1952 · Genco
Springtime
Flat green-blue sky wash, yellow-green meadow and grassy bank at the bottom, leafy cherry tree filling the left third, slim bare tree at the right edge and small flat yellow-white cloud shapes behind the central figure.
- Year
- 1952
- Maker
- Genco
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- yellow
- red
- cream
Fingerprint: Springtime title in massive red script across blonde woman's waist, arms flung wide, yellow dress, spring meadow with cherry tree, arc of score medallions 1-5 MILLIONS across top, row of twelve red-cream striped drop posts numbered 1-12, pale purple ball-launcher rail with two dark blue balls, greenish-blue sky, flat bright cartoon palette.
The single blonde woman in a sleeveless yellow dress standing centre with both arms flung wide and her head thrown back, dwarfed by the sweeping red script word Springtime that cuts straight across her waist. Around her, an arc of white ovals enumerating 100 000 up to 900 000 in green numerals, beneath five cream discs numbered 1 to 5 over a red MILLIONS ribbon. A pale purple ball-launcher rail with two dark blue balls on it runs diagonally across the very top, just under the GENCO'S lettering. The bottom third is a comb of twelve upright red-and-cream striped drop posts numbered 1 to 12 in cream ovals.
Setting
- Flat green-blue sky wash
- Yellow-green meadow and grassy bank at the bottom
- Leafy cherry tree filling the left third
- Slim bare tree at the right edge
- Small flat yellow-white cloud shapes behind the central figure
Symbols
- Two dark blue billiard-style balls on the top launch rail
- Row of dark blue balls resting at the lower right below the value panel
- Row of twelve upright red-and-cream striped posts
- Cream and white oval value medallions
- Red ribbon banner
- Leafy fruit tree
Lettering
- Genco's in large white block capitals with a red outline; millions in white serif capitals on a red ribbon; springtime in enormous flowing red cursive script with a white outline and long swash on the capital s; numerals in plain rounded sans-serif, red on cream discs and green on white ovals
Themes
- Spring
- Cherry blossom
- Outdoor meadow
- Single central woman figure
- Value ladder scoring
- Drop targets
Title on it
- Springtime
Text on it
- GENCO'S
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- MILLIONS
- 100 000
- 200 000
- 300 000
- 400 000
- 500 000
- 600 000
- 700 000
- 800 000
- 900 000
- 10 000
- 20 000
- 30 000
- 40 000
- 50 000
- 60 000
- 70 000
- 80 000
- 90 000
- TILT
- Springtime
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 10 000 000
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | One blonde adult woman, centre of the glass, wearing a sleeveless full-length yellow dress with a gathered skirt; arms raised and flung wide to either side, head tilted back, long wavy hair falling over both shoulders; she stands in the meadow in front of two flat yellow cloud shapes |
A transom-style painted backglass inside a pale honey-coloured wooden cabinet with wide bevelled side rails. The background is a flat greenish-blue sky over a yellow-green spring meadow, with a leafy cherry tree filling the left side and a slim bare-branched tree on the right. Across the very top a pale purple-grey metal ball-launcher rail runs diagonally, with two glossy dark blue balls sitting on it at the left. Immediately under it, large white block capitals with a red outline spell GENCO'S. Below that, five cream-coloured discs in a gentle arc carry the red numerals 1 2 3 4 5, over a red ribbon banner bearing MILLIONS in white serif capitals. An arc of nine white ovals with green numerals reads 100 000, 200 000, 300 000, 400 000, 500 000, 600 000, 700 000, 800 000 and 900 000. A second, lower row of small cream discs reads 10 000 through 90 000 in red. In the centre stands a single blonde woman in a sleeveless yellow dress, arms flung wide and raised, head tilted back. Across her body sweeps the word Springtime in enormous red script with a white outline. The bottom third is a row of upright red-and-cream striped posts above twelve numbered cream ovals 1 to 12, flanked by white-on-red 100 000 and 10 000 000 panels. Dominant colours are green, yellow, red and cream.