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	== Locations ==		== Locations ==
	Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.<ref name=":0" /> According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the [[Shooting Gallery]] and southeast of the [[Olentangy Park ~~Casino and~~ Theater\|~~theater~~]].<ref name="sanborn1901">''[https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/ Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.]'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map.</ref><ref name="sanborn1901-2">''[https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.]'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901, Sheet 63. Map.</ref>		Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.<ref name=":0" /> According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the [[Shooting Gallery]] and southeast of the [[Olentangy Park Theater\|Theater]].<ref name="sanborn1901">''[https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/ Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.]'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map.</ref><ref name="sanborn1901-2">''[https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.]'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901, Sheet 63. Map.</ref>

	== Possible Related Patents ==		== Possible Related Patents ==

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	== Locations ==		== Locations ==
	Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.<ref name=":0" /> According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the [[Shooting Gallery]] and southeast of the [[Olentangy Park Casino and Theater\|theater]].<ref name="sanborn1901">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map~~. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/~~.</ref><ref name="sanborn1901-2">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901, Sheet 63. Map. ~~https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464~~</ref>		Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.<ref name=":0" /> According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the [[Shooting Gallery]] and southeast of the [[Olentangy Park Casino and Theater\|theater]].<ref name="sanborn1901">''[https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/ Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.]'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map.</ref><ref name="sanborn1901-2">''[https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.]'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901, Sheet 63. Map.</ref>

	== Possible Related Patents ==		== Possible Related Patents ==

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	The [[Crystal Maze]] was a mirror funhouse that opened at Olentangy Park in [[1899 Season\|1899]]<ref>"Olentangy Park Started as Beer Garden in '90's." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' ~~August~~ 30, 1931. Page 18-G.</ref> and closed around 1903.		The [[Crystal Maze]] was a mirror funhouse that opened at Olentangy Park in [[1899 Season\|1899]]<ref>"Olentangy Park Started as Beer Garden in '90's." ''The Columbus Dispatch.'' Aug. 30, 1931. Page 18-G.</ref> and closed around 1903.

	== Description ==		== Description ==
	The building was a standalone structure that was 27 by 40 feet~~. (8 x~~ 12 meters). Sixty {{Tooltip \|text = 4-by-7-foot\|tooltip = 1.3 by 2.3 meters}} plate glass mirrors made the building appear much larger than it was. It created several reflections of the visitors that move in all directions. There were false doors, causing other visitors to laugh when someone ran into a pane of glass.<ref name=":0">"Olentangy Park: The Crystal Maze." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' June 30, 1899. Page 11.</ref><ref name="crystalmaze">"Olentangy Park: The Theater." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' July 1, 1899. Page 12.</ref>		The building was a standalone structure that was {{Tooltip \|text = 27 feet\|tooltip = 8 meters}} wide and {{Tooltip \|text = 40 feet\|tooltip = 12 meters}} long. Sixty {{Tooltip \|text = 4-by-7-foot\|tooltip = 1.3 by 2.3 meters}} plate glass mirrors made the building appear much larger than it was. It created several reflections of the visitors that move in all directions. There were false doors, causing other visitors to laugh when someone ran into a pane of glass.<ref name=":0">"Olentangy Park: The Crystal Maze." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' June 30, 1899. Page 11.</ref><ref name="crystalmaze">"Olentangy Park: The Theater." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 1, 1899. Page 12.</ref>

