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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> | 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, 18 phonographs, 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, and a cashier.<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> | |||
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Revision as of 17:05, 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, 18 phonographs, 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, and a cashier.[2]