1959 · Gottlieb
World Beauties
Known for Roto-wheel, Gobble holes, Center out lanes and Playing cards. Deep navy-blue starfield with small white star specks and painted travel-poster collage background.
- Year
- 1959
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Known for
- Toy
Roto-wheel
- Hole
Gobble holes
- Lane
Center out lanes
- Goal
Playing cards
- Goal
XYZ
2 games under this title
On the playfield
Toy 1
- Roto-wheel
Hole 1
- Gobble holes
Targets 2
- Upper left targets
- Upper right targets
Lanes 2
- Center out lanes
- Middle side lanes
Slingshot 1
- Joker slingshots
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Central figure: young adult, fair-skinned, bright red/auburn bobbed hair with curled ends, wide smile showing teeth, red lipstick, small gold crown, bare shoulders, strapless golden-yellow dress, white pageant sash crossing from her right shoulder down to her left hip, seated and holding an open travel poster across her lap; left hand rests on the poster
- woman Small painted head-and-shoulders portraits in the numbered medallions down the left and right edges - blonde, brunette and red-haired women in hats and collared blouses, each in a small rectangular frame with a name caption below
- other A fan of five vintage travel posters behind the central woman's left shoulder, showing palms, pagodas, a bird, sun and sea motifs in red, yellow, green and blue
Setting
- Deep navy-blue starfield with small white star specks
- Painted travel-poster collage background
Text on it
- World Beauties
- MISS
- TOURS
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- Amusement Pinball
- THOUSANDS
- MILLIONS
- 900
- 800
- 700
- 600
- 500
- 400
- 300
- 200
- 100
- 90
- 80
- 70
- 60
- 50
- 40
- 30
- 20
- 10
- 00
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 13
- 12
- 11
- 9
- 8
- 0
How it plays
-
Goals 4
- Playing cards
- XYZ
- Green Joker
- Yellow Joker
-
Awards 1
- Extra Special
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
The cast
- Queen of Diamonds
Reference
Linked terms
- Playing cards also called numbers 1-13
- XYZ also called ABC
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Standard
- blue
- yellow
- red
- white
Fingerprint: world beauties, grinning red-haired pageant queen in gold crown and yellow strapless dress wearing white sash holding travel poster across lap before pale blue globe, framed by rainbow of concentric arcs and two huge yellow score-value ladders running full height of glass, white script title arcing across top with red outline, numbered portrait medallions of women cataloguing countries on edges
The most memorable element is the grinning red-haired pageant queen in a gold crown and yellow strapless dress, wearing a white sash and holding a travel poster across her lap, sitting in front of a pale blue globe. She is framed by a rainbow of concentric arcs and by two huge yellow score-value ladders (900 down to 0) running the full height of the glass. The title 'World Beauties' is written in enormous white script with red outline, arcing across the top. The edges are packed with numbered portrait medallions of different women captioned with country names, giving the glass a catalogue-like, encyclopaedic feel. Small print at the bottom includes a script signature reading 'D. Gottlieb & Co.'
Setting
- Deep navy-blue starfield with small white star specks
- Painted travel-poster collage background
Symbols
- Pale blue globe with latitude/longitude lines
- Five-fan of travel posters
- Gold crown
- Rainbow concentric arcs
- Numbered circles 1-7
- Travelling map/poster with a yellow sun
- Playing-card style portrait medallions
Lettering
- Very large white cursive script with thick red outline and black drop shadow for the title; yellow ladder panels with red-outlined numerals; small black sans-serif capitals for thousands; tiny name captions under each portrait; a flowing script signature at bottom
Themes
- Travel
- Pageant
- Beauty contest
- Postcards
- World tour
- Globe
Title on it
- World beauties
Text on it
- World Beauties
- MISS
- TOURS
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- Amusement Pinball
- THOUSANDS
- MILLIONS
- 900
- 800
- 700
- 600
- 500
- 400
- 300
- 200
- 100
- 90
- 80
- 70
- 60
- 50
- 40
- 30
- 20
- 10
- 00
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 13
- 12
- 11
- 9
- 8
- 0
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Central figure: young adult, fair-skinned, bright red/auburn bobbed hair with curled ends, wide smile showing teeth, red lipstick, small gold crown, bare shoulders, strapless golden-yellow dress, white pageant sash crossing from her right shoulder down to her left hip, seated and holding an open travel poster across her lap; left hand rests on the poster |
| Woman | Small painted head-and-shoulders portraits in the numbered medallions down the left and right edges - blonde, brunette and red-haired women in hats and collared blouses, each in a small rectangular frame with a name caption below |
| Other | A fan of five vintage travel posters behind the central woman's left shoulder, showing palms, pagodas, a bird, sun and sea motifs in red, yellow, green and blue |
A painted pinball backglass on a deep navy-blue starfield background. Across the upper third, huge curved script lettering reads 'World Beauties' in white with a heavy red outline and a black drop shadow, arcing over a rainbow of concentric arcs (red, orange, yellow, green, pale blue) centred behind the main figure. Centre stage is a smiling red-haired woman, bare-shouldered, in a strapless yellow dress, wearing a small gold crown and a white pageant sash crossing her chest; she holds an open travel poster or map across her lap printed with a yellow sun over blue-green sea. A pale blue globe sits at lower right, and a fan of five fanned-out vintage-style travel posters peeks behind her left shoulder. Two tall yellow value ladders flank her, labelled THOUSANDS on the left and on the right. The extreme left and right edges carry vertical rows of numbered portrait panels (1-13) showing small painted head-and-shoulders studies of women, each with a name caption underneath. Down the left edge runs a descending column of red and cream circles numbered 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 under a MILLIONS banner; down the right edge a mirrored column of coloured ovals. Bottom edge carries small print including a script signature.
