1956 · Gottlieb
Score-Board
Flat mid-green painted backdrop, red curtain swag across the top, yellow arrow-shaped shields behind each score window, rainbow arc segments radiating behind the numeral badges and varnished wooden cabinet frame at the edges.
- Year
- 1956
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- red
- yellow
- turquoise
Fingerprint: Blonde pin-up on red-white striped beach ball writing on score keeper clipboard, four colour-coded mechanical score windows numbered 1-4, Gottlieb's 4-PLAYER Score-Board in red script, mid-green field, rainbow arc segments behind, beach theme
The central laughing blonde pin-up in a turquoise swim suit perched on a red-and-white striped beach ball, writing on a 'SCORE KEEPER' clipboard, is the single most memorable element. Framing her are four separate colour-coded mechanical score windows (red, green, blue, red) numbered 1 to 4 in speech-bubble banners reading '1st PLAYER' through '4th PLAYER'. A tilted white logo banner slung across her shins reads 'Gottlieb's 4-PLAYER Score-Board' with the word 'Score-Board' in huge red script. A tiny white 'A PRODUCT OF' placard hangs above her head like a shop sign, and small side panels read 'PLAYERS' and 'BALL IN PLAY'.
Setting
- Flat mid-green painted backdrop
- Red curtain swag across the top
- Yellow arrow-shaped shields behind each score window
- Rainbow arc segments radiating behind the numeral badges
- Varnished wooden cabinet frame at the edges
Symbols
- Red-and-white striped beach ball
- Pen and clipboard
- Rainbow arc segments
- Speech-bubble shaped player number badges
- Yellow arrow/shield panels
- Red curtain swag
Lettering
- Mixed: heavy red script with yellow outline for 'score-board', blue sans-serif capitals for 'gottlieb's', red block capitals with white drop shadow for the player banners, blue condensed capitals for the side panel headings, black cursive handwriting on the clipboard
Themes
- Pin-up
- Beach
- Swimwear
- Score keeping
- Four player
- Mechanical score reels
Title on it
- Gottlieb's 4-player score-board
Text on it
- A PRODUCT OF
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A.
- SCORE KEEPER
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- 3rd PLAYER
- 4th PLAYER
- Gottlieb's 4-PLAYER
- Score-Board
- Amusement Products
- PLAYERS
- BALL IN PLAY
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1 1 0
- 1 5 0
- 1 6 0
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young adult blonde woman, fair skin, short curly 1950s-style hair, wide open-mouthed smile showing teeth, rosy cheeks, hoop earrings; strapless turquoise blue swim costume with yellow wavy trim across the bust and matching turquoise skirt; sits cross-legged astride a red-and-white striped beach ball, bare legs crossed, right hand holding a pen, left hand supporting a light blue clipboard |
A painted pinball backglass on a mid-green field, laid out symmetrically around a central pin-up figure. A blonde woman in a strapless turquoise swim costume with yellow trim sits cross-legged on a red-and-white striped beach ball, smiling broadly and holding a pen and a light blue clipboard headed 'SCORE KEEPER' with cursive writing beneath. Above her head a small white hanging sign reads 'A PRODUCT OF D. Gottlieb & Co. / CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A.'. Four separate mechanical score windows flank her in two stacked pairs, each a coloured plastic panel with a white number strip and a bold banner beneath: top-left red '1st PLAYER' reading 1 1 0 with a red numeral 1 above; upper-right green '2nd PLAYER' reading 1 5 0 with a green 2; mid-left blue '3rd PLAYER' reading 1 5 0 with a blue 3; mid-right red '4th PLAYER' reading 1 6 0 with a red 4. Each window sits inside a yellow arrow-like shield with rainbow arc segments behind it. A tilted white banner across the lower centre reads 'Gottlieb's 4-PLAYER Score-Board' in red script and block capitals, with 'Amusement Products' below. Lower left a white panel headed 'PLAYERS' shows coloured numerals 1 2 3 4; lower right a panel headed 'BALL IN PLAY' shows 1 2 3 in green, yellow and red. Red curtain swags top the corners, framed by varnished wood.