Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: King Pin title; blonde pin-up bowler in yellow blouse, red shorts, leaning mid-stride with red bowling ball in trailing hand; Chicago Coins name; two long dark-blue diagonal score bands edged white; 300-100 numerals left side, 1-90 sequences running slopes; spare/strike flags; ten-frame strip; blue sky, cream ramp
A blonde pin-up woman bowler in yellow blouse and red shorts printed beside the title, one of the very few human figures on the artwork. Two enormous diagonal navy scoring bands slashing across the glass, with 300, 200 and 100 in huge display numerals at the left end and the 10-90 and 1-9 sequences running up the slope. Curved, forward-leaning slanted title lettering in red with yellow top edges and a chunky white drop shadow. The GAME OVER window at bottom right is rubbed almost blank, and the whole backglass shows age-related dulling and minor scratches.
Setting
- Flat blue sky field
- Pale cream-yellow triangular ramp or bowling lane rising from bottom centre
- Two dark navy diagonal scoring bands
Symbols
- Bowling ball
- Scorecard frames strip
- Bowling pin silhouettes painted on the lower cabinet apron
- Spare and strike flag panels
- Playing-card-style rounded score windows
Lettering
- Large forward-slanted block capitals, red faces with yellow top edges and heavy white-and-black drop shadow for the title; smaller white sans-serif capitals above; red outlined white numerals in tilted rounded windows; red capitals on white for spare, strike and frames
Themes
- Bowling
- Ten-pin bowling
- Scorecard
- Sports
- Pin-up woman
- Mid-century american amusement
Title on it
- King pin
Text on it
- CHICAGO COINS
- KING PIN
- 300
- 200
- 100
- 10
- 20
- 30
- 40
- 50
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- SPARE
- STRIKE
- FRAMES
- GAME OVER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Pin-up bowler, blonde curled hair, yellow short-sleeved blouse with red trim, high-waisted red shorts, white socks, dark shoes, leaning forward in mid-stride running pose with one arm back, holding a dark red bowling ball in her trailing hand; stands top left beside the title |
Painted bowling-themed backglass set in a varnished wooden cabinet frame. Flat royal-blue sky background with a pale cream-yellow triangular sweep rising from the bottom centre like a bowling lane or ramp. Across the upper third, small white sans-serif capitals read CHICAGO COINS above the main title KING PIN, set in large slanted block capitals with red front faces, yellow top edges and a heavy white-and-black drop shadow. To the left of the title stands a single illustrated woman: a blonde pin-up bowler with curled hair, a yellow short-sleeved blouse with red trim, high-waisted red shorts, white socks and dark bowling shoes, leaning forward mid-run with one arm back and holding a dark red bowling ball low in her trailing hand. Two long dark-blue diagonal bands, edged in white, run corner to corner across the glass, carrying scoring windows: 300, 200 and 100 in oversized red and white numerals on the left, then 10 through 90 in descending red-outlined white numerals along the top band, and 1 through 9 in the same style on the lower band. Two tilted white flag-shaped panels on the right read SPARE and STRIKE in red capitals on a blue bar. Along the bottom runs a white-bordered strip: FRAMES in red capitals, then 1 to 10 in red numerals in individual boxes, and a blank white panel at the right reading GAME OVER in faint worn white capitals.