Automatic Vaudeville

Type	Arcade
Park Section	North Midway
Built	1909
Opened	1909
Closed	1911 (fire)
Manufacturer	The Automatic Vaudeville Company

The Automatic Vaudeville was an attraction in the Olentangy Park Midway.^[1] built in 1909.^[2]^[3] The Automatic Vaudeville Company was founded in 1903 and owned a chain of Penny Arcades,^[4] so this could be the penny arcade that burnt down in the Midway Fire of 1911.^[5]^[6] An automatic vaudeville was mentioned in 1914, so the features could have been moved to another building in the park.^[7]

Similar attractions at other parks featured a variety of amusements, including penny-operated machines like Kinetoscopes, punching bags, shooting galleries, and fortune-telling.^[8]

References

↑ Postcard. 1916. "Olentangy Park midway, postcard." Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs, 708O451916. Last modified on December 23, 2021.
↑ "Olentangy." Columbus Evening Dispatch, April 11, 1909. Page 5.
↑ "Olentangy Park Opens April 25th." The Union County Journal (Marysville, Ohio), April 22, 1909. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-union-county-journal-olentangy-park/152965546/
↑ "Automatic Vaudeville Company." Wikipedia.org, Accessed on July 22, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Vaudeville_Company
↑ "Fire at Olentangy Park." The News-Herald (Hillsboro, Ohio), July 27, 1911. Page 1. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1634174/fire-at-olentangy-park/
↑ "Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." Columbus Evening Dispatch, July 17, 1911. Page 1.
↑ "Olentangy Park." The Daily Journal-Herald (Delaware, Ohio), May 13, 1914. Page 7. Accessed through the Deleware County Historical Society via OhioMemory.org https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll56/id/12199/rec/6
↑ "Cyrstal Hall." Cinema Treasures, Accessed on July 22, 2022. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/17576

Park Sections

Park Sections
South	Floral Conservatory & Greenhouse Merry-Go-Round (2) Museum of Ornithology Park Entrance Zoological Gardens
Colonnade	Egyptian Mystery Gypsy Camp House That Jack Built Infant Incubator Knock the Barrel Down Palace of Illusions Panama Canal Exhibit Penny Arcade (Colonnade)
The Grove	Ball Grounds Bathing Pavilion Boathouse Bowling Alley Casino (2) Igorrote Village Picnic Grounds Water Toboggan
Center	Airplanes Archery Range Bandstand Birdland Bowling Alley Grand Carousel Circle Swing Crystal Maze Dancing Pavilion (1) Dodgem Electric Autos Flight Tutor (1) Hey-Dey Loop-the-Loop Merry-Go-Round (1) Merry-Go-Round De Luxe Moonlight Gardens Oriental Palmistry Outdoor Ballroom Playground Red Devil Roller Skating Rink (Building) Shooting Gallery Scenic Coaster Theater
Midway	Arcadia Automatic Vaudeville Billiards Bowling Alley Box Ball Alley Crazyhouse Dancing Pavilion (2) Dear Old Coney Island The Destruction of Johnstown Flight Tutor (2) The Fun House Joy Mill Laughing Gallery Love's Voyage Miniature Railway Mysterious Sensation Ye Olde Mill (1) Ye Olde Mill (2) Penny Arcade (Midway) Rifle Range Roller Skating Rink (Portable) Shooting Gallery Temple of Mirth Wonderland
North & Northwest	Amphitheater Arena Band Shell Fantasma Ferris Wheel (1) Figure 8 Fair Japan House of Mystery Moving Pictures Ocean Wave Over-the-Top Photographic Gallery Pony and Camel Track The Racer Sea-Land-Whirl Shoot-the-Chutes Tours of the World Tumble Bug The Whip Whirlwind
Other or Unknown	Baby Animal Farm Cane Rack (Ring Toss) Cave of the Winds Creation Down and Out Double Whirl Ferris Wheel (2) Flea Circus Gypsy Camp Horseshoe Courts House of Trouble Japanese Ballroom Kiss Waltz Lindy-Loop Merry-Go-Round (3) Mickey Mouse Town Millrace and Fish Pond Outdoor Checkerboard Palm Garden Scenic Temple Shuffle Boards Snake Den Swan Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Whirl-o-Ball Whirling Wheel

Midway

Midway
Rides & Attractions	Arcadia Automatic Vaudeville Billiards Bowling Alley Box Ball Alley Crazyhouse Dancing Pavilion (2) Dear Old Coney Island The Destruction of Johnstown Flight Tutor (2) The Fun House Joy Mill Laughing Gallery Love's Voyage Miniature Railway Mysterious Sensation Ye Olde Mill (1) Ye Olde Mill (2) Penny Arcade (Midway) Rifle Range Roller Skating Rink (Portable) Temple of Mirth Wonderland
Notable Events	Midway Fire of 1911

Midway

Rides & Attractions

Notable Events

Midway Fire of 1911

Attractions

Attractions
Attractions	Amphitheater Arcadia Archery Range Arena Automatic Vaudeville Baby Farm Band Shell (1) Band Shell (2) Bandstand Ball Grounds Outdoor Ballroom Bathing Pavilion Billiards Birdland Boathouse Bowling Alley Box Ball Alley Cane Rack (Ring Toss) Canoe Club Casino (1) Casino (2) Cave of the Winds Outdoor Checkerboard Crazyhouse Creation Crystal Maze Dancing Pavilion (1) Dancing Pavilion (2) Dear Old Coney Island The Destruction of Johnstown Egyptian Mystery Fair Japan Fantasma Flea Circus Floral Conservatory & Greenhouse The Fun House Gypsy Camp Hereafter Horseshoe Courts House of Mystery House of Trouble House That Jack Built Infant Incubator Igorrote Village Japanese Ballroom Joy Mill Knock the Barrel Down Laughing Gallery Mickey Mouse Town Millrace and Fish Pond Moonlight Gardens Moving Pictures Museum of Ornithology Mysterious Sensation Mystic Castle Oriental Palmistry Palace of Illusions Palm Garden Panama Canal Exhibit Penny Arcade (Colonnade) Penny Arcade (Midway) Photographic Gallery Playground Rifle Range Roller Skating Rink (Building) Roller Skating Rink (Portable) Scenic Temple Shooting Gallery Shuffle Boards Snake Den Swimming Pool Temple of Mirth Theater Third Degree Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Tours of the World Whirl-o-Ball Wonderland Zoological Gardens
Attraction Types	Activity Spaces Animal Attractions Arcades Fortune Telling Funhouses Exhibitions Music and Performance Skill-Based Games Sports
Designers	Dick Ashbaugh Hollis G. Conrad George C. Hale R. L. Kenyon Kushibiki Yumindo Frank L. Packard C. Rarick J. W. Zarro
Manufacturers	The Automatic Vaudeville Company J. M. Naughton R. L. Kenyon Company Yost & Packard Zarro Amusement Device Company

Automatic Vaudeville

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