stripes
- Red diamond card-suit shapes at the bottom
- Scalloped balloon envelope
- Red scroll banners
- Numbered diamond badges 1, 2, 3, 4
Lettering
- Main title in arched, slanted cream-white slab-serif capitals with red outline and heavy black drop shadow; panel captions in cream serif capitals on red or blue plates; ball in play in white block capitals on a cream diagonal stripe; the maker signature in flowing red script on a cream scroll, and players in red script on a white ribbon.
Themes
- Hot air balloon
- Carnival
- Fairground
- Festive bunting
- Patriotic red white and blue
- Multi player
Title on it
- Jubilee
Text on it
- JUBILEE
- BALL in PLAY
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- Players
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- 3rd PLAYER
- 4th PLAYER
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Upper left corner, small painted figure in profile facing right, wearing a red peaked cap, red vest over a white shirt, dark green trousers and dark shoes; arms raised holding the top of a hanging dark teal rectangular banner carrying one white five-pointed star. |
| Other | Upper right corner, small painted figure in a harlequin or court-jester style costume with a dark blue jacket, red tights, white ruffled collar and white cap with a dark pom-pom; arms raised holding a hanging crimson rectangular banner bearing a white circular roundel with a small dark motif inside. |
A varnished wooden-framed backglass painted as a symmetrical carnival scene. Across the top, arched on a dark navy blue disc, is the main title JUBILEE in large slanted slab-serif capitals, cream-white with a red outline and heavy black drop shadow. Below the title hangs a red scroll band, and beneath that a huge hot-air balloon envelope fills the centre: scalloped cream-white top, pale blue band, then a lower section of horizontal red, white and blue stripes with white stars. The balloon's dark blue basket carries a red banner reading BALL in PLAY in white block letters on a cream stripe, and lower down a cream scroll bearing the red script signature D. Gottlieb & Co., with the word Players in red script on a white ribbon below. Four numbered score panels flank the balloon on the green ground: 1 (red panel, top left), 2 (dark blue panel, top right), 3 (dark blue panel, bottom left) and 4 (red panel, bottom right), each with three cream window rectangles and captions 1st PLAYER, 2nd PLAYER, 3rd PLAYER, 4th PLAYER. Two small costumed figures stand in the upper corners each holding a hanging banner: left, a man in a red cap, red vest, white shirt and green trousers holding a dark teal banner with a single white star; right, a figure in a dark blue jacket, red tights and white collar holding a crimson banner bearing a white roundel. The ground is a mottled pale yellow-green cobble pattern, with red diamond card-suit motifs at the very bottom flanking the basket.