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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Automatic Vaudeville]], also called the '''Automatic Theater'''<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref> and '''Automatic Exhibit''',<ref>Advertisement. ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' April 20, 1909. Page 7.</ref> was an attraction in the Olentangy Park Midway.<ref>Postcard. 1916. "Olentangy Park midway, postcard." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs.'' 708O451916. Last modified on Dec. 23, 2021.</ref> It was built in [[1909 Season|1909]],<ref>"Olentangy." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-union-county-journal-olentangy-park/152965546/ "Olentangy Park Opens April 25th."] ''The Union County Journal (Marysville, Ohio).'' April 22, 1909. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</ref> and was replaced with the [[Johnstown Flood]] the following year.<ref>Postcard. [https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/41562 "Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio."] ''Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.''</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Automatic Vaudeville]], also called the '''Automatic Theater'''<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref> and '''Automatic Exhibit''',<ref>Advertisement. ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' April 20, 1909. Page 7.</ref> was an attraction in the Olentangy Park Midway.<ref>Postcard. 1916. "Olentangy Park midway, postcard." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs.'' 708O451916. Last modified on Dec. 23, 2021.</ref> It was built in [[1909 Season|1909]],<ref>"Olentangy." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-union-county-journal-olentangy-park/152965546/ "Olentangy Park Opens April 25th."] ''The Union County Journal (Marysville, Ohio).'' April 22, 1909. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</ref> and was replaced with the [[Johnstown Flood]] the following year.<ref>Postcard. [https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/41562 "Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio."] ''Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.''</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[The Automatic Vaudeville Company]] was founded in 1903 and owned a chain of penny arcades.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Vaudeville_Company "Automatic Vaudeville Company."] ''Wikipedia.org,'' Accessed on July 22, 2022.</ref> Their first location in New York offered patrons a variety of coin-operated machines that showcased short films, animated scenes, and mechanical performances. An automatic vaudeville was mentioned in 1914, so the features could have been moved to another building in the park.<ref name="may1914">[https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll56/id/12199/rec/6 "Olentangy Park."] ''The Daily Journal-Herald (Delaware, Ohio).'' May 13, 1914. Page 7. Accessed through the Delaware County Historical Society via OhioMemory.org.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[The Automatic Vaudeville Company]] was founded in 1903 and owned a chain of penny arcades.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Vaudeville_Company "Automatic Vaudeville Company."] ''Wikipedia.org,'' Accessed on July 22, 2022.</ref> Their first location in New York offered patrons a variety of coin-operated machines that showcased short films, animated scenes, and mechanical performances<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. It most likely was a penny arcade that focused on kinetoscopes and mutoscopes</ins>. An automatic vaudeville was mentioned in 1914, so the features could have been moved to another building in the park.<ref name="may1914">[https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll56/id/12199/rec/6 "Olentangy Park."] ''The Daily Journal-Herald (Delaware, Ohio).'' May 13, 1914. Page 7. Accessed through the Delaware County Historical Society via OhioMemory.org.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Automatic Vaudeville]], also called the '''Automatic Theater'''<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref> and '''Automatic Exhibit''',<ref>Advertisement. ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' April 20, 1909. Page 7.</ref> was an attraction in the Olentangy Park Midway.<ref>Postcard. 1916. "Olentangy Park midway, postcard." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs.'' 708O451916. Last modified on Dec. 23, 2021.</ref> It was built in [[1909 Season|1909]],<ref>"Olentangy." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref><ref>"Olentangy Park Opens April 25th." ''The Union County Journal (Marysville, Ohio).'' April 22, 1909. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://www.newspapers</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com/article/the-union-county-journal-olentangy-park/152965546/</del></ref> and was replaced with the [[Johnstown Flood]] the following year.<ref>Postcard. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.'' </del>https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/41562</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Automatic Vaudeville]], also called the '''Automatic Theater'''<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref> and '''Automatic Exhibit''',<ref>Advertisement. ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' April 20, 1909. Page 7.</ref> was an attraction in the Olentangy Park Midway.<ref>Postcard. 1916. "Olentangy Park midway, postcard." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs.'' 708O451916. Last modified on Dec. 23, 2021.</ref> It was built in [[1909 Season|1909]],<ref>"Olentangy." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref><ref><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-union-county-journal-olentangy-park/152965546/ </ins>"Olentangy Park Opens April 25th."<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>''The Union County Journal (Marysville, Ohio).'' April 22, 1909. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</ref> and was replaced with the [[Johnstown Flood]] the following year.<ref>Postcard. