1948 · Exhibit
Magic
Deep blue starfield with scattered white stars, thin white planet ring outlines, small ringed planet and saucer shapes at lower right, purple spiral disc clipped by the right edge and lightning-bolt crackle pattern behind the title.
- Year
- 1948
- Maker
- Exhibit
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- magenta
- orange
Fingerprint: MAGIC title in enormous orange-and-white capitals split by jagged lightning seams, Exhibitions in flowing yellow cursive overlapping upper left, giant disembodied green-yellow woman's head floating in royal-blue starfield with white four-pointed stars, two enormous splayed yellow-green hands flanking face, brunette in magenta bikini handling green-and-yellow striped serpent with red head, purple spiral disc
The most memorable feature is the giant disembodied green-yellow woman's head with her hands splayed either side of it, floating in a blue starfield. Second, the enormous orange-and-white lightning-seamed word 'MAGIC' with the yellow script 'Exhibitions' tucked over it. Third, a long ribbon of white-outlined score values (100,000 up to 900,000) spiralling across the top. Fourth, a brunette in a magenta bikini on the right handling a green-and-yellow striped snake with a red head.
Setting
- Deep blue starfield with scattered white stars
- Thin white planet ring outlines
- Small ringed planet and saucer shapes at lower right
- Purple spiral disc clipped by the right edge
- Lightning-bolt crackle pattern behind the title
Symbols
- Lightning bolts inside the title letters
- White four-pointed stars
- Planet ring outlines
- Small ringed planet
- Yellow starburst rays behind the numbered disc
- Purple spiral/sprocket disc
- Numbered segments 1, 2, 3 on a disc
Lettering
- Slanted bold sans capitals with lightning seams and dark maroon outline, alternating yellow-white and orange fills; a contrasting yellow cursive script word with white drop shadow overlapping the upper left; score figures in rounded white-outlined numerals along the ribbons
Themes
- Magic
- Stage show
- Exhibitions
- Serpent
- Starfield
- Sideshow
- Score ladder
Title on it
- Magic
Text on it
- Exhibitions
- MAGIC
- 100,000
- 200,000
- 300,000
- 400,000
- 500,000
- 600,000
- 700,000
- 800,000
- 900,000
- 10,000
- 20,000
- 30,000
- 40,000
- 50,000
- 60,000
- 80,000
- 90,000
- 1
- 2
- 3
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Disembodied giant head at centre-left: green-yellow skin, heavy-lidded almond eyes, magenta lips, black bobbed hair with violet streaks, a magenta curl on the forehead, pink hoop earrings |
| Creature | Two enormous yellow-green hands with long splayed fingers, one at lower left and one at upper centre right of the head, both reaching outward |
| Woman | Right side, standing in profile on the ribbon: brunette hair swept up, magenta bikini, one arm raised above her head, legs bare, facing left |
| Animal | Long green-and-yellow striped serpent with a red head, coiling up from the lower centre towards the giant face and across the ribbon |
Translucent backglass art in a varnished wooden frame, dominated by a huge five-letter title 'MAGIC' across the top: thick slanted capitals in alternating yellow-white and orange, each letter split by a jagged lightning-bolt seam and outlined in dark maroon. Overlapping its upper left, the word 'Exhibitions' in flowing yellow cursive with a white drop shadow. The background is a deep royal blue starfield scattered with small white four-pointed stars, a thin white ringed circle (planet outline) at upper left, a tiny ringed planet and small saucer shapes at lower right, and a large purple spiral/sprocket disc cut by the right edge. From the left centre rises a giant disembodied woman's head with green-yellow skin, heavy-lidded eyes, magenta lips, black bobbed hair with violet highlights, a magenta curl on the forehead and pink hoop earrings; two enormous splayed yellow-green hands flank it, one lower left and one upper centre. A dark magenta ribbon sweeps down the left and across the top carrying white-outlined score figures, and a second olive-and-cream ribbon runs down the right. Bottom left is a blue numbered disc marked 1, 2, 3 in white segments, ringed by a yellow starburst. On the right, a brunette in a magenta bikini stands on the ribbon, one arm raised, beside a green-and-yellow striped serpent with a red head.