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1950 · Williams

Rag Mop

Year
1950
Maker
Williams
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Backglass lights
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.

Rag Mop backglass

Backglass

  • yellow
  • sky blue
  • black
  • red

Fingerprint: Oversized pale profile of sleeping blonde woman, two dancing couples, "RAG MOP" yellow block title with musical notes, six coloured numbered stars, blue dinner-jacket band.

Distinctive

An enormous pale profile of a sleeping blonde woman with red fingernails fills the bottom-left corner, far larger than everything else. Two couples of dancers in mid-twirl occupy the centre, one pair framed by a red-and-white striped skirt. A yellow banner of multicoloured numerals 1-9 running into the word 'MILLION' crowns the whole backglass above a black band of exclamatory score values. Six brightly coloured numbered stars scattered over a blue-and-white cloud sky give it the look of a scattering of targets.

Symbols

  • Musical notes
  • Five-pointed coloured stars numbered 1-6
  • Red drums
  • Trumpet
  • White stars on orange sky
  • Small satellite silhouette

Lettering

  • Chunky display capitals in flat primary colours with white keylines and black drop shadows; the title is yellow with black hatched shading, 'million' is slanted white italic

Themes

  • Music
  • Dancing
  • Couples
  • Band
  • Big band
  • Singing

Title on it

  • Rag mop

Text on it

  • RAG MOP
  • Williams
  • MILLION
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 1000!
  • 2000!
  • 3000!
  • 4000!
  • 5000!
  • 6000!
  • 7000!
  • 8000!
  • 9000!
  • 70!
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Oversized profile head bottom left, pale skin, platinum blonde swept-back hair, closed eyes, red lips, hands with long red nails raised under her chin
Woman Centre, blonde with curled hair, white off-the-shoulder blouse, red-and-white horizontally striped skirt, dancing, one arm raised
Man Centre, dark-haired, bright green shirt, dancing hold with the blonde woman, one arm around her waist
Woman Left, blonde in a green top and green skirt, dancing
Man Left, brown-haired in a red shirt and dark trousers, dancing with the green-clad woman
Man Bottom right, blue dinner jacket, seated at a red drum, holding a stick
Man Bottom right, blue dinner jacket with white shirt, dark hair, holding a stick over a drum
Man Far right, blue jacket, arm raised blowing a yellow trumpet or horn
Full description

A framed painted backglass with a warm wood-grain outer frame and a sky-blue sky of white clouds. Across the top a yellow arc carries the digits 1 through 9, each in a different colour with a white and black outline, followed by 'MILLION' in slanted white letters. Under it a black curved band carries the values 1000! to 9000! in alternating red, blue, yellow, orange and green. The title 'RAG MOP' arches across the middle in large yellow letters with black hatched shading and a heavy black outline; small black musical notes are scattered around it. Six coloured five-pointed stars with black drop shadows are numbered 1 to 6 in white. Lower centre a blonde woman in a white off-the-shoulder bodice and a red-and-white striped skirt dances with a dark-haired man in a green shirt. At left a second couple dances, the woman in green with blonde hair, the man in a red shirt. Bottom left is an oversized profile of a pale blonde woman with closed eyes and red lips, her red-nailed hands raised near her cheek. Bottom right a row of men in blue dinner jackets plays percussion and brass on red drums. The upper right corner is orange with white stars and a small satellite-like silhouette.