1962 · Chicago Coin
Sun Valley
Pale blue sky with white clouds behind a huge sunburst, carnival midway booth with bunting at top centre, green golf course with a small sand bunker and pond at left and green fairway and horizon at right.
- Year
- 1962
- Maker
- Chicago Coin
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Made by
- Design
- Jerry Koci
- Design
- John Gore
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- yellow
- blue
- red
- white
Fingerprint: SUN VALLEY with gigantic yellow sunburst and 3x3 grid of nine green numbered targets dominating composition, two oversized female golfers flanking the sun (one carrying three clubs, one pulling rope), carnival bunting booth with small figure between score windows, bright cartoon flat colours, landscape format with sky-blue background
The most memorable element is the enormous yellow sunburst disc that fills the centre of the glass, with the title burnt into its face and nine green numbered round targets (1-9) set into its lower half like a bingo card. Flanking it are two oversized female golfers: on the right a woman in a yellow shirt and red cap casually shouldering three enormous golf clubs, on the left a woman in a red blouse and green trousers hauling a rope. A 3x3 grid of green numbered circles beneath the title is a distinct, easily recalled feature, as is the carnival ticket booth with bunting at top centre between the two score windows.
Setting
- Pale blue sky with white clouds behind a huge sunburst
- Carnival midway booth with bunting at top centre
- Green golf course with a small sand bunker and pond at left
- Green fairway and horizon at right
Symbols
- Giant radiating sunburst disc
- Nine green circular numbered targets in a 3x3 grid
- Golf clubs
- Golf bag and suitcase
- Coiled rope
- Bunting flag garland
- Red-and-white striped carnival stall
- Red ribbon with castle turrets
- Two black score windows with chrome bezels
Lettering
- Bold sans-serif block capitals in red with yellow inline shading and heavy black outline for the title; slanted white italic capitals with blue shadow for the player labels; bright red sans-serif capitals with black outline for the corner captions; black condensed capitals for the small for everyone line; black letters on a yellow nameplate for the maker plate
Themes
- Golf course
- Country club
- Carnival midway
- Two player sports
- Sun and summer
Title on it
- Sun valley
Text on it
- SUN VALLEY
- 2 PLAYER
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- BALLY-PLAY
- 2 CAN PLAY
- IT'S LOTS OF FUN
- FOR EVERYONE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Left edge, full-length, dark hair in a ponytail, red long-sleeved blouse, green trousers, white shoes, leaning back and hauling a white rope that runs off frame |
| Man | Left middle distance, yellow shirt, blue cap, blue trousers, walking away carrying a dark suitcase in one hand and a golf bag over his shoulder |
| Woman | Right edge, large foreground figure, yellow short-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, red cap with blue visor, gripping three oversized golf clubs slung over her shoulder, looking left |
| Man | Right middle distance, small figure in a red shirt and blue cap, mid-swing with a golf club on a green |
| Other | Top centre booth attendant behind a red-and-white striped popcorn/ticket counter, small figure in blue |
A landscape-format, brightly coloured cartoon backglass. The whole centre is dominated by a giant yellow-orange sunburst disc whose rays radiate across a pale blue sky. Across the sun's face sit the main title in tall red block capitals with yellow interior shading and black outline, SUN VALLEY, with white 2 PLAYER lettering on a blue band directly above it. Below the title is a red-rimmed panel holding nine round green targets numbered 1 to 9 in yellow, arranged in three rows of three, above a black-and-yellow BALLY-PLAY nameplate on a red ribbon with a tiny castle/turret motif at each end. Two black rectangular score windows with chrome-grey bezels sit at the top left and top right, labelled in slanted white-and-blue italic lettering 1ST PLAYER and 2ND PLAYER. Between them, at top centre, is a carnival booth scene: a striped red-and-white popcorn or ticket stall, a bunting-flag garland, and a small figure in blue. Left side: a woman in a red blouse and green trousers with a rope in hand, facing a man in a yellow shirt and blue cap carrying a suitcase and a golf bag beside a small pond. Right side: a woman in a yellow shirt, blue jeans and a red-and-blue cap holding three giant golf clubs, with a tiny golfer in a red shirt on a green behind her. Red 2 CAN PLAY lettering sits bottom left, and slanted red IT'S LOTS OF FUN with black FOR EVERYONE sits bottom right. Style is flat mid-century cartoon illustration with heavy black outlines.