1959 · Gottlieb
Sweet Sioux
Pale cream and powder-blue painted sky filling the upper two thirds, white snow-covered ground and snowbank across the lower third, a band of dark green conifer trees and shrubs along the bottom edge behind the title ribbon and small distant brown and tan shapes on the snow to the right of the central figure.
- Year
- 1959
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
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
- red
- yellow
- white
- pale blue
Fingerprint: "SWEET SIOUX" in chunky yellow block letters on red ribbon sweeping from lower left, dancing woman in red fringed two-piece with feathered headband standing centre-right against pale blue snow, arms outstretched, four mechanical score reels in yellow-red housings with numbered scalloped crests (1st-4th), yellow oval "PLAYS" balloon top centre, white instruction placards bottom corners with red text, snowy landscape, four-player multiplayer aesthetic
The most memorable feature is the huge curved banner title SWEET SIOUX, in chunky yellow block letters with red inline shading and a heavy black outline, set on a swelling red ribbon that sweeps up from the lower left. Second, a single dancing woman in a red fringed two-piece costume and feathered headband stands centre-right against a snowy pale-blue sky, arms outstretched. Third, the symmetrical ring of four three-window reel score units in bright yellow and orange-red housings, each topped with a red scalloped crest reading 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th and underlined by a PLAYER banner. Fourth, a yellow oval PLAYS balloon at top centre with the numbers 1 2 3 4. Fifth, the two tilted white instruction placards at the bottom corners with red capital lettering.
Setting
- Pale cream and powder-blue painted sky filling the upper two thirds
- White snow-covered ground and snowbank across the lower third
- A band of dark green conifer trees and shrubs along the bottom edge behind the title ribbon
- Small distant brown and tan shapes on the snow to the right of the central figure
Symbols
- Yellow oval plays balloon with a small red pennant tail
- Four scalloped red score crests numbered 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
- Two large tilted white placards with red borders used as instruction signs
- Curved red ribbon banner carrying the title
- Purple lozenge-shaped ball in play window
- Dark green conifer trees along the bottom
- A small white rectangular box with a dark dot above and right of the woman's outstretched hand
Lettering
- Mixed: the main title is large curved yellow block capitals with red inline shading and a heavy black outline on a red ribbon; the player labels are white condensed capitals on red banners; the corner placards use red and black condensed capitals; the top-left line and the maker signature are in slanted black cursive script; ball in play is white cursive script on purple.
Themes
- Snow and winter landscape
- Dancing pin-up woman
- Multiplayer team play
- Native american styling used decoratively
- Western frontier dress
Title on it
- Sweet sioux
Text on it
- An Amusement Product
- PLAYS
- 1 2 3 4
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- PLAYER
- Gottlieb's
- 4-PLAYER
- SWEET SIOUX
- A GAME OF SKILL
- 1 2 3 or 4
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
- CHOOSE PARTNERS
- FOR TEAM PLAY
- It's more fun
- to Compete!
- Ball in Play
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | One young adult woman, painted in a mid-century pin-up/illustration style, standing centre-right on the snow. she has long dark hair worn in two braids with loose strands, a feathered headband across her forehead, and a light-to-medium skin tone. she wears a red fringed two-piece costume with a gold or yellow beaded belt, bare midriff, bare arms and bare legs. she faces slightly left with her head turned left, one arm raised and reaching out to the right side of the glass and the other bent, one knee lifted, in a dancing or prancing pose. she is the only human figure on the artwork. |
A rectangular backglass in a light varnished wooden frame, with a pale cream and powder-blue sky background over white snow-covered ground and a band of dark green conifer trees along the bottom edge. Four mechanical score reels are inset across the art: two on the left in yellow and red housings labelled 1st and 3rd, and two on the right in orange-red housings labelled 2nd and 4th, each showing three reel windows with black 0 digits on white, and each with a curved red banner beneath reading PLAYER. A yellow oval balloon at top centre reads PLAYS over the numbers 1 2 3 4 in red panels. Dominating the centre is a full-colour painted woman: a young adult with long dark braided hair and a feathered headband, wearing a red fringed two-piece costume with a gold belt, bare midriff and bare legs, arms flung out to the right and one knee lifted in a dancing pose. Small cursive black text at top left reads An Amusement Product, and a red ribbon-shaped maker signature sits at top right. Across the lower third, a large curved red-and-yellow block-letter title reads SWEET SIOUX on a rising red ribbon, flanked by two white placards with red and black lettering, and a purple lozenge at bottom centre reads Ball in Play.