1949 · Chicago Coin
Tahiti
Pale sky-blue sky with white cloud puffs at the left edge, turquoise tropical sea across the middle and lower right, small green island with a single palm tree and a beach, white sailing boat with a triangular sail on the water at right, a small white propeller aircraft flying low at right, dark green palm fronds framing the top-left and right edges, large white plumeria flowers with green leaves at bottom left and a large tilted oval banded in yellow, orange and white framing the whole centre.
- Year
- 1949
- Maker
- Chicago Coin
- 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
- blue
- yellow
- red
- turquoise
Fingerprint: TAHITI in enormous slanted white block letters with mustard-yellow shadow, three Hawaiian women in tropical dress, red-haired close-up at bottom-right with gold hoop earring, pill-shaped value capsules in multi-colours in tilted oval, maroon score-value ladder 90,000-10,000, palm fronds, tropical ocean
The single most memorable element is the enormous slanted white block-letter title 'TAHITI' with a mustard-yellow drop shadow, stacked across the centre of the glass, with a tiny star tucked over the last letter. Second, the arcing ribbon of multi-coloured pill-shaped capsules (yellow, magenta, red, green, orange) each carrying a round-number advance value from 100,000 up to 900,000, wrapped around the top and right of the oval. Third, the close-up red-haired pin-up woman's face at bottom right with a big gold hoop earring, filling the corner. Fourth, the maroon 'SCORE' ribbon ladder of descending 10,000-to-90,000 boxes running down the entire left edge.
Setting
- Pale sky-blue sky with white cloud puffs at the left edge
- Turquoise tropical sea across the middle and lower right
- Small green island with a single palm tree and a beach
- White sailing boat with a triangular sail on the water at right
- A small white propeller aircraft flying low at right
- Dark green palm fronds framing the top-left and right edges
- Large white plumeria flowers with green leaves at bottom left
- A large tilted oval banded in yellow, orange and white framing the whole centre
Symbols
- Yellow ribbon banner with dark-green polka dots
- Nine pill-shaped value capsules in yellow, magenta, red, green and orange
- Large tilted oval frame in yellow, orange and white
- White five-pointed star over the final i of the title
- Maroon ribbon ladder of score boxes
- Diagonal 'score' ribbon
- White plumeria flowers
- Palm fronds
- Sailing boat
- Propeller aircraft
Lettering
- Mixed: the top word is a bold flowing red brush script with cream inline highlight on a yellow banner; the big title is very heavy slanted white sans-serif block capitals with thick black outlines and a mustard-yellow drop shadow; the score numbers are condensed outlined sans-serif digits, white on coloured capsules and yellow on maroon boxes; 'chicago' is smaller purple script and 'score' is white on a maroon diagonal ribbon.
Themes
- Tahitian
- Polynesian
- Pin-up women
- Tropical island
- Vacation
- Advance-value score ladder
Title on it
- Tahiti
Text on it
- Mileion
- Chicago
- TAHITI
- 100,000
- 200,000
- 300,000
- 400,000
- 500,000
- 600,000
- 700,000
- 800,000
- 900,000
- 90,000
- 80,000
- 70,000
- 60,000
- 50,000
- 40,000
- 30,000
- 20,000
- 10,000
- SCORE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Left: blonde pin-up with wavy shoulder-length hair, a red flower tucked behind her ear, a red floral halter bikini top and a flowing yellow wrap skirt printed with brown and green leaf motifs. she leans back with one knee bent, bare legs extended, looking down and to the right with heavy-lidded eyes and red lips. |
| Woman | Centre: brunette with long dark wavy hair over one shoulder and a white five-petal flower behind her ear, wearing a strapless dark maroon/plum dress printed with yellow, white and green hibiscus flowers. she faces slightly left, hands at her hips, head tilted toward the viewer. |
| Woman | Bottom right foreground: large close-up head-and-shoulders of a red/auburn woman with curled hair, a large gold hoop earring, arched dark brow, red lipstick and a blue-and-white floral garment at the shoulder. she looks directly out at the viewer. |
| Vehicle | Small white sailing boat with a single triangular sail on the sea at middle right, plus a small white single-propeller aircraft flying just above the water at the right edge. |
Painted pinball backglass on a pale sky-blue field, laid out as a large tilted oval or racetrack of score values framed by a yellow ribbon banner. Across the top a curved yellow banner with a dark-red outline carries the word 'Mileion' in large flowing red script with a cream inline highlight. Below it, pill-shaped capsules in alternating colours (yellow, magenta, red, green, orange) carry advance values: 100,000 through 900,000, arranged in two arcing rows around the oval, with dark-green dots spaced along the yellow banner. The word 'Chicago' in purple script sits above the main title. The central title 'TAHITI' is in huge white block capitals with heavy black outlines and a mustard-yellow drop shadow, slanted and stacked, with a small white five-pointed star over the final I. Three women in Hawaiian dress fill the lower half: a blonde in a red floral bikini top and yellow patterned wrap skirt leaning back at left, a brunette with a white flower in her hair in a dark maroon floral sarong at centre, and a red-haired woman with a large gold hoop earring in close-up at bottom right. Palm fronds frame the sides; behind is turquoise sea, a small green island with a lone palm, a white sailing boat and a small plane. Down the left edge runs a maroon ribbon ladder of white-outlined score boxes 90,000 down to 10,000, ending in a diagonal ribbon reading 'SCORE'. Bottom left has large white plumeria flowers with green leaves. Airbrushed hand-painted mid-century pin-up style, dominated by sky blue, yellow, red and turquoise.