1949 · Gottlieb
K. C. Jones
Magenta-purple sky in the upper half, pale yellow and cream landscape band across the middle, teal-blue water and hills in the lower third, rows of white cumulus clouds, wooden cabinet frame with warm brown grain surrounding the painted glass and grey carpet and a second cabinet visible at the right edge of the photograph.
- Year
- 1949
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- 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
- magenta
- yellow
- blue
- red
Fingerprint: Huge slanted yellow script K.C. Jones title with thick black-and-white shadow, grinning moustached sailor-capped man in red polka-dot shirt over SAULT CITY LINE banner, steam train with many carriages, carnival crowd of caricature figures, top-hatted man with clock, woman in red polka-dot dress, magenta sky, bright flat cartoon colours
A huge slanted yellow script logo with thick black-and-white drop shadow, reading K.C. Jones, laid diagonally across a magenta sky. Below it a moustached grinning man in a blue sailor cap and red polka-dot shirt leans out over a red banner reading SAULT CITY LINE. A yellow arrow at top left reads 1 MILLION, and a vertical row of coloured circled numerals 1 to 7 runs down the left edge. The bottom third is a circus-carnival crowd of top-hatted and bonneted caricatures beneath a long red-and-yellow steam train.
Setting
- Magenta-purple sky in the upper half
- Pale yellow and cream landscape band across the middle
- Teal-blue water and hills in the lower third
- Rows of white cumulus clouds
- Wooden cabinet frame with warm brown grain surrounding the painted glass
- Grey carpet and a second cabinet visible at the right edge of the photograph
Symbols
- Circled player numbers 1 to 7
- Slanted white score-value tags with coloured outlines
- Yellow arrow banner
- Steam locomotive with many carriages
- Clouds
- Stars and small burst shapes in the magenta sky
- Watch or clock held by the top-hatted man
- Red apple
- Small house with chimney
Lettering
- Very large slanted yellow script with heavy black and white drop shadow for the title; bold red sans-serif block capitals on a yellow arrow for 1 million; white condensed sans-serif capitals on a red bar for sault city line; red or teal numerals on white slanted lozenge tags for the scores; a small white cursive signature above the title.
Themes
- Circus
- Carnival
- Clown
- Comic-strip caricature
- Steam train
- Score ladder
- Prize money
Title on it
- K.c. jones
Text on it
- 1 MILLION
- K.C. Jones
- K.C.Jones
- SAULT CITY LINE
- D. Gottlieb
- 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
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Central caricature, large head, black moustache, squinting grin, blue sailor cap with a dark button, red shirt with white polka dots, leaning forward with arm across the red sault city line banner |
| Other | Grey-blue and white figure just left of centre behind the logo, appears to be a jester or clown with a pale face and a floppy cap, holding a striped baton or rolled paper |
| Woman | Bottom left, white bonnet, black hair, red dress with white polka dots, arms outstretched |
| Man | Tall yellow top hat with a blue band, red-white-and-blue chequered shirt, pale face, thin moustache, holding a small round clock or watch |
| Woman | Blonde bobbed hair, red top, smiling, near bottom centre |
| Man | Dark blue jacket, red flat cap, holding a large red apple or balloon on a stick |
| Woman | Blonde with a headband, pale hat, near bottom centre-right |
| Man | Blue suit, yellow tie, dark hair, bottom right |
| Other | Small blue cottage or house with white windows and a chimney at the far bottom right, plus a tiny figure beside it |
| Other | Small background figures in hats on the pale hillside, and tiny passengers in the train windows |
A painted pinball backglass in a wooden cabinet frame, shot at a slight angle so the right edge recedes. The upper half is a magenta-purple sky scattered with slanted white score tags reading 900,000, 800,000, 700,000, 600,000, 500,000, 400,000, 300,000, 200,000 and 100,000, each outlined in a different colour. Down the left edge runs a vertical column of circled player numbers 1 to 7, each numeral in a differently coloured disc (white, red, yellow, teal, magenta, black, red). At top left a yellow arrow banner reads 1 MILLION in red block capitals. Across the centre, huge slanted yellow script with heavy black and white drop shadow reads K.C. Jones, and beneath it a red banner in white capitals reads SAULT CITY LINE. The central figure is a grinning, squinting, moustached man in a blue sailor cap and red shirt with white polka dots, leaning forward. Below, a red-and-yellow steam train with many carriages runs across a pale landscape under white clouds, and the bottom band is a crowd of caricature figures: a woman in a red polka-dot dress and white bonnet, a man in a tall yellow top hat and chequered shirt, a blonde woman, a man in a red cap holding a red apple, and a man in a blue suit with a yellow tie. A small blue cottage sits at bottom right. Bright flat cartoon colouring, no score reels or windows shown.