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1948 · United

Paradise

Seaside resort beach, pier with railings and bathers, striped bathing pavilion tower, palm trees, yellow parasol and deck chairs and sea and pier.

Year
1948
Maker
United
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.

Paradise backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • yellow
  • red
  • pink

Fingerprint: paradise title in yellow, stepped rainbow score ladder occupying entire left third with 8 Million descending to 100,000, blonde woman in red two-piece with green-magenta cape waving, tanned man beside her, beach resort scene with palm trees striped pavilion pier, comic style bright palette

Distinctive

A stepped rainbow-coloured score ladder climbing the entire left third, reading 8 Million down to 100,000 in cream letters on green, yellow, red, purple and blue pill-shaped bars, with a second thinner column of small squares reading 10,000 to 90,000. Next to it, a towering yellow PARADISE title with a cream script word above it. A blonde woman in a red two-piece and green-magenta cape stands with one arm thrown up against a blue sky. A blonde woman bent over at bottom-left with pink polka-dot straps and vivid red lips. Palm trees, a striped bathing tower and a pier full of tiny bathers complete the resort.

Setting

  • Seaside resort beach
  • Pier with railings and bathers
  • Striped bathing pavilion tower
  • Palm trees
  • Yellow parasol and deck chairs
  • Sea and pier

Symbols

  • Coloured pill-shaped score bars
  • Small square value markers
  • Palm trees
  • Bunting flags
  • Deck chair
  • Parasol
  • Striped bathing tower
  • Pier

Lettering

  • Large heavy yellow sans-serif block capitals with cream outline and black drop shadow for paradise; smaller yellow italic script with black outline above it; cream retro bubble-serif numerals and words with black shadow on the coloured score bars

Themes

  • Beach
  • Seaside resort
  • Bikinis
  • Holiday
  • Swimming
  • Score ladder

Title on it

  • Paradise

Text on it

  • United's
  • PARADISE
  • 8 Million
  • 7 Million
  • 6 Million
  • 5 Million
  • 4 Million
  • 3 Million
  • 2 Million
  • 1 Million
  • 900,000
  • 800,000
  • 700,000
  • 600,000
  • 500,000
  • 400,000
  • 300,000
  • 200,000
  • 100,000
  • 10,000
  • 20,000
  • 30,000
  • 40,000
  • 50,000
  • 60,000
  • 70,000
  • 80,000
  • 90,000
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Tall blonde woman standing, red two-piece swimsuit with green side panels, long green cape with magenta lining, one arm raised overhead waving, smiling, red lipstick
Man Tanned dark-haired young man standing beside her, bare chest, green swim trunks, one hand near her waist
Woman Brunette woman reclining, red swimsuit covered in white flowers, looking up and smiling
Man Young man in an open blue jacket and yellow trunks leaning back, holding the reclining woman
Woman Blonde woman at bottom-left bent forward, yellow swimsuit with pink polka-dot straps, pink bow at nape, bright red lips
Woman Small background figure lying back in a deck chair under a yellow-and-red parasol
Man Small background figure in a yellow shirt and blue shorts standing near a deck chair at right
Other Several tiny bathers on the pier and in the water
Full description

A painted beach-resort backglass in bright 1960s comic style. The right two-thirds is a sunny beach scene: pale blue sky with flat white cumulus clouds, turquoise sea, a white-and-red striped bathing pavilion tower, a mast with a red line running vertically, a bunting-flagged pole, a yellow pier and a pier railing of red posts with figures leaning on it. Five foreground figures in vintage swimwear: a tanned dark-haired man standing in green trunks; a tall blonde woman in a red two-piece with green panels and a long green-and-magenta cape, one arm raised, waving; a brunette woman in a red swimsuit patterned with white flowers reclining in a man's arms; a young man in an open blue jacket and yellow trunks leaning back; and bottom-left a blonde woman bent forward in a yellow suit with pink polka-dot straps, red lips and a pink bow at her nape. Mid-left a woman lies back in a deck chair under a yellow-and-red parasol. The whole left third is a stepped score ladder of coloured lozenges: green, yellow, yellow, red, purple, blue, green, yellow bars reading 8 Million down to 1 Million, then 900,000 down to 100,000, in cream lettering with black shadow; a thinner outer column of small squares reads 10,000 to 90,000. Blue sea, yellow, red and pink dominate.