1956 · Williams
Perky
Deep blue-purple starfield speckled with small white dots, broad magenta-purple diagonal band running from upper left to lower right, radiating yellow sunburst rays behind the central title, bottom border row of glossy coloured balls in green, yellow, red and blue and pale fan or feather shape at the lower left corner.
- Year
- 1956
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Harry Williams
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- purple
- blue
- yellow
- orange
Fingerprint: Towering multicoloured PERKY logo block letters each different colour red-orange yellow green violet star sparkles inside yellow sunburst behind, left-hand diagonal ladder nine yellow-edged score bars 100000-900000 paired vertical run nine white discs numbered 1-9 colored stars, three top-hat-wearing showgirls orange white crowd lower right smiling saluting, bottom border coloured balls
The towering multicoloured PERKY logo, whose block letters are each a different colour (red-orange, yellow, green, violet) with star sparkles inside and a yellow sunburst behind. Second most memorable is the left-hand diagonal ladder of nine yellow-edged score bars reading 100 000 up to 900 000, paired with a vertical run of nine white discs numbered 1 to 9 on coloured stars. Three top-hat-wearing showgirls in orange and white crowd the lower right, smiling and saluting, above a bottom border of coloured balls. The upper-left 'Williams MILLIONS' script-and-banner lockup sits beside a partly hidden large numeral.
Setting
- Deep blue-purple starfield speckled with small white dots
- Broad magenta-purple diagonal band running from upper left to lower right
- Radiating yellow sunburst rays behind the central title
- Bottom border row of glossy coloured balls in green, yellow, red and blue
- Pale fan or feather shape at the lower left corner
Symbols
- Nine white discs numbered 1 to 9 on coloured five-pointed stars
- Nine yellow-edged score bars in a diagonal staircase
- Yellow radiating sunburst behind the title
- Green circular maker medallion with an arrow crossing it
- White five-pointed star
- Row of coloured balls along the bottom edge
- White fan or feather motif at lower left
Lettering
- Title in tall multi-coloured block capitals with white keyline, dark drop shadow, internal star sparkles and a radiating yellow halo; top-left name in flowing white script above a curved white ribbon banner of green capitals; score numerals in squared white display digits on coloured bars; green circular medallion carrying small script and capitals.
Themes
- Variety or show-business stage theme
- Top-hatted showgirls
- Score ladder
- Numbered progression discs
- Starburst
Title on it
- Perky
Text on it
- Williams
- MILLIONS
- PERKY
- MANUFACTURING
- COMPANY
- 900 000
- 800 000
- 700 000
- 600 000
- 500 000
- 400 000
- 300 000
- 200 000
- 100 000
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Centre left: brunette showgirl in a white top hat, white collar and a shiny purple two-piece costume with a plunging neckline and briefs; one leg raised and knee bent, one arm lifted to tip her hat, pale skin, red lips, head turned left. |
| Man | Top right: dark-haired man in a bright yellow tuxedo with black-and-white patterned lapels and cuffs, white shirt and ruffled front, one arm raised out to the side, standing on the top score bar. |
| Woman | Lower right foreground: blonde showgirl in a white top hat with a green band, white strapless top, smiling broadly and looking out at the viewer, saluting with her right hand at the hat brim. |
| Woman | Lower right, behind the blonde: red-haired showgirl in a white top hat, white gloves and an orange halter top, hand raised to her hat in a salute, holding a thin wand or cane. |
| Woman | Far lower right edge: brunette showgirl in a white top hat and a yellow-orange halter costume, turned in profile facing left, cropped by the right edge. |
A painted, star-speckled electro-mechanical backglass in saturated purple, blue, yellow and orange. The whole upper centre is dominated by the title PERKY, set in tall block capitals of alternating red-orange, yellow, green and violet, each letter outlined in white with dark shadow, sparkles printed inside the letterforms, and a halo of yellow rays behind. Upper left, white script 'Williams' sits above a curved white banner reading MILLIONS in green capitals, with a large pale numeral partly hidden behind the banner. Centre left, a nine-step ladder of score bars climbs diagonally from bottom left to upper right, 100 000 through 900 000, the numerals in white on alternating purple, green, orange and blue bars each edged in bright yellow. Down the left edge runs a stack of nine numbered emblems, 1 to 9, each set in a white disc on a coloured five-pointed star. Five showgirl and showman figures in white top hats and stage costumes are scattered across the art; one brunette in a purple two-piece balances on a raised leg at centre left, a dark-haired man in a bright yellow tuxedo stands top right, and three women in orange and white costumes fill the lower right corner. A row of glossy coloured balls lines the bottom edge.