1964 · Gottlieb
Majorettes
Known for Red bumpers, Yellow bumpers and Top standup target. Green grass parade ground, bright blue sky with soft white cloud, yellow wooden picket fence running across the rear, ranks of small distant soldiers drawn in a long line behind the fence and cream cabinet border with red and dark blue diagonal hazard stripes.
- Year
- 1964
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- Bumper
Red bumpers
- Bumper
Yellow bumpers
- Target
Top standup target
On the playfield
Bumpers 2
- Red bumpers
- Yellow bumpers
Target 1
- Top standup target
Lane 1
- Upper side lanes
Post or gate 1
- Wall rubbers rubbers
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman A blonde teenage girl standing left of centre, striding forward. she wears a shiny gold roman-style helmet with a tall yellow horsehair crest and a small dark blue/purple plume, a sleeveless yellow tunic patterned with gold scales, a short pleated yellow skirt, and a long purple cape. bare legs, one knee lifted. she raises a short silver sword overhead in her right hand and looks to her right with a confident smile.
- man A smiling teenage boy drummer to the right of centre, wearing a scarlet tunic with white frogging loops across the chest, yellow-and-white horizontally striped trousers, and a tall red shako hat with a black-and-white feather plume. he holds two drumsticks over a blue-and-white snare drum slung at his hip.
- man A teenage boy musician in the centre wearing a yellow tunic with bold black horizontal stripes and white cross-belts, red trousers, and a white plumed cap. he has both arms raised to his mouth, blowing a small dark fife.
- man A second teenage boy drummer partly hidden behind the centre musician, in a red tunic with white cross-belt and pale blue-and-white striped trousers, wearing a yellow-plumed cap. he carries a bass drum at his hip.
- man A further small uniformed figure behind and to the left of the centre boy, in red with white belt, marching in profile.
- other A row of many tiny stylised soldiers in the far background, drawn as small red and blue uniformed figures standing in formation along the fence line.
Setting
- Green grass parade ground
- Bright blue sky with soft white cloud
- Yellow wooden picket fence running across the rear
- Ranks of small distant soldiers drawn in a long line behind the fence
- Cream cabinet border with red and dark blue diagonal hazard stripes
Text on it
- Cottle's
- MAJORETTES
- COTTLE
- 9
- 62
- SALES CORP
- MFD BY COTTLE'S & CO CHICAGO ILL 60651
- PATENT PIPE DEALER
- GAME OVER
- BALLS PLAY
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
- 2966
How it plays
-
Goals 2
- Red 1-2-3-4-5
- Yellow 1-2-3-4-5
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Reference
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: Marching-band parade led by blonde girl majorette raising short sword overhead, flanked by boy in red tunic beating snare drum and boy in yellow-striped tunic playing fife, third red-coated drummer behind them, MAJORETTES in enormous white block letters with red inline shading and dark blue drop shadow, yellow licence-plate-style emblem with date and SALES CORP below title
A marching-band parade led by a blonde girl majorette who raises a short sword overhead, flanked by a boy in a red tunic beating a snare drum and a boy in a yellow-striped tunic playing a fife, with a third red-coated drummer behind them. The title 'MAJORETTES' runs across the top in enormous white block letters with red inline shading and a dark blue drop shadow. A yellow licence-plate-style emblem with a date and the words 'SALES CORP' sits directly under the title, above a four-window mechanical counter reading 2966. Long red-and-blue diagonal hazard stripes run along the cream border at the sides and bottom corners.
Setting
- Green grass parade ground
- Bright blue sky with soft white cloud
- Yellow wooden picket fence running across the rear
- Ranks of small distant soldiers drawn in a long line behind the fence
- Cream cabinet border with red and dark blue diagonal hazard stripes
Symbols
- Short sword
- Military helmet with horsehair crest
- Shako hats with feather plumes
- Fife
- Snare drum and bass drum
- Drum major's baton
- Yellow picket fence
- Licence-plate style maker emblem
- Red and blue diagonal hazard stripes
Lettering
- Enormous white sans-serif block capitals with red inline drop-line shading and a heavy dark blue drop shadow for the title; 'cottle's' in white slanted cursive script; small condensed black capitals on a blue band for the maker's line; white condensed capitals in red panels for 'game over' and 'balls play'.
Themes
- Marching band
- Military parade
- Majorettes and drum corps
- Patriotic
- Counter reels
Title on it
- Majorettes
Text on it
- Cottle's
- MAJORETTES
- COTTLE
- 9
- 62
- SALES CORP
- MFD BY COTTLE'S & CO CHICAGO ILL 60651
- PATENT PIPE DEALER
- GAME OVER
- BALLS PLAY
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
- 2966
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | A blonde teenage girl standing left of centre, striding forward. she wears a shiny gold roman-style helmet with a tall yellow horsehair crest and a small dark blue/purple plume, a sleeveless yellow tunic patterned with gold scales, a short pleated yellow skirt, and a long purple cape. bare legs, one knee lifted. she raises a short silver sword overhead in her right hand and looks to her right with a confident smile. |
| Man | A smiling teenage boy drummer to the right of centre, wearing a scarlet tunic with white frogging loops across the chest, yellow-and-white horizontally striped trousers, and a tall red shako hat with a black-and-white feather plume. he holds two drumsticks over a blue-and-white snare drum slung at his hip. |
| Man | A teenage boy musician in the centre wearing a yellow tunic with bold black horizontal stripes and white cross-belts, red trousers, and a white plumed cap. he has both arms raised to his mouth, blowing a small dark fife. |
| Man | A second teenage boy drummer partly hidden behind the centre musician, in a red tunic with white cross-belt and pale blue-and-white striped trousers, wearing a yellow-plumed cap. he carries a bass drum at his hip. |
| Man | A further small uniformed figure behind and to the left of the centre boy, in red with white belt, marching in profile. |
| Other | A row of many tiny stylised soldiers in the far background, drawn as small red and blue uniformed figures standing in formation along the fence line. |
A flat printed backglass in a military marching-band parade theme, framed by a cream/white border striped with red and dark blue diagonal bars. Across the top, the word 'MAJORETTES' appears in huge block capitals, white with red inline shading and a dark blue drop shadow, with 'Cottle's' in slanted cursive script tucked under the left end of the word. Below sits a small yellow-and-red licence-plate style emblem reading 'COTTLE / 9 / 62 / SALES CORP'. A grey-framed reel window shows four mechanical counter reels reading 2 9 6 6, and a second white panel to the right reads 'PATENT PIPE DEALER'. A blue strip beneath the reels reads 'MFD BY COTTLE'S & CO CHICAGO ILL 60651'. The painted scene shows a parade ground: a blonde girl leader in a gold crested helmet with a purple cape and yellow scale-pattern tunic raising a short sword, three young band members in red and yellow tunics with plumed shako caps playing fife and drums, ranks of tiny distant soldiers behind a yellow fence, and green grass. The bottom carries 'GAME OVER' and 'BALLS PLAY' flanking a red-and-white 1-to-10 counter strip. Flat, hand-painted mid-century airbrushed illustration in red, blue, yellow, green and white.