1954 · Gottlieb
Stage Coach
Flat golden-yellow desert prairie, blue and purple snow-capped mountain range on the horizon, clear blue sky, sparse green scrub and a few dark green pine trees at the left horizon and white dusty sky band behind the mountains.
- Year
- 1954
- 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
- yellow
- blue
- red
- brown
Fingerprint: "STAGE COACH" title with white star separator; seven round medallions 1-7, alternating green, orange, red, blue colors, with "MILLION" and × multiplier marks; red stagecoach with horse team across golden prairie; flanking bare-chested rifleman and woman in white hat with cartridge belt; woman in large feathered war bonnet riding pinto; blue mountains, 1950s airbrushed cartoon
The seven round medallions numbered 1 to 7 in alternating green, orange, red, blue, green, red and orange, with 'MILLION' spelled out below them and small 'x' marks between each - a multiplier ladder rather than a score readout. Second, the running battle scene of a red stagecoach pulled by a mixed-colour horse team through a golden prairie, with white-tipped calves bouncing alongside the galloping hooves. Third, the two flanking full-height Western figures: a bare-chested man in a feathered headband holding a rifle at top left, and a woman in a green shirt and white hat with a cartridge belt at top right. Fourth, the large white feather war bonnet of the pinto-riding woman at the bottom right, which reads almost like a halo against the yellow ground.
Setting
- Flat golden-yellow desert prairie
- Blue and purple snow-capped mountain range on the horizon
- Clear blue sky
- Sparse green scrub and a few dark green pine trees at the left horizon
- White dusty sky band behind the mountains
Symbols
- White five-pointed star separating the two title words
- Seven numbered round medallions 1-7 as multipliers
- Small x multiplication marks between medallions
- Angled colour-coded score panels
- Five white diamond windows in the points panel
- Long rifles
- Cartridge belt
- Feather war bonnet
- Cartoon puffs of dust under hooves
Lettering
- Cream-white slab-serif block capitals with heavy black drop shadow for the title, thin orange-outlined spaced capitals for 'million', white condensed sans-serif capitals for 'points', and flowing red cursive signature in a white lozenge at the lower right
Themes
- Wild west
- Stagecoach
- Cattle drive
- Horse riders
- Prairie
- Native american headdress
- Cowboy
- Chase
Title on it
- Stage coach million
Text on it
- STAGE
- COACH
- MILLION
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 800.000
- 300.000
- 400.000
- 500.000
- 600.000
- 700.000
- 900.000
- 100.000
- 200.000
- POINTS
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Top left corner, standing, bare chest, orange trousers, feathered headband, holding a long rifle upright in his right hand, looking down and right |
| Woman | Top right corner, standing, green shirt, white wide-brimmed hat, cartridge belt across the hip, looking down and left |
| Vehicle | Red stagecoach with white-trimmed windows and yellow wheels, three horses in front, galloping to the right |
| Animal | A team of chestnut, bay and black horses, roughly eight in all across the scene, galloping with legs extended |
| Animal | Brown-and-white pinto horse at bottom right, ridden by the woman in the feathered headdress |
| Woman | Bottom right, full white-and-red feathered war bonnet with trailing feathers, red dress, riding the pinto, looking left |
| Man | Middle, red shirt, grey hat, riding a horse alongside the coach, leaning forward |
| Man | Middle, yellow hat, riding beside the coach |
| Man | Bottom left, orange shirt and black hat, seen from behind, running, one arm raised |
| Animal | Several small white-tipped calves and cattle scattering and running among the horses' legs |
A wide, brightly coloured cartoon backglass built around a red title banner across the top. The banner carries the block-lettered title 'STAGE' then a white five-pointed star, then 'COACH', in cream-white slab serif capitals with black shadowing, and beneath it the word 'MILLION' in spaced orange-outlined letters on yellow. Below sits a row of seven round number medallions, 1 to 7, in green, orange, red, blue, green, red and orange, separated by small white 'x' marks. Flanking the banner are two standing figures: at top left a bare-chested man in orange trousers and a feathered headband holding a long rifle upright, and at top right a woman in a green shirt and white hat with a cartridge belt. A band of angled, colour-coded score panels crosses the upper third: 800.000 and 300.000 on red, 400.000 on green, 500.000 on white with blue numerals, 600.000 and 100.000 on yellow, 700.000 on red, 900.000 on green, 200.000 on orange. The main scene is a Wild West cattle-drive chase across a flat golden-yellow prairie towards blue and purple snow-capped mountains under a clear blue sky. A red stagecoach with white-trimmed windows gallops rightwards, hauled by a team of chestnut, bay and black horses, with dust puffs and running white-tipped calves scattered around. Two men ride alongside, one in a red shirt and grey hat leaning forward, another in a yellow hat. Bottom left a man in an orange shirt and black hat is seen from behind, running. Bottom right a woman in a full white-and-red feathered war bonnet and red dress rides a brown-and-white pinto horse. At bottom centre a red stepped panel reads 'POINTS' in white capitals above five white diamond windows. A red script signature 'D. Gottlieb & Co.' sits in a white lozenge at the lower right, and a plain white square patch sits just above it. Style is flat 1950s airbrushed cartoon illustration with heavy black outlines.