1969 · Playmatic
Poker
Interior of a victorian card parlour or gambling hall, stone balustrade and curving staircase, window with red curtains and golden columns and pale blue-grey wall scattered with faint numerals.
- Year
- 1969
- Maker
- Playmatic
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- blue
- yellow
- green
Fingerprint: Poker in red script, showgirl in yellow-blue frilled costume perched on wooden stair rail with leg kicked up, crowded Victorian card parlour, four court cards on dark green banner, green baize table with gamblers, organ at left, red stage curtains, faint numerals floating, milky-white damaged patch centre, pale blue wall.
A showgirl in a yellow-and-blue frilled costume and orange fishnet stockings perched on a carved wooden stair rail with one leg kicked up behind her, dominating the centre-left. The whole right half is a densely packed Victorian card game around a green baize table, with a red-curtained window behind. Four court cards with red, black, heart and spade suits are pinned in a row across the top right on a jagged dark green banner. Faint oversized numerals float across the pale blue wall behind, and a milky-white washed-out patch blots out the lower centre of the artwork.
Setting
- Interior of a victorian card parlour or gambling hall
- Stone balustrade and curving staircase
- Window with red curtains and golden columns
- Pale blue-grey wall scattered with faint numerals
Symbols
- Four playing-card court cards in a row
- Red diamond suit
- Black club suit
- Red heart suit
- Black spade suit
- Scattered playing cards on the table
- Green baize card table
- Golden columns
- Red stage curtains
- Carved wooden balustrade
- Organ with sheet music
- Scattered background numerals
Lettering
- Large slanted red script with heavy white inline and a dark blue drop shadow, set diagonally in the upper left; yellow hand-lettered capitals on a dark blue sign bottom left
Themes
- Poker
- Card game
- Gambling parlour
- Showgirl
- Music hall
- Victorian
Title on it
- Poker
Text on it
- Poker
- IT'S MORE FUN TO PLAY
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Showgirl, red/auburn upswept hair with yellow feather plume, yellow-and-blue frilled corset costume with red rose, orange fishnet stockings, black high-heeled boots, blue glove, leaning on the stair rail with one leg kicked up behind, mouth open in a laugh |
| Woman | Blonde woman in a long dark olive/brown dress with white collar, standing on the staircase behind the showgirl, one hand on the rail |
| Man | Older man in a dark suit and white shirt seated at far left at an organ or piano, an open sheet of music propped in front of him |
| Woman | Black-haired woman in a low-cut red dress with blue trim and a small blue hat, seated at the card table facing right, holding cards |
| Man | Man in a black bowler-style hat and green shirt seated beside her, holding a fan of cards |
| Child | Boy in a blue shirt and dark cap seated at the table, looking down at the cards |
| Woman | Blonde woman in an orange blouse seated mid-table, facing left |
| Man | Tall man in a brown suit and tie standing behind the table, looking down at the game |
| Man | Man in a blue shirt with his back to the viewer, seated right foreground, grey hair |
| Man | Man in a grey hat and grey coat at the right edge, seated side-on at the table |
Painted backglass with a crowded Victorian card-parlour scene. The word 'Poker' runs diagonally across the upper left in large red script letters with a thick white outline and a dark blue drop shadow. The pale blue-grey wall behind is scattered with faint large numerals (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). Across the upper right, four white rectangular cards sit in a row on a dark green, jagged-edged banner, each showing a court-card figure with a different suit. Centre-left, a showgirl in a yellow-and-blue frilled costume, orange fishnet stockings and black boots leans over a carved wooden stair rail with one leg kicked up behind her; a blonde woman in a dark dress stands on the stairs behind. At the far left a man in a dark suit sits at an organ or piano with an open sheet of music. The right half is filled with a mixed group of men and women crowded around a green baize card table scattered with cards and chips, backed by a window with red curtains and golden columns. Bottom left, a dark blue sign reads 'IT'S MORE FUN TO PLAY' in yellow. A rounded red badge with white lettering sits at the bottom right, its text too blurred to resolve. An irregular milky-white blob obscures part of the lower centre, covering the showgirl's lower leg and the table front.