1960 · Gottlieb
Texan
Flat golden-yellow painted field, sky-blue title banner across the lower third, pine backbox frame with visible grain, wooden backbox side rails and lower apron and magenta and ochre room walls around the backbox.
- Year
- 1960
- 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
- yellow
- blue
- white
- red
Fingerprint: Single grinning cartoon cowboy in white wide-brimmed hat and black cartridge belt standing full-length center slot framed by four gingham-bordered score windows numbered 1-4 in red discs, sky-blue banner carries "TEXAS" in huge yellow slab-serif letters with heavy black outline, four separate numbered ribbons labeled 1st-4th PLAYER with score reels, white scroll slogans flanking banner.
A single grinning cartoon cowboy in a white wide-brimmed hat and black cartridge belt stands full-length in the centre slot, framed symmetrically by four gingham-bordered score windows numbered 1 to 4 in red discs. Below him a sky-blue banner carries the word TEXAS in huge yellow slab-serif letters with a heavy black outline. Four separate numbered ribbons labelled 1st through 4th PLAYER and score reels reading 209, 047, 000, 000 make it unmistakably a four-player panel. Two white scroll slogans flank the banner, one about choosing partners for team play and one about all four players playing at once.
Setting
- Flat golden-yellow painted field
- Sky-blue title banner across the lower third
- Pine backbox frame with visible grain
- Wooden backbox side rails and lower apron
- Magenta and ochre room walls around the backbox
Symbols
- Four red discs with white numerals 1-2-3-4
- Blue-and-white gingham window borders
- Small red ribbon arrows pointing at each score window
- Gun cartridge belt
- White scroll and ribbon banners
- Playing-card-style score cards
Lettering
- Mixed: white cursive script above the title, huge yellow slab-serif block capitals with heavy black outline for the title, white italic condensed capitals on the player ribbons and for ball in play, a small red script maker's mark beneath the title, plain red sans-serif capitals on the white scrolls
Themes
- Western
- Cowboy
- Old west
- Texas
- Team play
- Four player
- Score reels
Title on it
- Texas
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- 4-PLAYER
- TEXAS
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- 3rd PLAYER
- 4th PLAYER
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- CHOOSE PARTNERS FOR TEAM PLAY
- BALL in PLAY
- 1 2 3 4
- CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME
- A GAME OF SKILL
- PLAYERS
- 2 0 9
- 0 4 7
- 0 0 0
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Single cartoon cowboy, adult, clean-shaven with a wide toothy grin, white/grey wide-brimmed cowboy hat, tan long-sleeve western shirt with pointed shoulder yokes and two chest pockets, red neckerchief at the collar, cream trousers, black gun cartridge belt with buckle and holster, standing front-on full length between the score windows with arms at his sides |
A painted four-player score panel in flat 1960s cartoon linework with heavy black outlines, set in a varnished pine backbox whose grain and side rails are visible; it is photographed against a magenta wall at right and ochre wall above. The background is a flat golden-yellow field with a large sky-blue banner filling the lower third. Four rectangular score windows, each bordered in blue-and-white gingham checks, sit in two pairs flanking a central figure; each window is crowned by a red disc with a white numeral (1, 2, 3, 4) and has a small red ribbon arrow pointing at it, with a ribbon banner below reading 1st PLAYER, 2nd PLAYER, 3rd PLAYER and 4th PLAYER. Each window holds three white score cards with black numerals: 209, 047, 000 and 000. Standing dead centre between the upper pair of windows is a single grinning cartoon cowboy: pale grey-white wide-brimmed hat, tan buttoned shirt with pointed shoulder yokes and chest pockets, red neckerchief, cream trousers, black cartridge belt with buckle and holster, arms relaxed at his sides. Below him the blue banner carries white cursive script above huge yellow slab-serif letters with black outline, with 4-PLAYER in white block capitals above and a small red script maker's mark beneath, and BALL in PLAY in white italics at the bottom left. Two white scroll ribbons flank the banner: left IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE! / CHOOSE PARTNERS FOR TEAM PLAY, right 1 2 3 4 / CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME / A GAME OF SKILL.