1952 · Gottlieb
Queen of Hearts
Flat black cabinet-speaker background, large dark-red heart, pale yellow-green sunburst rays, curved yellow top banner and green speckled/painted foliage texture behind the figures.
- Year
- 1952
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the playfield
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- turquoise
- cream
- red
- green
Fingerprint: queen of hearts: Five horizontal card rows A-K-Q-J-10 with suit symbols stacked centre, huge cream heart between two white flippers, crowned red-haired queens on mirrored aprons beside red hearts, King and Queen caricatures face-off across green panel, turquoise lower field
The five horizontal rows of playing cards lettered A, K, Q, J, 10 with all four card suits stacked one above the other in the centre of the playfield - a card-face target bank, not drop targets. A huge cream-coloured heart fills the whole lower centre with the two white flippers mounted on it. Two matching crowned red-haired queens painted on mirrored left and right aprons, each paired with a solid red heart. A King of Hearts and a Queen of Hearts in jester-like costume face off across a green panel around a rainbow-ringed 1 POINT WHEN LIT target.
Setting
- Upper playfield: cream and yellow with a painted rainbow arc and radiating sunburst
- Middle: cream heart with fan of four playing cards
- Centre: green field with card-suit faces and a rainbow-ringed target
- Lower playfield: turquoise field with a large cream heart and silver instruction card
Symbols
- Playing-card suits: heart, diamond, spade, club
- Large numeral 3 and numeral 6 in circular cream medallions on left and right
- Red hearts on bumper caps and lane guides
- Rainbow arc bands
- Scoring numerals 50,000 and 500 000
- Point indicators with arrow symbols
- Qr code sticker at right lower edge
Notable shapes
- Giant cream heart occupying the lower centre with two flippers mounted on it
- Fan of four large playing cards in the mid-upper centre
- Large painted red hearts on both lower aprons
- Rainbow-ringed circular target in the centre
- Arched rainbow band across the top of the playfield
Art motifs
- Card-suit pip rows
- Crowns
- Spot-bumper caps styled as cakes/coins
- Heart silhouettes
- Ribbon banners
Themes
- Playing cards
- Hearts suit
- Alice in wonderland style
- Queens and kings
- Jester characters
- Score values
Title on it
- Queen of hearts
Text on it
- SPECIAL
- POINT WHEN LIT
- SPEED WHEN LIT
- 1000
- 200
- 100
- 50,000
- 3
- 6
- ONE POINT
- 1 POINT WHEN LIT
- 500 000
- A PRODUCT OF
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- VAPOR, CHICAGO, ILL.
- NO HACKING NO PRIZES
- KICKERS NOT PERMITTED TO PLAY THIS GAME
- 5 BALLS
- QUEEN OF HEARTS
- 5 GATE
- FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET
- FLIPPER
- © B. GOTTLIEB & CO.
- MFG. CHICAGO 51, ILL.
- 1962 Qihua Street, St. Marys, PA
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Left apron: crowned red-haired queen in profile facing right, pale skin, red lipstick, wearing a gold-and-red jewelled crown and a red-and-yellow striped gown with a red heart on the bodice, hands folded; next to her a large solid red heart. |
| Woman | Right apron: mirrored crowned red-haired queen in profile facing left, same gold crown, red-and-yellow striped gown, red heart on the bodice; beside her a large solid red heart. |
| Other | Centre-left: king of hearts caricature crawling/kneeling on the green field, bearded, yellow crown, red cape, blue-and-white spotted jester hose, one arm raised pointing right. |
| Other | Centre-right: queen of hearts caricature kneeling facing left, gold crown, blonde hair, red-and-white striped bodice, holding a striped scepter/fan arm raised toward the king. |
| Other | Upper playfield: painted blonde woman in a red swimsuit on the right upper lane, and a small painted figure on the left upper lane, among lane markings. |
A full single-level electro-mechanical playfield photographed under glass in a wooden cabinet, with heavy glare and reflections of the backglass and room across the surface. The upper third is warm cream and yellow with a rainbow arc; the middle is dominated by a large cream heart and a fan of four fanned playing cards showing a 50,000 score. Across the middle sit five horizontal card rows labelled A, K, Q, J, 10 with the four suit symbols, flanked by a big 3 on the left lane and a big 6 on the right lane. Three round white pop-bumper caps read POINT WHEN LIT, a central cap sits below the word SPECIAL. Two large crowned red-haired queens are painted on the left and right aprons, each beside a large solid red heart. In the green central panel a King of Hearts and a Queen of Hearts caricature face each other, flanking a rainbow-ringed target reading 1 POINT WHEN LIT, with a white signature cartouche beneath. The lower playfield is turquoise with a large cream heart between the two white flippers, and a silver instruction card headed QUEEN OF HEARTS. Colours: turquoise, cream/white, red, green.
