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1958 · Williams

Satellite

Flat blue star-speckled night sky, pale blue and white clouds along top edge, large painted planet with orbital ring and small moons and rainbow-striped number ribbon across top.

Year
1958
Maker
Williams
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Backglass lights
Players
1

Made by

Design
Harry Mabs
Art
George Molentin

Vision analysis

On the backglass

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Satellite backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • green
  • red
  • white

Fingerprint: "SATELLITE" curved orange-red title, large green-and-blue planet with moons and orbital ring, rainbow ribbon with numbers 1-8, diagonal rocket-shaped score ladder, red and blue jackpot plaques.

Distinctive

The single most memorable element is a large painted green-and-blue planet with grey cratered moons orbiting it and a white orbital ring, sitting beside a rainbow ribbon of the numbers 1 through 8 across the top. A diagonal rocket-shaped score ladder reading 10 through 80 cuts across the lower half. The title SATELLITE is curved, chunky orange-red lettering with a yellow outline, sitting under the words Welcome in gold cursive. Ten red and blue oval jackpot plaques with white numerals scatter down the right side and bottom right. There are no people or characters at all - purely planets, rockets and numbers.

Setting

  • Flat blue star-speckled night sky
  • Pale blue and white clouds along top edge
  • Large painted planet with orbital ring and small moons
  • Rainbow-striped number ribbon across top

Symbols

  • Rainbow ribbon
  • Stars
  • Clouds
  • Orbital ring
  • Moons
  • Rocket ladder
  • Scattered yellow starbursts
  • Red and blue oval value plaques

Lettering

  • Curved chunky orange-red sans-serif block letters with yellow outline for the title; gold cursive script for welcome; red capitals on a yellow banner for millions; multi-coloured outlined numerals on the top ribbon; white and red numerals on the diagonal ladder; bold white numerals on red and blue ovals

Themes

  • Space
  • Planets
  • Rockets
  • Numbers
  • Jackpot values
  • Rainbow

Title on it

  • Satellite

Text on it

  • MILLIONS
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • Welcome
  • SATELLITE
  • 10,000
  • 100,000
  • 50,000
  • 300,000
  • 750,000
  • 200,000
  • 10
  • 20
  • 30
  • 40
  • 50
  • 60
  • 70
  • 80
  • 400,000
  • 70,000
  • 500,000
Who and what
Kind Description
Vehicle Long white and red rocket-shaped score ladder set diagonally across the lower half, nose pointing up to the right, marked 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 in red
Other Large green-and-pale-blue planet centre-left with darker green continents, small grey cratered moons orbiting and a white orbital ring
Vehicle Red rocket nose cone entering from the bottom left corner
Full description

Painted cartoon-style space backglass in a plain light-brown wooden frame. Flat mid-blue star-speckled sky with wispy pale clouds along the top. Centre-left is a large green-and-pale-blue planet with darker green continents, small grey cratered moons and a white orbital ring. A rainbow-striped curved ribbon sweeps across the top carrying 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 in multi-coloured block digits, with a yellow banner at left reading MILLIONS in red. A white-and-red rocket-shaped score ladder slants across the lower half, nose up-right, marked 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80; a red rocket nose enters at bottom left. Upper right: curved orange-red block letters with yellow outline spell SATELLITE, under cursive gold Welcome. Ten red and blue oval jackpot plaques with white numerals scatter down the right side. Colours: blue, green, red-orange, white.