1960 · Gottlieb
Wagon Train
Pale lime-green sky with small white clouds, open grassland prairie with low blue and purple hills on the horizon, green cactus plants in the foreground, orange and cream striped teepees at the right edge, banner framed as a horizontal wooden plank across the top and rope-lashed wooden frames around the score panels.
- Year
- 1960
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
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
- green
- red
- white
- brown
Fingerprint: wagon train: pair of giant vertical feathered arrows forming hourglass center framing wagon scene, huge cropped chief's head in full white feather war bonnet top-right, title red-white candy-striped plank reading "wagon train" in white block caps with red shadow, two rope-wood-framed panels (score card and reel window), covered wagon horses and native american figures
The dominant memorable feature is the pair of giant vertical feathered arrows forming an hourglass in the centre of the glass, one black-tipped carrying black circles with white 1-2-3-4-5, the other red-tipped carrying white circles with red 1-2-3-4-5, which together frame the wagon scene. The top-right corner is occupied by a huge cropped chief's head in a full white feather war bonnet, one hand raised across his brow as if sighting and the other gripping a tomahawk. The title is a red-and-white candy-striped plank reading WAGON TRAIN in white block capitals with a red drop shadow, with GOTTLIEB'S in small white caps above it. A signed maker's box reading D. Gottlieb & Co. sits at the bottom left.
Setting
- Pale lime-green sky with small white clouds
- Open grassland prairie with low blue and purple hills on the horizon
- Green cactus plants in the foreground
- Orange and cream striped teepees at the right edge
- Banner framed as a horizontal wooden plank across the top
- Rope-lashed wooden frames around the score panels
Symbols
- Two giant vertical feather arrows numbered 1-5
- Tomahawk
- Scouting feather headdresses
- Cactus
- Teepees
- Wooden score panels lashed with rope
- Candy-striped plank sign
Lettering
- Large white slab-serif capitals with a red drop shadow on red-and-white striped planks; small white sans-serif capitals above; black hand-lettered script on the score card
Themes
- American west
- Wagon train
- Native american
- Prairie
- Covered wagon
- Horseback
- Teepee camp
Title on it
- Wagon train
Text on it
- GOTTLIEB'S
- WAGON TRAIN
- Score to Beat
- 1100
- ,000
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Top right, native american chief cropped at the shoulders, black hair, full white feather war bonnet with red and black feather tips, bare chest, beaded strap across the shoulder, right hand raised flat across his brow shading his eyes, left hand holding a small tomahawk with a red and black blade |
| Woman | Right side, standing full length, tan skin, black hair in braids with a small single-feather headdress band, red fringed bikini-style costume with beaded armband and anklets, barefoot, right arm raised straight up with open palm, head turned left towards the wagon, large white feather fan rising behind her |
| Animal | White horse at right, side-on, head lowered with dark mane and bridle, saddled |
| Animal | Two white horses in the centre-left pulling the wagon, one with head raised |
| Man | Centre, wagon driver in a blue-green shirt holding the reins, seated at the front of the covered wagon |
| Man | Centre, second figure in a green shirt standing or sitting behind the driver on the wagon |
| Woman | Centre-left, seated on the wagon box in a red dress, facing right |
| Creature | Small brown bear or wolf figure at centre bottom, standing on its hind legs beside the wagon |
A hand-painted American-west themed backglass in a bright, slightly naive cartoon style. Across the top runs a horizontal brown wood-grain plank banner carrying small white block capitals reading GOTTLIEB'S above the huge main title WAGON TRAIN, the words painted in white slab-serif capitals with a red drop shadow on red-and-white candy-striped plank backing. Below the banner sit two rope-and-wood-framed panels: on the left a small cream card headed Score to Beat in black script above four printed digits 1 1 0 0, and on the right a wider reel window showing , 0 0 0. Two enormous feathered arrow markers run vertically down the middle of the glass, the left one tipped black-and-white with black circles containing white numerals 1 to 5, the right one tipped red with white circles containing red numerals 1 to 5. Behind them is a pale lime-green sky with small white clouds. The painted scene shows a covered wagon crossing grassland: two men in blue and green shirts at the front, a seated woman in red on the wagon box, two white horses, and a second white horse at right. Two Native American figures frame the scene - a chief at top right in a full white feather war bonnet, hand shading his eyes, holding a tomahawk, and a woman at bottom right in a small feather headdress and red fringed costume raising one arm. Cactus, teepees and low hills sit in the background.