1953 · Williams
Lazy-Q
Turquoise sky with white cumulus clouds, yellow-orange sunset band on the horizon, snow-capped blue mountain, tall green saguaro cactus at upper left, tan wooden ranch building with red-and-yellow striped awning, white stone chimney or monument, black lamp-post, white picket fence and bright green grass with pale dirt path.
- Year
- 1953
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Harry Williams
- Art
- George Molentin
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- green
- brown
- yellow
Fingerprint: "LAZY-Q" rough wooden plank with cream-and-orange block letters, small monogram loops at ends. Blonde woman in enormous white sun hat with navy band, red blouse. Standing cowboy in white hat, bright yellow shirt. Snow-capped blue mountain, saguaro cactus. Red-wheeled stagecoach, petrol pumps, red-and-yellow striped storefront awning. Mechanical score reels, ragged "POINTS" sign showing 21.
The single most memorable element is the huge rough-hewn wooden plank sign across the middle reading 'LAZY-Q' in big cream-and-orange block letters, with a small looping 'LQ' monogram at each end of the plank. Second is the enormous white sun hat with a navy band worn by the smiling blonde woman at bottom left-centre, matched by the white-hatted standing cowboy at right in his bright yellow shirt. A row of score windows showing '6 2 1 0 0 0 0' under a yellow 'SCORE' plaque, plus a pink 'POINTS 21' starburst on a post at upper right, is unusually prominent for a backglass. The setting is a Western ranch at sunset with a saguaro cactus, a snow-capped mountain and three riders in the middle distance.
Setting
- Turquoise sky with white cumulus clouds
- Yellow-orange sunset band on the horizon
- Snow-capped blue mountain
- Tall green saguaro cactus at upper left
- Tan wooden ranch building with red-and-yellow striped awning
- White stone chimney or monument
- Black lamp-post
- White picket fence
- Bright green grass with pale dirt path
Symbols
- Card-suit-like looping 'lq' monogram flanking the title on the plank
- Pink starburst points badge with '21' in a white circle
- Row of white score windows with black numerals
- Yellow rounded score plaque
- Saguaro cactus
- Black lamp-post
- White picket fence
- Red-and-yellow striped awning
Lettering
- Big cream serif capitals with orange inner shading, red-outlined 'q' and dark drop shadow on the wooden plank; rounded black sans-serif 'score' and 'points' on yellow and pink plaques; flowing orange-yellow cursive script word beneath the title.
Themes
- Western
- Cowboys
- Ranch
- Horses
- Sunset desert
- Cactus
- Billiard table visible behind the riders
Title on it
- Lazy-q
Text on it
- SCORE
- 6 2 1 0 0 0 0
- POINTS
- 21
- LAZY-Q
- LQ
- Williams
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Cowboy at far left in a pale grey-white cowboy hat, light shirt and blue trousers, seated on a brown horse, holding the reins, seen in profile facing right |
| Man | Second cowboy just right of him in a white hat, bright red long-sleeve shirt and blue jeans, leaning forward on a dark brown horse with a white blaze on its face |
| Woman | Smiling blonde woman in the lower left-centre foreground, curly shoulder-length hair, enormous wide-brimmed white hat with a dark navy hatband, red blouse with a white collar, head and shoulders only, facing the viewer |
| Man | Standing man at lower right in three-quarter view facing left, white cowboy hat, bright yellow western shirt with red neckerchief, blue jeans, brown belt with buckle, dark hair |
| Man | Small distant rider in a red shirt on a white horse in the middle distance, in front of the building |
| Man | Distant rider on a chestnut horse beside the white-horse rider, wearing a hat |
| Man | Third distant rider on a dark horse at the right of the group, wearing a blue shirt and hat |
| Other | Two small standing figures near the building porch in the middle distance |
| Animal | Brown horse with a rider at far left, cropped by the left edge |
| Animal | Dark brown horse with white facial blaze, ridden by the red-shirted cowboy |
| Animal | White horse, chestnut horse and dark horse in the middle-distance group of riders |
A Western ranch scene in flat, saturated mid-century cartoon illustration. Turquoise sky with puffy white clouds fills the top third over a yellow-orange sunset band, with a tall green saguaro cactus at upper left. A yellow rounded 'SCORE' plaque sits above a long yellow oval of white score windows with black digits 6, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0; at upper right a post carries a pink starburst sign reading 'POINTS' with '21' in a white circle. A rough dark-brown plank sign spans the middle, lettered 'LAZY-Q' in cream serif capitals with orange shading and a red 'Q', flanked by small looping monograms, with orange-yellow cursive script just beneath. Background: snow-capped blue mountain, tan wooden building with red-and-yellow striped awning, white stone chimney, black lamp-post, picket fence. Foreground: two cowboys on horseback at far left, a blonde woman in a broad white sun hat and red blouse, and a dark-haired man at right in a white cowboy hat and yellow shirt. Three more riders stand behind; grass is bright green with a pale dirt path.