1960 · Williams
Nags
Striped racing tent canopy across the top, painted grandstand with crowded spectator rail, tan dirt racecourse with running horses, green betting-stall panel at the bottom and dark blue night-sky wash behind the top props.
- Year
- 1960
- 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
- green
- red
- cream
- yellow
Fingerprint: NAGS title in large red serif capitals, red barrel labeled BALLS on left and enormous yellow-and-white GAME OVER ball on right framing center composition, red-rimmed rounded rectangle window with three white number cards and gold horseshoe medallion with red horse head, painted racecourse with running horses and grandstand stripe, green panel of six numbered horse stalls bottom
The two giant racing props framing the centre - a red BALLS barrel on the left and an enormous yellow-and-white GAME OVER ball on the right - dominate the composition. Below the title, three separate white number cards reading 2 0 6 sit in a red rounded window above a gold horseshoe medallion with a red horse head. A full painted grandstand and racecourse with running horses forms a horizontal stripe across the middle, and the bottom is a six-horse betting stall row with lit number windows, one glowing bright blue.
Setting
- Striped racing tent canopy across the top
- Painted grandstand with crowded spectator rail
- Tan dirt racecourse with running horses
- Green betting-stall panel at the bottom
- Dark blue night-sky wash behind the top props
Symbols
- Gold horseshoe
- Red horse head
- Red awning/tent stripes
- Large barrel drum
- Oversized striped ball
- Red start post
- Red directional arrows
- Three-card number display
- Lit number windows
Lettering
- Large red serif capitals with light outline for the title; black hand-lettered caps on cream and yellow signboards below; white capitals on coloured name panels; a cursive script signature sits above and left of the title but is not clearly resolvable
Themes
- Horse racing
- Betting
- Racecourse
- Grandstand
- Travelling fair
- Carousel-like canopy
Title on it
- Nags
Text on it
- NAGS
- BALLS
- GAME OVER
- 2
- 0
- 6
- START
- WIN
- YOUR HOSS
- THE WINNER!
- DREAM BOAT
- SUNNY
- FELIX
- DANGER PETE
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 5
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | Six stylised horse heads in the bottom stalls, numbered 1 to 6: chestnut/brown, bright blue, dark bay with red, pale tan/cream, white/grey, and orange-chestnut |
| Animal | Small red horse head emblem inside the gold horseshoe medallion below the number window |
| Animal | Several painted horses running on the track in the central racecourse scene, in brown and chestnut tones |
| Man | Jockey's head in a red cap and pale face peering over the top edge of the central red number window |
| Man | Standing man in a dark suit and blue shirt at the far right edge of the bottom panel, facing left, beside the second your hoss sign |
| Man | Standing man at the far left edge of the bottom panel, partly cropped, beside the first your hoss sign |
| Other | Crowd of small painted spectators filling the grandstand rail in the central scene |
A horse-racing themed backglass in a wood-framed cabinet, with a striped green and magenta tent-awning canopy running across the top. The title NAGS sits high centre in large red serif capitals with a pale outline, flanked below by two oversized racing props: on the left a fat red barrel-shaped drum labelled BALLS on a cream band, and on the right a huge yellow-and-white ball with a diagonal pink band reading GAME OVER. Between them sits a red-rimmed rounded rectangle window holding three white number cards reading 2, 0 and 6, above a gold horseshoe medallion enclosing a small red horse head; a jockey's head in a red cap peeks over the top of the window. The middle third is a painted racecourse scene: a long red-and-cream striped grandstand roof, packed crowd, running horses on a tan track, a red START post on the right and a WIN sign on the left. The bottom band is a green panel of six numbered horse stalls (1 to 6) each showing a stylised horse head in a different colour, flanked by yellow YOUR HOSS signs with red arrows and THE WINNER! placards, with a standing suited man at each outer edge. Glass reflections and lit number lamps are visible across the lower panel.