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* [[Automatic Vaudeville]] - Opened in 1909, burned down in the 1911 Midway Fire | * [[Automatic Vaudeville]] - Opened in 1909, burned down in the 1911 Midway Fire | ||
At least one was still in operation in 1933.<ref>"Glimpse into the Penny Arcade." ''Columbus Journal Dispatch | At least one was still in operation in 1933.<ref>"Glimpse into the Penny Arcade." ''Columbus Journal Dispatch.'' Aug. 20, 1933. Page 7-D.</ref> | ||
The Penny Arcades had coin-operated games and early-film devices such as Kinetoscopes, Mutoscopes, etc. The average trolley park arcade in 1906 had about 15 mutoscopes and 18 phonographs along the walls, with a perfume machine, a stick candy dispenser, a gum dispenser, a scale, a punching bag, a "test your strength" hand gripper and lifter games, a mechanical fortune teller, a postcard machine, an engraving machine, other games around the room.<ref name="wonderland">Wilk, Stephen R. ''Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of Boston's Million Dollar Amusement Park.'' Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. Pages 67-69.</ref> A cashier was generally front and center with view machines and gum dispensers near them. Many featured a piano with snacks and card dispensers nearby. The cashiers were able to provide pennies in change for the machines. A size of the building suggested in 1906 was 40 feet square with free-flowing air.<ref>"[https://archive.org/details/streetrailwayj271906newy/page/470/mode/2up The Construction and Operation of Penny Arcades for Service in Railway Parks]." ''The Street Railway Journal.'' March 24, 1906. Vol. 27. No. 12. Pages 470-471. Accessed through the Internet Archive.</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:22, 24 November 2025
There has been a few possible "Penny Arcades" at Olentangy Park:
- Penny Arcade (Colonnade) - Opened in 1904 in the Colonnade
- Penny Arcade (Midway) - Opened in 1910, burned down in the 1911 Midway Fire
- Arcadia - Opened in 1909
- Automatic Vaudeville - Opened in 1909, burned down in the 1911 Midway Fire
At least one was still in operation in 1933.[1]
The Penny Arcades had coin-operated games and early-film devices such as Kinetoscopes, Mutoscopes, etc. The average trolley park arcade in 1906 had about 15 mutoscopes and 18 phonographs along the walls, with a perfume machine, a stick candy dispenser, a gum dispenser, a scale, a punching bag, a "test your strength" hand gripper and lifter games, a mechanical fortune teller, a postcard machine, an engraving machine, other games around the room.[2] A cashier was generally front and center with view machines and gum dispensers near them. Many featured a piano with snacks and card dispensers nearby. The cashiers were able to provide pennies in change for the machines. A size of the building suggested in 1906 was 40 feet square with free-flowing air.[3]
References
- ↑ "Glimpse into the Penny Arcade." Columbus Journal Dispatch. Aug. 20, 1933. Page 7-D.
- ↑ Wilk, Stephen R. Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of Boston's Million Dollar Amusement Park. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. Pages 67-69.
- ↑ "The Construction and Operation of Penny Arcades for Service in Railway Parks." The Street Railway Journal. March 24, 1906. Vol. 27. No. 12. Pages 470-471. Accessed through the Internet Archive.