1954 · Williams
Thunderbird
Bright blue sky with large white cumulus clouds, green grass bank along the bottom, purple and blue mountain slopes behind the tent and wooden frame border around all four sides.
- Year
- 1954
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Harry Williams
- Art
- George Molentin
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- yellow
- green
Fingerprint: THUNDERBIRD in red block capitals with white and dark-blue drop shadows, nine colored score panels in yellow lightning-stripe banner, crouching boy in red shirt, man reaching into red tent panel numbered one to ten, seated woman wearing full feather war bonnet with spread food, tall tan teepee right edge
A great arched red title THUNDERBIRD, each letter stacked with a white and dark-blue drop shadow, sitting under a nine-panel yellow lightning-streak score banner of 100 to 900. A three-figure native camp scene below: a crouching boy in a red shirt, a man in a yellow tunic reaching into a red numbered tent panel reading 1 to 10, and a woman in a full feather war bonnet with a spread of food in front of her. A tall tan teepee fills the right edge, painted with tiny sun, animal and human motifs. The word MILLIONS arches in yellow over a jagged purple-blue lightning bolt at the very top.
Setting
- Bright blue sky with large white cumulus clouds
- Green grass bank along the bottom
- Purple and blue mountain slopes behind the tent
- Wooden frame border around all four sides
Symbols
- Jagged lightning bolt
- Winged yellow banner
- Nine coloured number panels each with three dots
- A painted sun on the teepee
- Small painted animal and human figures on the teepee
- Bowls, plate and cooking pot
- Feather headdress
- Red tent with brown poles and a swallow-tailed valance
Lettering
- Arched red block capitals with white and dark-blue drop shadow for the title; yellow-green outlined capitals arched over the lightning bolt; flowing cursive script with dark outline at left; plain yellow sans-serif numerals on the red tent panel and white numerals on the coloured score panels
Themes
- Native american camp
- Teepee
- Thunderbolt
- Totem-like score panels
- Lightning
- Camping
Title on it
- Thunderbird
Text on it
- MILLIONS
- Williams
- THUNDERBIRD
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
- 900
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Child | Black-haired boy crouching on the grass at lower left, red short-sleeved shirt, cream shorts, bare legs and feet, looking towards the tent panel |
| Man | Dark-haired man in a yellow tunic and headband at centre, arm extended towards the red tent panel |
| Woman | Seated woman at lower right in a full red, white and yellow feather war bonnet, red beaded top, yellow fringed skirt, pale skin, in profile facing left, with bowls, a plate of food, a striped pot and utensils spread on the grass before her |
Full-colour illustrated backglass set in a light honey-brown wooden frame, sky blue sky with fat white cumulus clouds as the background. Across the top, a wide yellow winged banner of stepped horizontal stripes carries nine angled number panels reading 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, each panel alternating red, blue, green and teal with three small white circles beneath. Above the banner, arched yellow-green capitals spell MILLIONS over a purple, blue and green jagged lightning bolt. Below, a cursive script word in white with dark outline sits at the left, and the main title THUNDERBIRD arcs across the middle in large red block capitals with white and dark-blue drop shadows. Lower centre is a red tented booth on brown poles with a yellow-green valance and a red front panel numbered 1 2 3 4 5 / 6 7 8 / 9 10 in yellow. A crouching black-haired boy in a red shirt and cream shorts kneels at left; a dark-haired man in a yellow tunic reaches towards the panel; at right a seated woman in a feathered headdress, red top and yellow skirt sits before a spread of food, bowls and a striped pot. The right side carries a tall tan teepee painted with a sun, small animal and human figures.