Backglass Queen of Diamonds
- black
- yellow
- red
- blue
Fingerprint: QUEEN OF DIAMONDS, arched yellow title around blonde woman with tiara and necklace, fan of playing cards beneath, blue compass star with pinball center, cream scoring ladders flanking, crowned king and queen at table, black starfield
A giant curved yellow-and-red title arcing like a horseshoe around a smiling blonde woman in a jewelled tiara and necklace, with a fan of fourteen-plus playing cards spread beneath it. Beside her head is a blue-and-white radiating compass star with a pinball at its centre. Two mirrored cream scoring ladders (900 down to 100, and 90 down to 00) flank the middle. At the base, a crowned king and queen gamble at a green table under a red downward arrow pointing at a single diamond.
Setting
- Black outer field sprinkled with white stars
- Deep blue radiating ray burst behind the central star
- Green felt card table in the bottom scene
- Cream and ivory side columns for the score ladders
Symbols
- Fan of playing cards with diamond pips
- Blue and white radiating compass star
- Red and white diamond shapes
- Directional arrows
- Dice on the felt table
- Stacked gaming chips
- Crowns on king and queen
- Stars in the black field
Lettering
- Very large curved yellow block capitals with red keyline and black shadow for the title, white flowing cursive script above it, small vertical black capitals on cream tabs down both edges
Themes
- Playing cards
- Gambling
- Casino
- Royalty
- Diamonds
- Score ladders
Title on it
- Queen of diamonds
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- QUEEN OF DIAMONDS
- MATCH
- 1 TO 6 CAN PLAY
- 900
- 800
- 700
- 600
- 500
- 400
- 300
- 200
- 100
- 90
- 80
- 70
- 60
- 50
- 40
- 30
- 20
- 10
- 00
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- A
- K
- Q
- J
- 9
- 8
- Pinball
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large bust-length blonde woman upper centre-right, smiling with red lipstick, jewelled tiara on curled hair, long drop earrings, multi-strand jewelled necklace, orange strapless top, head tilted left |
| Man | Crowned king in the bottom-left of the table scene, blue and white robes with ermine, pale face, dark beard, leaning forward over the felt |
| Woman | Crowned queen bottom-right of the table scene, red headdress with gold trim, red gown, reaching a hand towards the chips |
| Other | Small white pinball at the centre of the blue radiating star burst |
A tall electro-mechanical backglass on a black starfield background, dominated by a huge arcing title in chunky yellow block capitals with red keyline and black drop shadow, reading QUEEN OF DIAMONDS, sweeping from the upper left down round the right side. Above the title sits a white cursive script word Gottlieb's. To the left of the script is a blue-and-white radiating star burst with a small white ball at its centre. A blonde woman with a jewelled tiara, long drop earrings and a heavy jewelled necklace, in an orange top, smiles from the upper centre-right. A fan of red-and-white playing cards arcs across the middle (A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and several diamond-suited cards) with a red banner behind them. Down each side run two cream columns of number panels: left 900 to 100 in 100s with a blank red panel at the foot, right 90 down to 00 in 10s each paired with a coloured square. Along the far left edge a yellow arrow points down over red-and-cream diamond shapes numbered 7 to 1. At the bottom, a blue panel shows a crowned king and a queen seated at a green felt table scattered with cards, chips, dice and a small crown, framed by a red throne back.