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1954 · Williams

Skyway

Futuristic harbour city skyline, suspension bridge, blue water with small boats, pale deck or tarmac foreground and tan sky band with radiating yellow rays.

Year
1954
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.

Skyway backglass

Backglass

  • red
  • teal
  • yellow
  • magenta

Fingerprint: SKYWAY title vertically in yellow-orange capitals on solid red left panel with white Williams script, three 1960s-style fashionably dressed young women in vivid pink red yellow outfits standing on blue harbour deck, black score panel inset red ledge listing 100 to 900 in nine colours, delta-wing jet aircraft and saucers with yellow rays in sky, MILLIONS banner top left

Distinctive

The most memorable element is a solid red vertical side panel carrying the word 'SKYWAY' in huge stacked yellow-orange capitals, with a small white cursive maker's script just above it. Second, three 1960s-style fashionably dressed young women in vivid pink, red and yellow outfits stand full-length on a deck in front of a blue harbour. Third, a black score strip inset into a red ledge lists 100 to 900 in nine different colours, each with three small squares beneath. Fourth, the sky is crowded with delta-wing jet aircraft and saucers emitting yellow rays. A slanted banner reading 'MILLIONS' sits in the top left corner.

Setting

  • Futuristic harbour city skyline
  • Suspension bridge
  • Blue water with small boats
  • Pale deck or tarmac foreground
  • Tan sky band with radiating yellow rays

Symbols

  • Flying saucers
  • Delta-wing jet aircraft
  • Radiating yellow rays
  • Suspension bridge
  • Skyline towers
  • Small coloured squares under score numbers

Lettering

  • Title in tall stacked yellow-orange sans-serif capitals with dark outline on a red panel; maker's name in small white cursive script; corner banner in slanted white block capitals

Themes

  • Aviation
  • Futuristic
  • Sky
  • Fashion
  • Airport

Title on it

  • Skyway

Text on it

  • Williams
  • SKYWAY
  • MILLIONS
  • 100
  • 200
  • 300
  • 400
  • 500
  • 600
  • 700
  • 800
  • 900
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Left figure: blonde bobbed hair, pink short-sleeved top, magenta shorts with white trim and belt, pink shoes, one hand raised in a wave, facing right, standing full length
Woman Centre figure: blonde hair seen from behind, red top and red shorts, arms outstretched to both sides, red shoes, back to the viewer
Woman Right figure: brunette hair, yellow long-sleeved top, magenta skirt, holding a small red object in her right hand, facing left, pink shoes
Vehicle Several delta-winged jet aircraft in red, green and yellow flying in the sky, plus a green saucer and a small hovering craft
Vehicle Small red and green boats on the water, and a large red-and-yellow striped tail fin at lower right
Full description

Wood-framed backglass, printed in flat mid-century airbrushed cartoon style. The left quarter is a solid red vertical panel carrying a small white cursive 'Williams' script logo near the top and the title 'SKYWAY' set vertically down the panel in large yellow-orange block capitals with a darker outline. Across the upper third is a long rounded red ledge holding a black inset score panel with the numbers 100 through 900, each in a different colour (red 100, green 200, pink 300, yellow 400, blue 500, orange 600, green 700, pink 800, yellow 900), each number having a row of three small coloured squares beneath it. Above the ledge a pale tan band shows a futuristic sky: delta-winged red and green jet aircraft, a green saucer, a small hovering craft, a flying-saucer shape and yellow rays radiating from a horizon. A diagonal banner in the upper left corner reads 'MILLIONS'. The main scene shows three young women on a pale deck beside blue water: a blonde in a pink short-sleeved top and magenta shorts with white trim raising one hand; a blonde seen from behind in a red top and red shorts with arms out; and a brunette in a yellow top and magenta skirt holding a small red object. Behind them a suspension bridge, a harbour skyline with towers and a tall rocket-like spire, small red and green boats and a red-and-yellow striped tail fin at lower right.