1957 · Gottlieb
Straight Flush
Pale pink and white diamond-lattice wallpaper, large illustrated roulette wheel with yellow centre and blue outer ring, fan of oversized playing cards at upper left and plain varnished wooden frame with dark inner edge.
- 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
- pink
- yellow
- red
- green
Fingerprint: straight flush title curving in bold yellow block capitals arcing over large blue-gold roulette wheel surrounded by sunburst of playing cards; grinning showgirl in black-red harlequin costume with plumed headdress standing in yellow wheel hub with both arms raised high; crowned auburn-haired queen with ringlets dominates upper right, smaller crowned king figure beside her; red ribbon banner with maker's name in white script diagonal across middle
A huge blue-and-gold roulette wheel surrounded by a sunburst of playing cards, with STRAIGHT FLUSH in fat yellow letters arcing over it. A grinning showgirl in a harlequin costume stands in the yellow hub with both arms raised. A crowned auburn-haired queen with ringlets dominates the upper right, with a smaller crowned king beside her. A red banner with the maker's name in white script runs diagonally across the middle.
Setting
- Pale pink and white diamond-lattice wallpaper
- Large illustrated roulette wheel with yellow centre and blue outer ring
- Fan of oversized playing cards at upper left
- Plain varnished wooden frame with dark inner edge
Symbols
- Playing-card suits: hearts, spades, diamonds, clubs
- Playing cards (red, yellow, white, green)
- Roulette wheel with numbered pockets
- Crowns
- Feathered headdress
- Red ribbon banner
- Score chart grid with green blank squares
Lettering
- Bold yellow sans-serif block capitals with green shadow for the curved title; black cursive script for the top centre line; white script on red ribbon; white sans-serif capitals on a blue bar for the score heading; outlined pale capitals top left
Themes
- Poker cards
- Roulette
- Gambling
- Royal court
- Circus showgirl
Title on it
- Straight flush
Text on it
- MILLIONS
- Amusement Pinballs
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH
- THOUSANDS
- 900
- 800
- 700
- 600
- 500
- 400
- 300
- 200
- 100
- 90
- 80
- 70
- 60
- 50
- 40
- 30
- 20
- 10
- 00
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Showgirl in the yellow wheel centre, black-and-red harlequin bodice, plumed headdress, both arms raised, smiling |
| Woman | Large crowned queen at upper right, auburn ringlet hair, tall green-and-gold crown, green and red gown, front-facing smile |
| Man | Smaller crowned king figure left of the queen, green clothing, yellow crown, holding a sceptre-like baton |
| Creature | Multiple court-card faces (jacks, queens, kings) drawn on the oversized cards at upper left and on the card sunburst |
A single rectangular painted panel in a plain varnished wood frame, background a pale pink-and-white diamond lattice. The big title STRAIGHT FLUSH curves in bold yellow block capitals with a green drop shadow across a green band, arcing over a large roulette wheel drawn in blue, black, red and gold with a yellow centre disc; a dozen playing cards radiate outward from the wheel hub like a sunburst, showing red hearts, black spades, and face cards. In the centre disc a smiling showgirl in a black-and-red harlequin bodice with a plumed headdress throws both arms up. Upper right is a large crowned queen with auburn ringlets, a tall green-and-gold crown and a green-and-red gown; just left of her stands a smaller crowned king figure in green with a yellow crown. Left of the queens, a fan of oversized red, yellow, white and green playing cards, some bent, with several court cards tumbling. Top centre reads Amusement Pinballs in black script; a red ribbon across the centre reads D. Gottlieb & Co. in white script. The left third is a scoring chart headed THOUSANDS in white on blue, above rows of red number boxes 900, 800, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100 with a parallel column 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 00 and a column of plain green squares. Faint outlined MILLIONS lettering sits top left. Signatures and copyright lines are present but too small to resolve.