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- black
- red
- yellow
- green
Fingerprint: queen of hearts with crowned blonde standing on giant dark-red heart, arms outstretched, grey trailing veil, yellow-and-red diamond skirt, four-pointed jester silhouettes on sides, grinning ruffed jester below, arc banner at top reading 4 MILLION, playing-card hands fanning, score panels in radiating rows, black background
A giant dark-red heart filling the backglass with a crowned blonde queen of hearts standing on it, arms outstretched, in a yellow-and-red diamond skirt and a long trailing grey veil. Oversized playing-card hands fan out on both sides, including a card showing a black jester silhouette labelled JOKER, with a matching grinning jester figure in a ruff below left and a jester in a red-and-yellow striped suit below right. A yellow arc banner at the top reads 4 MILLION in black and red block capitals above two staggered rows of coloured score panels.
Setting
- Flat black cabinet-speaker background
- Large dark-red heart
- Pale yellow-green sunburst rays
- Curved yellow top banner
- Green speckled/painted foliage texture behind the figures
Symbols
- Large dark-red heart
- Row of small red and black hearts along the bottom
- Fanned playing cards
- Ace of hearts
- Queen of hearts card
- King of hearts card
- Ten of hearts
- Nine of diamonds
- Seven of spades
- Five of spades
- Six of diamonds
- Black jester silhouette joker card
- Gold crown
- Sunburst rays
- Illuminated bulbs
Lettering
- Large yellow cursive script with red drop shadow for the title; heavy red block sans-serif capitals for million; white or yellow condensed numerals on coloured and black rounded rectangular score panels
Themes
- Playing cards
- Hearts
- Queen of hearts
- Jester
- Royalty
- Card game
Title on it
- Queen of hearts
Text on it
- 4
- MILLION
- Queen
- of
- Hearts
- 100,000
- 200,000
- 300,000
- 400,000
- 500,000
- 600,000
- 700,000
- 800,000
- 900,000
- JOKER
- POINTS
- 5
- 14
- Another BGR Restoration
- A PRODUCT OF
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Central blonde adult woman wearing a gold spiked crown with red jewels, red lipstick, dangling earrings; bare midriff, yellow halter bra, short skirt of yellow/red/black diamonds with a red heart at the hip; arms stretched wide, palms down, smiling; a long sheer grey-white veil or robe falls from her shoulders to the floor and spreads across the ground |
| Other | Left jester figure below the cards: male-presenting jester in a black-and-white costume with a yellow ruff collar, holding a fan of playing cards, a card reading joker across his chest |
| Other | Right jester figure below the cards: male-presenting jester in a red-and-yellow striped doublet, red cap with yellow points, holding a yellow cloth, arm raised |
Illuminated backglass on a black ground, dominated by a huge dark-red heart with a pale radiating sunburst. A blonde crowned woman stands centre, arms flung wide, wearing a yellow bra and a short skirt of yellow, red and black diamonds with a red heart motif, with a long grey-white translucent veil/robe sweeping down to the floor. Her title arcs over her in large yellow script with a red drop shadow reading Queen of Hearts, with a small scripted of between the words. Across the top a curved yellow banner carries a big black 4 and the red block word MILLION, with black dots and a lit yellow 4 inset at left. Two staggered rows of score panels arch over the heart: 100,000 in red, 500,000 in yellow, 200,000 in red, 600,000 in white on black, 700,000 in red, 300,000 in white on black, 800,000 in red, 900,000 in red, 400,000 in yellow. Two overlapping fanned hands of oversized playing cards rise left and right, with two court cards and a black JOKER silhouette card. Below sits a row of loose red and black hearts, a lit red 5 in a heart, a purple POINTS banner, a round BGR Restoration sticker and a small 14 notice.