1957 · Gottlieb
Silver
Wild west main street frieze of false-fronted wooden buildings with awnings, signage and a dusty orange road, flat coloured field behind the central logo and cocktail/party scene at a red-and-white checked table in the lower right corner.
- Year
- 1957
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
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
- magenta
- yellow
- navy blue
- red
Fingerprint: White "Silver" slab-serif logo on navy arrow-shaped shield with yellow starburst background, Wild West main-street frieze across top with false-front buildings, "Silver Inn" and "Jazz" signs, black-and-yellow lightning-bolt rider leaning forward on rearing white horse, red-shirted cowboy on rearing white horse, magenta "Millions"/"Thousands" bonus ladder on left with colored discs 7-1, showgirls in feather plumed costumes kicking at stage entrance.
The dominant element is the huge white 'SILVER' logo set on a navy arrow-shaped shield with a yellow starburst behind it, with a small red cursive script word sitting on the shield's upper point. Second, the Wild West main-street frieze across the very top, with named false-front buildings including a white 'SILVER INN' saloon sign and a 'JAZZ' sign written as musical notes, plus a black-and-yellow lightning-bolt rider and a red-shirted cowboy on rearing white horses. Third, the magenta 'MILLIONS' / 'THOUSANDS' bonus ladder on the left with the vertical 7-to-1 coloured discs. Fourth, two feather-costumed showgirls with plumed headdresses kicking beside three men drinking at a red-and-white checked table in the lower right. Fifth, the small printed maker's label 'A PRODUCT OF D. Gottlieb & Co. CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A.' on the right edge.
Setting
- Wild west main street frieze of false-fronted wooden buildings with awnings, signage and a dusty orange road
- Flat coloured field behind the central logo
- Cocktail/party scene at a red-and-white checked table in the lower right corner
Symbols
- Yellow lightning bolt on a black costume
- Horses
- Musical notes used as the 'jazz' lettering
- Yellow starburst behind the central shield
- Colour-coded numbered discs 7 to 1
- Bottles and drinking glasses on a red-and-white checked tablecloth
- Feather fans and plumed headdresses
Lettering
- Giant white slab-serif capitals with red inline shading and a yellow keyline, set on a navy arrow shield; a small red cursive script word above it; ribbon banner with white capitals; coloured discs and red-outlined numeral boxes in the bonus ladder; small painted storefront signage in mixed block and music-note lettering across the top frieze.
Themes
- Wild west
- Main street
- Showgirls
- Burlesque
- Cowboy
- Saloon
- Prize ladder
- Neon sign
Title on it
- Silver
Text on it
- NEPTUNE
- WELLS FARGO STAGE
- ARCADE
- SILVER INN
- JAZZ
- WESTERN
- Gottlieb
- SILVER
- MILLIONS
- THOUSANDS
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 900
- 90
- 800
- 80
- 700
- 70
- 600
- 60
- 500
- 50
- 400
- 40
- 300
- 30
- 200
- 20
- 100
- 10
- 00
- A PRODUCT OF
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A.
- An American Pinball
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | At upper left, a rider in a black and yellow costume with a large yellow lightning bolt on the chest, leaning forward on a rearing white horse, set against orange sky and clouds |
| Man | At upper right, a cowboy in a red shirt and hat on a rearing white horse, on the road in front of the 'jazz' and 'western' signs |
| Woman | Lower right, a blonde showgirl in a blue and white feathered costume with a tall blue and yellow plumed headdress, one leg kicked high behind her, bare legs and pink shoes |
| Woman | Lower right, a red-haired showgirl in a pink and magenta feathered costume with a plumed headdress, smiling, bare legs |
| Man | Lower centre-right, a man in a red and white checkered shirt seated at a table, holding a glass |
| Man | Lower centre-right, a bearded man in an orange shirt and pale hat seated at the table with bottles in front of him |
| Man | Lower centre-right, a man in a magenta shirt and cap seated at the table, facing left |
| Other | A bare female leg with a pink shoe kicking out at the left of the showgirls, from a partly cropped reclining figure |
A wooden-framed backglass painted as a Wild West main street in orange and coral, running across the top as a shallow frieze of false-fronted buildings with overhanging awnings and small signs: a yellow 'NEPTUNE' sign at far left, a pale 'WELLS FARGO STAGE' sign, a blue 'ARCADE', a white 'SILVER INN' sign with black block letters, a 'JAZZ' sign written as music notes, and a blue 'WESTERN' sign at right. Above the street, a rider in a black and yellow costume marked with a lightning bolt leans forward on a rearing white horse at the left, and a cowboy in a red shirt on a white horse rears at the right. Centre of the glass is dominated by a navy blue arrow-shaped shield with sharp points, over a yellow starburst: red cursive 'Gottlieb' script above enormous white slab-serif letters 'SILVER' with red inline and a yellow outer keyline. The left third is a magenta panel with a blue ribbon reading 'MILLIONS', a 'THOUSANDS' heading, and a bonus ladder of numerals 900, 800, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100 and 00 in red-outlined boxes beside coloured discs 7 to 1. At lower right two showgirls in pink and blue feather costumes with plumed headdresses kick and pose beside three men drinking at a red-and-white checked table. Style is flat, hand-inked comic illustration with heavy black outlines.