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1949 · Exhibit

Shantytown

Countryside, woodland, hillside and railway line.

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

On the playfield

  • green
  • red
  • yellow
  • grey
  • 3 flippers
  • 4 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Bumper 1

  • Bumpers

Target 1

  • Targets

Lane 1

  • Lanes

Flipper 1

  • Flippers At the bottom of the playfield

On the backglass

  • green
  • yellow
  • red
  • blue

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • woman Blonde woman in red off-the-shoulder top and ragged green skirt, barefoot, reclining on grass and holding white flowers
  • man Man in straw hat and striped shirt peering from behind the tree trunk, left

Setting

  • Countryside
  • Woodland
  • Hillside
  • Railway line

Text on it

  • Exhibit's
  • SHANTYTOWN
  • 100,000
  • 200,000
  • 300,000
  • 400,000
  • 500,000
  • 600,000
  • 700,000
  • 800,000
  • 900,000
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • MILLION
  • 10
  • 20
  • 30
  • 40
  • 50
  • 60
  • 70
  • 80
  • 90
  • 000

The cast

  • Rural scene

Reference

Playfield vision analysis

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

Playfield

  • green
  • red
  • yellow
  • grey

Fingerprint: lime-green playfield with floral daisy wreath at top, heart-shaped red panel bearing SPECIAL WHEN LIT, grey triangular kickers with leaf-shaped 100,000 panels, MYSTERY WHEN LIT red panels, white diamond bumper reading 500,000 WHEN LIT, red-brown mushroom bumpers, numbered bumpers 1 to 5, yellow burst reading 3 and RESETS, blue card 5 BALLS 5 CENTS

Distinctive

A broad, bright lime-green playfield with a floral wreath at the top and a red heart reading 'SPECIAL WHEN LIT'. Grey triangular kickers carry leaf-shaped 100,000 panels. Red 'MYSTERY WHEN LIT' panels sit beside a white diamond reading '500,000 WHEN LIT'. A blue card at the lower left says '5 BALLS 5 CENTS'.

Setting

  • Flat green field

Symbols

  • Heart
  • Daisies
  • Leaves
  • Signposts

Notable shapes

  • Heart
  • Grey triangles
  • Diamond

Art motifs

  • Starbursts
  • Signposts

Themes

  • Floral
  • Abstract

Text on it

  • SPECIAL WHEN LIT
  • 100,000
  • 500,000
  • 10,000
  • WHEN LIT
  • 100,000 WHEN LIT
  • 500,000 WHEN LIT
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 1
  • 2
  • RESETS
  • SHANTY
  • 50,000
  • MYSTERY WHEN LIT
  • 5 BALLS 5 CENTS
  • THIS GAME FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
  • REPLAY
  • CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A.
Pop bumpers
About eight: two red mushroom bumpers mid-top, four cream caps on the grey kickers, plus numbered 1 and 2 cream caps lower left and right and larger ones below
Slingshots
Four grey triangular kickers upper and mid left and right
Apron and bottom of playfield
Two small flippers at the bottom, a blue instruction card at lower left, a worn card at lower right, and balls in a trough at the bottom.
Full description

A 1950s-style green playfield with a big green background and red-brown mushroom-shaped bumpers. At the top, a floral wreath of daisies with the letters of a word spell out across it, with a heart-shaped red panel reading 'SPECIAL WHEN LIT'. Two red bumpers sit mid-playfield, with grey triangular kickers carrying leaf-shaped '100,000 WHEN LIT' panels. Small yellow signs show '100,000' and '10,000'. A central yellow burst reads '3' and 'RESETS ... SPECIAL WHEN LIT'. At the bottom a yellow panel reads '4' with '50,000' and '500,000 WHEN LIT'. Red 'MYSTERY WHEN LIT' panels flank it. A white diamond bumper reads '500,000 WHEN LIT'. Numbered bumpers 1 and 2 at the sides. Blue card at lower left reads '5 BALLS 5 CENTS'.

Backglass vision analysis

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

Backglass

  • green
  • yellow
  • red
  • blue

Fingerprint: Exhibit's SHANTYTOWN in red lettering on yellow signboard nailed to tree. Barefoot blonde reclining in crimson bare-shouldered blouse and tattered green skirt, holding white blooms. Peeking figure, straw hat, striped top, behind trunk. Leaf-shaped score markers 10 to 90, column 100,000 to 900,000, numerals 1 to 8 with MILLION. Log cabin with red roof, railway line, telegraph pole.

Distinctive

A blonde woman in a red top and tattered green skirt lounging barefoot on the grass, holding flowers, while a man in a straw hat peeks round a tree trunk. The title is on a yellow signboard nailed to the tree. Autumn-leaf shaped score markers are scattered about, and a rustic log cabin stands at right.

Setting

  • Countryside
  • Woodland
  • Hillside
  • Railway line

Symbols

  • Leaf-shaped score markers
  • Wooden signboard
  • Log cabin
  • Telegraph pole
  • Railway track
  • White flowers

Lettering

  • Red hand-lettered capitals with yellow outline on a yellow signboard; coloured block score numerals

Themes

  • Rural
  • Hillbilly
  • Shanty
  • Countryside
  • Pin-up

Title on it

  • SHANTYTOWN

Text on it

  • Exhibit's
  • SHANTYTOWN
  • 100,000
  • 200,000
  • 300,000
  • 400,000
  • 500,000
  • 600,000
  • 700,000
  • 800,000
  • 900,000
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • MILLION
  • 10
  • 20
  • 30
  • 40
  • 50
  • 60
  • 70
  • 80
  • 90
  • 000
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Blonde woman in red off-the-shoulder top and ragged green skirt, barefoot, reclining on grass and holding white flowers
Man Man in straw hat and striped shirt peering from behind the tree trunk, left
Full description

Backglass in a plain wooden frame, showing a woodland hillside scene in green, yellow and blue. A yellow wooden signboard across the top left, fixed to a big tree, reads Exhibit's SHANTYTOWN in red lettering. At left a column of score values 100,000 to 900,000 each in a different colour. At upper right the numerals 1 to 8 in assorted colours with the word MILLION below. Leaf-shaped score markers in orange, yellow, blue, green and red read 10 to 90 with 000 beneath. A blonde woman in a red off-the-shoulder top and ragged green skirt reclines on grass holding a small bunch of white flowers. Behind the tree peeks a man with a straw hat and striped shirt. A log cabin with a red roof sits at right, a railway line and telegraph pole at left. Bright flat cartoon painting.