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/41562 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio."] ''Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.''</ins></ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[The Automatic Vaudeville Company]] was founded in 1903 and owned a chain of penny arcades.<ref>"Automatic Vaudeville Company." ''Wikipedia.org,'' Accessed on July 22, 2022. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Vaudeville_Company</del></ref> Their first location in New York offered patrons a variety of coin-operated machines that showcased short films, animated scenes, and mechanical performances. An automatic vaudeville was mentioned in 1914, so the features could have been moved to another building in the park.<ref name="may1914">"Olentangy Park." ''The Daily Journal-Herald (Delaware, Ohio).'' May 13, 1914. Page 7. Accessed through the Delaware County Historical Society via OhioMemory.org <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://ohiomemory</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">org/digital/collection/p16007coll56/id/12199/rec/6</del></ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[The Automatic Vaudeville Company]] was founded in 1903 and owned a chain of penny arcades.<ref><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Vaudeville_Company </ins>"Automatic Vaudeville Company."<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>''Wikipedia.org,'' Accessed on July 22, 2022.</ref> Their first location in New York offered patrons a variety of coin-operated machines that showcased short films, animated scenes, and mechanical performances. An automatic vaudeville was mentioned in 1914, so the features could have been moved to another building in the park.<ref name="may1914"><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll56/id/12199/rec/6 </ins>"Olentangy Park."<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>''The Daily Journal-Herald (Delaware, Ohio).'' May 13, 1914. Page 7. Accessed through the Delaware County Historical Society via OhioMemory.org.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Automatic Vaudeville]], also called the '''Automatic Theater'''<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref> and '''Automatic Exhibit''',<ref>Advertisement<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. 1909</del>. ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' April 20, 1909. Page 7.</ref> was an attraction in the Olentangy Park <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Midway<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>.<ref>Postcard. 1916. "Olentangy Park midway, postcard." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>'' 708O451916. Last modified on Dec. 23, 2021.</ref> It was built in [[1909 Season|1909]],<ref>"Olentangy." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref><ref>"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/</ref> and was replaced with the [[Johnstown Flood]] the following year.<ref>"Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.'' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Postcard. </del>https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/41562</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Automatic Vaudeville]], also called the '''Automatic Theater'''<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref> and '''Automatic Exhibit''',<ref>Advertisement. ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' April 20, 1909. Page 7.</ref> was an attraction in the Olentangy Park Midway.<ref>Postcard. 1916. "Olentangy Park midway, postcard." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>'' 708O451916. Last modified on Dec. 23, 2021.</ref> It was built in [[1909 Season|1909]],<ref>"Olentangy." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref><ref>"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/</ref> and was replaced with the [[Johnstown Flood]] the following year.<ref><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Postcard. </ins>"Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.'' https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/41562</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[The Automatic Vaudeville Company]] was founded in 1903 and owned a chain of penny arcades.<ref>"Automatic Vaudeville Company." ''Wikipedia.org,'' Accessed on July 22, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Vaudeville_Company</ref> Their first location in New York offered patrons a variety of coin-operated machines that showcased short films, animated scenes, and mechanical performances. An automatic vaudeville was mentioned in 1914, so the features could have been moved to another building in the park.<ref name="may1914">"Olentangy Park." ''The Daily Journal-Herald (Delaware, Ohio).'' May 13, 1914. Page 7. Accessed through the Delaware County Historical Society via OhioMemory.org https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll56/id/12199/rec/6</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[The Automatic Vaudeville Company]] was founded in 1903 and owned a chain of penny arcades.<ref>"Automatic Vaudeville Company." ''Wikipedia.org,'' Accessed on July 22, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Vaudeville_Company</ref> Their first location in New York offered patrons a variety of coin-operated machines that showcased short films, animated scenes, and mechanical performances. An automatic vaudeville was mentioned in 1914, so the features could have been moved to another building in the park.<ref name="may1914">"Olentangy Park." ''The Daily Journal-Herald (Delaware, Ohio).'' May 13, 1914. Page 7. Accessed through the Delaware County Historical Society via OhioMemory.org https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll56/id/12199/rec/6</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Automatic Vaudeville]], also called the '''Automatic Theater'''<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref> and '''Automatic Exhibit''',<ref>Advertisement. 1909. ''Columbus Evening Dispatch<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>'' April 20, 1909. Page 7.</ref> was an attraction in the Olentangy Park [[Midway]].<ref>Postcard. 1916. "Olentangy Park midway, postcard." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs,'' 708O451916. Last modified on <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">December </del>23, 2021.</ref> It was built in [[1909 Season|1909]],<ref>"Olentangy." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref><ref>"Olentangy Park Opens April 25th." ''The Union County Journal (Marysville, Ohio)<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>'' April 22, 1909. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-union-county-journal-olentangy-park/152965546/</ref> and was replaced with the [[Johnstown Flood]] the following year.<ref>"Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.'' Postcard. https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/41562</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Automatic Vaudeville]], also called the '''Automatic Theater'''<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref> and '''Automatic Exhibit''',<ref>Advertisement. 1909. ''Columbus Evening Dispatch<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>'' April 20, 1909. Page 7.</ref> was an attraction in the Olentangy Park [[Midway]].<ref>Postcard. 1916. "Olentangy Park midway, postcard." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs,'' 708O451916. Last modified on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dec. </ins>23, 2021.</ref> It was built in [[1909 Season|1909]],<ref>"Olentangy." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref><ref>"Olentangy Park Opens April 25th." ''The Union County Journal (Marysville, Ohio)<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>'' April 22, 1909. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-union-county-journal-olentangy-park/152965546/</ref> and was replaced with the [[Johnstown Flood]] the following year.<ref>"Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.'' Postcard. https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/41562</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[The Automatic Vaudeville Company]] was founded in 1903 and owned a chain of penny arcades.<ref>"Automatic Vaudeville Company." ''Wikipedia.org,'' Accessed on July 22, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Vaudeville_Company</ref> Their first location in New York offered patrons a variety of coin-operated machines that showcased short films, animated scenes, and mechanical performances. An automatic vaudeville was mentioned in 1914, so the features could have been moved to another building in the park.<ref name="may1914">"Olentangy Park." ''The Daily Journal-Herald (Delaware, Ohio)<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>'' May 13, 1914. Page 7. Accessed through the Delaware County Historical Society via OhioMemory.org https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll56/id/12199/rec/6</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[The Automatic Vaudeville Company]] was founded in 1903 and owned a chain of penny arcades.<ref>"Automatic Vaudeville Company." ''Wikipedia.org,'' Accessed on July 22, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Vaudeville_Company</ref> Their first location in New York offered patrons a variety of coin-operated machines that showcased short films, animated scenes, and mechanical performances. An automatic vaudeville was mentioned in 1914, so the features could have been moved to another building in the park.<ref name="may1914">"Olentangy Park." ''The Daily Journal-Herald (Delaware, Ohio)<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>'' May 13, 1914. Page 7. Accessed through the Delaware County Historical Society via OhioMemory.org https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll56/id/12199/rec/6</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Similar attractions at other parks featured a variety of amusements, including penny-operated machines like Kinetoscopes, punching bags, shooting galleries, and fortune-telling.<ref>"Crystal Hall." ''Cinema Treasures<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>'' Accessed on July 22, 2022. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/17576</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Similar attractions at other parks featured a variety of amusements, including penny-operated machines like Kinetoscopes, punching bags, shooting galleries, and fortune-telling.<ref>"Crystal Hall." ''Cinema Treasures<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>'' Accessed on July 22, 2022. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/17576</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Automatic Vaudeville]], also called the '''Automatic Theater'''<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref> and '''Automatic Exhibit''',<ref>Advertisement. 1909. ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' April 20, 1909. Page 7.</ref> was an attraction in the Olentangy Park [[Midway]].<ref>Postcard. 1916. "Olentangy Park midway, postcard." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs,'' 708O451916. Last modified on December 23, 2021.</ref> It was built in [[1909 Season|1909]],<ref>"Olentangy." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref><ref>"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/</ref> and was replaced with the [[Johnstown Flood]] the following year.<ref>"Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.'' Postcard. https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/41562</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Automatic Vaudeville]], also called the '''Automatic Theater'''<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref> and '''Automatic Exhibit''',<ref>Advertisement. 1909. ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' April 20, 1909. Page 7.</ref> was an attraction in the Olentangy Park [[Midway]].<ref>Postcard. 1916. "Olentangy Park midway, postcard." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs,'' 708O451916. Last modified on December 23, 2021.</ref> It was built in [[1909 Season|1909]],<ref>"Olentangy." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref><ref>"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/</ref> and was replaced with the [[Johnstown Flood]] the following year.