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1949 · Chicago Coin

Majors of '49

Flat mid-blue sky with white clouds and green shrubbery along the horizon.

Year
1949
Maker
Chicago Coin
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.

Majors of '49 backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • white
  • green
  • red

Fingerprint: Baseball: Batter in pale uniform holding bat, catcher at right edge with face mask, huge diagonal ladder of coloured score panels marching from top-left, pale-yellow numeral 321, RUNS box with number tiles grid.

Distinctive

The unmistakable feature is the giant diagonal ladder of multi-coloured score panels marching from the top-left corner down to the foot of the glass, each printed with a white descending number from 900,000 to 10,000. Second, the white bevelled RUNS box at the top right with bold red block capitals and a surrounding grid of raised number tiles 1 to 10 and 20, its edges marked like baseball stitching. Third, the painted baseball trio at the bottom: a batter in a pale uniform holding a bat, a dark-clothed figure behind him, and a masked catcher crouched at the far right. Fourth, the oversized pale-yellow numeral 321 above the score ladder.

Setting

  • Flat mid-blue sky with white clouds
  • Green shrubbery along the horizon

Symbols

  • Baseball stitching marks
  • Wooden baseball bat
  • Catcher's face mask
  • Catcher's mitt
  • Number tiles 1-10 and 20
  • Flared coloured score panels

Lettering

  • Bold red sans-serif capitals on white bevelled tiles for runs and the numerals; large slanted yellow script with a black outline across the top; white numerals on coloured panels for the score ladder

Themes

  • Baseball
  • Outdoor sport
  • Score ladder
  • Runs counter
  • Home run scoring

Text on it

  • 321
  • 900,000
  • 800,000
  • 700,000
  • 600,000
  • 500,000
  • 400,000
  • 300,000
  • 200,000
  • 100,000
  • 90,000
  • 80,000
  • 70,000
  • 60,000
  • 50,000
  • 40,000
  • 30,000
  • 20,000
  • 10,000
  • RUNS
  • 10
  • 20
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • CHICAGO COIN'S
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Baseball batter in a pale grey-white uniform with dark sleeves and a dark cap, side-on, holding a light wooden bat raised across his shoulder, painted in flat cartoon style
Man A second painted figure in dark navy clothing and a dark cap, standing behind and to the right of the batter, partly overlapped by the score ladder
Man Catcher at the far right edge, crouched, in a wire face mask and chest protector, in browns and tans
Full description

A painted baseball backglass, photographed inside a chunky pale wooden backbox frame. The dominant feature is a huge, steeply raked ladder of coloured rectangular score panels running from the top-left corner down to the bottom centre, each a different colour (crimson, dark blue, salmon, yellow, green, maroon, navy, cream) printed with a white value descending from 900,000 at the top to 10,000 at the foot. Above the ladder sits a large pale-yellow numeral reading 321. In the centre-right is a white, bevelled, box-like card headed RUNS in bold red capitals on a red bar, surrounded by a grid of raised white number tiles running 1 through 10 and 20, its black stitch-like marks reading as baseball seams. A large slanted script word in yellow with a black outline crosses the top, and maroon lettering reading CHICAGO COIN'S sits on a curved white panel. Painted figures fill the lower half: a batter in a pale grey-white uniform with dark cap and dark sleeves gripping a light wooden bat; a second figure in dark navy clothing; and a catcher at the right edge in a wire face mask and chest protector, crouching with a mitt. Background is a flat mid-blue sky with white clouds above green shrubbery.