1961 · Alben
Samba
Outdoor carnival street between two pink colonial buildings, pale blue sky with small yellow stars, green foliage and a tall palm tree behind the centre, wrought-iron balconies, arched windows and wall lamps on the buildings and yellow-and-blue patterned paving.
- Year
- 1961
- Maker
- Alben
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- pink
- yellow
- red
Fingerprint: SAMBA in ornate red-orange yellow serif letters arcing across pale blue star-flecked sky, carnival street scene with ruffled dancers, brown-haired woman holding white tambourine wearing gold bangles, five-piece band in yellow hats, palm tree, colonial buildings with green-trimmed arches, bright flat cartoon.
A carnival street scene packed with ruffled samba dancers, with the title SAMBA in ornate red-orange and yellow flour serif letters arcing across a pale blue star-flecked sky. A smiling brown-haired woman in the bottom centre holds a plain white tambourine up beside her head, wearing gold bangles and a green off-shoulder top. On the far left sits an enormous pale blue and white urn-shaped ball trough with a small white label reading BALL IN PLAY. A five-piece band in matching wide-brimmed yellow hats plays guitars and drums in a pink archway at the right, beneath a wrought-iron balcony.
Setting
- Outdoor carnival street between two pink colonial buildings
- Pale blue sky with small yellow stars
- Green foliage and a tall palm tree behind the centre
- Wrought-iron balconies, arched windows and wall lamps on the buildings
- Yellow-and-blue patterned paving
Symbols
- Five-pointed yellow stars
- Tambourine
- Guitars
- Bass drum
- Palm tree
- Wrought-iron balcony
- Ball trough urn
Lettering
- Large decorative serif capitals in red-orange with yellow inner fill and black shadow, overlaid with curling yellow flourishes; secondary text in bold red sans-serif capitals and red script on yellow-bordered plates
Themes
- Brazilian carnival
- Samba dancing
- Street party
- Band
- Colonial architecture
- Competition
Title on it
- Samba
Text on it
- SAMBA
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- 1 TO 2 CAN PLAY
- 1 PLAYER
- 2 PLAYERS
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE
- BALL IN PLAY
- alba
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Bottom centre, brown hair, gold earrings and bangles, green off-shoulder top, smiling, holding a plain white tambourine beside her head |
| Man | Centre right, black hair, white long-sleeve shirt and light blue trousers, arm raised clasping a partner's hand |
| Woman | Right of centre, yellow ruffled top and a full yellow-red-white tiered skirt, one arm raised to the man |
| Man | Left of centre, wide-brimmed yellow hat, yellow shirt, red sash and dark brown trousers, dancing |
| Woman | Left, dark upswept hair, yellow bodice and a red-and-yellow ruffled tiered skirt, dancing with hand on hip |
| Man | Far left edge, only partly visible in the crowd |
| Other | Five-piece carnival band at right, wide-brimmed yellow hats, red and blue costumes, playing guitars and a bass drum |
| Woman | Further background figures in ruffled skirts among the foliage |
A rectangular backglass panel set in a wide honey-coloured wooden frame with mitred corners, showing a bright flat cartoon of a Brazilian carnival street. The sky is pale blue with scattered small yellow stars, flanked left and right by pink colonial buildings with green-trimmed arched windows, wrought-iron balconies, wall lamps and archways. Across the top, large decorative serif lettering in red-orange with yellow inner fill and a black shadow reads SAMBA, the letters ornamented with curling yellow flourishes. Below it sit two symmetrically placed blue-and-yellow arrow-shaped score panels: the left carries a red-ringed white circle with 1 above four white reel windows showing 349, and beneath them a yellow-bordered red script plate reading 1st PLAYER; the right mirrors it with 2, showing 070, and 2nd PLAYER. Between them a tall palm tree rises behind a blue-bordered instruction box with a red header reading 1 TO 2 CAN PLAY, two red squares labelled 1 PLAYER and 2 PLAYERS, and a white panel of red capitals reading IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE. The lower half is crowded with dancing couples in ruffled yellow and red skirts, a smiling brown-haired woman holding a white tambourine, a man in a white shirt and blue trousers, and a five-piece carnival band in wide-brimmed yellow hats at the right. On the far left a large pale blue and white urn-shaped ball trough is labelled BALL IN PLAY. A red cursive signature reading alba sits low centre-right. Dominant colours are pale blue, pink, yellow, red and green.