<ref>"Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.'' Postcard. https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/41562</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[The Automatic Vaudeville Company]] was founded in 1903 and owned a chain of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Penny Arcades,</del><ref>"Automatic Vaudeville Company." ''Wikipedia.org,'' Accessed on July 22, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Vaudeville_Company</ref><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. </del>Their first location in New York offered patrons a variety of coin-operated machines that showcased short films, animated scenes, and mechanical performances. An automatic vaudeville was mentioned in 1914, so the features could have been moved to another building in the park.<ref name="may1914">"Olentangy Park." ''The Daily Journal-Herald (Delaware, Ohio),'' May 13, 1914. Page 7. Accessed through the Delaware County Historical Society via OhioMemory.org https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll56/id/12199/rec/6</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[The Automatic Vaudeville Company]] was founded in 1903 and owned a chain of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">penny arcades.</ins><ref>"Automatic Vaudeville Company." ''Wikipedia.org,'' Accessed on July 22, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Vaudeville_Company</ref> Their first location in New York offered patrons a variety of coin-operated machines that showcased short films, animated scenes, and mechanical performances. An automatic vaudeville was mentioned in 1914, so the features could have been moved to another building in the park.<ref name="may1914">"Olentangy Park." ''The Daily Journal-Herald (Delaware, Ohio),'' May 13, 1914. Page 7. Accessed through the Delaware County Historical Society via OhioMemory.org https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll56/id/12199/rec/6</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Automatic Vaudeville]], also called the '''Automatic Theater'''<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref> and '''Automatic Exhibit''',<ref>Advertisement. 1909. ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' April 20, 1909. Page 7.</ref> was an attraction in the Olentangy Park [[Midway]].<ref>Postcard. 1916. "Olentangy Park midway, postcard." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs,'' 708O451916. Last modified on December 23, 2021.</ref> It was built in [[1909 Season|1909]],<ref>"Olentangy." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref><ref>"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/</ref> and was replaced with the [[Johnstown Flood]] the following year.<ref>"Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.'' Postcard. https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/41562</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Automatic Vaudeville]], also called the '''Automatic Theater'''<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref> and '''Automatic Exhibit''',<ref>Advertisement. 1909. ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' April 20, 1909. Page 7.</ref> was an attraction in the Olentangy Park [[Midway]].<ref>Postcard. 1916. "Olentangy Park midway, postcard." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs,'' 708O451916. Last modified on December 23, 2021.</ref> It was built in [[1909 Season|1909]],<ref>"Olentangy." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref><ref>"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/</ref> and was replaced with the [[Johnstown Flood]] the following year.<ref>"Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.'' Postcard. https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/41562</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Automatic Vaudeville Company was founded in 1903 and owned a chain of Penny Arcades,<ref>"Automatic Vaudeville Company." ''Wikipedia.org,'' Accessed on July 22, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Vaudeville_Company</ref>. Their first location in New York offered patrons a variety of coin-operated machines that showcased short films, animated scenes, and mechanical performances. An automatic vaudeville was mentioned in 1914, so the features could have been moved to another building in the park.<ref name="may1914">"Olentangy Park." ''The Daily Journal-Herald (Delaware, Ohio),'' May 13, 1914. Page 7. Accessed through the Delaware County Historical Society via OhioMemory.org https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll56/id/12199/rec/6</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>The Automatic Vaudeville Company<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>was founded in 1903 and owned a chain of Penny Arcades,<ref>"Automatic Vaudeville Company." ''Wikipedia.org,'' Accessed on July 22, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Vaudeville_Company</ref>. Their first location in New York offered patrons a variety of coin-operated machines that showcased short films, animated scenes, and mechanical performances. An automatic vaudeville was mentioned in 1914, so the features could have been moved to another building in the park.<ref name="may1914">"Olentangy Park." ''The Daily Journal-Herald (Delaware, Ohio),'' May 13, 1914. Page 7. Accessed through the Delaware County Historical Society via OhioMemory.org https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll56/id/12199/rec/6</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Similar attractions at other parks featured a variety of amusements, including penny-operated machines like Kinetoscopes, punching bags, shooting galleries, and fortune-telling.<ref>"Crystal Hall." ''Cinema Treasures,'' Accessed on July 22, 2022. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/17576</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Similar attractions at other parks featured a variety of amusements, including penny-operated machines like Kinetoscopes, punching bags, shooting galleries, and fortune-telling.<ref>"Crystal Hall." ''Cinema Treasures,'' Accessed on July 22, 2022. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/17576</ref></div></td></tr>
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