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1949 · Williams

Boston

Colonial town street at dusk, night sky with moon, church steeple and brick houses with lit windows.

Year
1949
Maker
Williams
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Backglass lights
Players
1

On the playfield

  • blue
  • red
  • cream
  • yellow
  • 4 flippers

Full vision analysis

Bumper 1

  • Bumpers

Target 1

  • Targets

Flipper 1

  • Lower flippers

On the backglass

  • purple
  • orange
  • green
  • white

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • animal White horse leaping or rearing out of an open shop window at left
  • man Rider in white outfit on a white galloping horse at right, in the street
  • other Tiny figures at lit windows of the houses

Setting

  • Colonial town street at dusk
  • Night sky with moon
  • Church steeple
  • Brick houses with lit windows

Text on it

  • Williams's
  • BOSTON
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9

Made by

Design
Harry Williams
Art
George Molentin

The cast

  • Boston City-street scene

Reference

Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Playfield

  • blue
  • red
  • cream
  • yellow

Fingerprint: owl-like bird-mask playfield in dark blue, red and cream, two teal bumpers with red skirts as eyes, cream wing shapes with blue feathering and numbered side targets 3 to 6, yellow star burst with red star, blue SUPER SPECIAL circle insert, red-and-orange wing kickers marked MILLION WHEN LIT, blue 500,000 banners, WAYS TO SCORE card, four flippers

Distinctive

A symmetrical owl-like face made of blue, red and cream shapes, with two teal bumpers as the eyes. A yellow star burst with a red star sits in the lower middle, under a blue SUPER SPECIAL circle. Red-and-orange wing shapes at the bottom carry MILLION WHEN LIT inserts. Blue banners at the top read 500,000, and a WAYS TO SCORE card is at the lower left.

Setting

  • Abstract symmetrical design

Symbols

  • Stars
  • Numbered circles 1-6
  • Wing shapes

Notable shapes

  • Wing-shaped red and orange kickers at the bottom
  • Star burst in the lower middle

Art motifs

  • Owl-like face
  • Star burst
  • Feathered wings

Themes

  • Abstract
  • Bird-like face
  • Stars

Text on it

  • 500,000
  • SUPER SPECIAL
  • MILLION WHEN LIT
  • WHEN LIT
  • 50,000
  • 500,000 WHEN LIT
  • 10,000
  • WAYS TO SCORE
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
Pop bumpers
Two teal bumpers with red skirts in the middle, plus red bumpers at the upper left and upper right
Slingshots
Wing-shaped red and orange slingshots at the bottom beside the flippers, plus slim white-railed kickers on the sides
Apron and bottom of playfield
Wooden lower deck with a WAYS TO SCORE card at the bottom left and a small card at the right. Two flippers sit above the drain, flanked by red-and-orange wing slings with MILLION WHEN LIT inserts. Extra small flippers sit higher on each side.
Full description

A wood-railed playfield in a dark-blue, red and cream design shaped like a stylised owl or bird mask. At the top, a blue banner reads 500,000 on each side, over a red crest with numbered round targets 1 and 2 and a yellow centre lane. Two teal bumpers with red skirts sit in the middle, inside cream curved rings. Further red bumpers sit upper left and upper right. Wide cream wings with blue feathering spread each side, with numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6 on side lanes. A cream star burst with yellow points and a red star sits in the lower middle, with a SUPER SPECIAL insert on a blue circle above it. Red-and-orange wing shapes at the bottom hold MILLION WHEN LIT inserts beside two flippers. A rule card at bottom left reads WAYS TO SCORE.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Backglass

  • purple
  • orange
  • green
  • white

Fingerprint: BOSTON, orange hanging shop sign reading Williams's BOSTON with scrolled brackets, white horse rearing from an open window, white-clad rider on galloping white horse, colonial street at dusk with steeple, six numbered discs along a purple sky, fan of nine tall white capsules under curved yellow banner, purple orange green and cream palette.

Distinctive

A white horse leaping from an open shop window at left, and a white-clad rider on a white horse at right, in an old colonial street at night. A hanging orange shop sign reads BOSTON in yellow capitals. A fan of nine tall white capsule score windows sits under a curved yellow numbered banner. Six numbered round discs run along a purple sky at the top.

Setting

  • Colonial town street at dusk
  • Night sky with moon
  • Church steeple
  • Brick houses with lit windows

Symbols

  • Hanging scrolled-bracket shop sign
  • Round numbered discs
  • Moon
  • Steeple

Lettering

  • Yellow script and capitals on an orange hanging sign; white numerals on coloured discs

Themes

  • Colonial
  • Horses
  • Town street
  • Night

Title on it

  • BOSTON

Text on it

  • Williams's
  • BOSTON
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
Who and what
Kind Description
Animal White horse leaping or rearing out of an open shop window at left
Man Rider in white outfit on a white galloping horse at right, in the street
Other Tiny figures at lit windows of the houses
Full description

A small, low-resolution photo of a wooden-framed backglass, shot at an angle. At the top is a dark purple sky with a row of six round number discs (1 to 6) in white, yellow, blue and pink. Below sits a curved yellow banner carrying numbers 1 to 9 on coloured discs, and beneath it nine tall white capsule-shaped score windows in a fan, with small round lamps below. The lower scene is a colonial-style street at dusk: a green-and-cream house with a steeple behind it, a red brick building with lit windows to the right, and a red tiled roof at left. At left a white horse rears out of an open window. At right a rider in a white outfit sits on a white galloping horse. A hanging orange shop sign with scrolled brackets reads Williams's BOSTON in yellow script and capitals. Palette is purple, orange, green and cream, in a flat painted style.