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	== Possible Related Patents ==		== Possible Related Patents ==
	* Mirror maze. (~~October~~ 24, 1893) U.S. Patent No. 507,159 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlhquyhVf_0jAdJqOaQfU2pBGLi9Igfl/view?usp=sharing PDF]<ref>Palm, G. Von Prittwitz. 1893. "Mirror maze." U.S. Patent No. 507,159. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlhquyhVf_0jAdJqOaQfU2pBGLi9Igfl/view?usp=sharing PDF]</ref>		* Mirror maze. (Oct. 24, 1893) U.S. Patent No. 507,159 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlhquyhVf_0jAdJqOaQfU2pBGLi9Igfl/view?usp=sharing PDF]<ref>Palm, G. Von Prittwitz. 1893. "Mirror maze." U.S. Patent No. 507,159. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlhquyhVf_0jAdJqOaQfU2pBGLi9Igfl/view?usp=sharing PDF]</ref>
	* Mirror maze. (~~September~~ 3, 1895) U.S. Patent No. 545,678 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YokupJBu6h7_jqKKJ4fI8BCWUHsrBSLx/view?usp=sharing PDF]<ref>Castan, G. 1895. "Mirror maze." U.S. Patent No. 545,678. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YokupJBu6h7_jqKKJ4fI8BCWUHsrBSLx/view?usp=sharing PDF]</ref>		* Mirror maze. (Sept. 3, 1895) U.S. Patent No. 545,678 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YokupJBu6h7_jqKKJ4fI8BCWUHsrBSLx/view?usp=sharing PDF]<ref>Castan, G. 1895. "Mirror maze." U.S. Patent No. 545,678. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YokupJBu6h7_jqKKJ4fI8BCWUHsrBSLx/view?usp=sharing PDF]</ref>

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

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	== Description ==		== Description ==
	The building was a standalone structure that was 27 by 40 feet. (8 x 12 meters). Sixty 4-by-7-foot~~. (~~1.3 x 2.3 m) plate glass mirrors made the building appear much larger than it was. It created several reflections of the visitors that move in all directions. There were false doors, causing other visitors to laugh when someone ran into a pane of glass.<ref name=":0">"Olentangy Park: The Crystal Maze." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' June 30, 1899. Page 11.</ref><ref name="crystalmaze">"Olentangy Park: The Theater." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' July 1, 1899. Page 12.</ref>		The building was a standalone structure that was 27 by 40 feet. (8 x 12 meters). Sixty {{Tooltip \|text = 4-by-7-foot\|tooltip = 1.3 by 2.3 meters}} plate glass mirrors made the building appear much larger than it was. It created several reflections of the visitors that move in all directions. There were false doors, causing other visitors to laugh when someone ran into a pane of glass.<ref name=":0">"Olentangy Park: The Crystal Maze." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' June 30, 1899. Page 11.</ref><ref name="crystalmaze">"Olentangy Park: The Theater." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' July 1, 1899. Page 12.</ref>

	== Locations ==		== Locations ==

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	Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.<ref name=":0" /> According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the [[Shooting Gallery]] and southeast of the [[Olentangy Park Casino and Theater\|theater]].<ref name="sanborn1901">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/.</ref><ref name="sanborn1901-2">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901, Sheet 63. Map. https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464</ref>		Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.<ref name=":0" /> According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the [[Shooting Gallery]] and southeast of the [[Olentangy Park Casino and Theater\|theater]].<ref name="sanborn1901">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/.</ref><ref name="sanborn1901-2">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901, Sheet 63. Map. https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464</ref>

	== Related Patents ==		== Possible Related Patents ==
	* Mirror maze. (October 24, 1893) U.S. Patent No. 507,159 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlhquyhVf_0jAdJqOaQfU2pBGLi9Igfl/view?usp=sharing PDF]<ref>Palm, G. Von Prittwitz. 1893. "Mirror maze." U.S. Patent No. 507,159. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlhquyhVf_0jAdJqOaQfU2pBGLi9Igfl/view?usp=sharing PDF]</ref>		* Mirror maze. (October 24, 1893) U.S. Patent No. 507,159 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlhquyhVf_0jAdJqOaQfU2pBGLi9Igfl/view?usp=sharing PDF]<ref>Palm, G. Von Prittwitz. 1893. "Mirror maze." U.S. Patent No. 507,159. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlhquyhVf_0jAdJqOaQfU2pBGLi9Igfl/view?usp=sharing PDF]</ref>
			* Mirror maze. (September 3, 1895) U.S. Patent No. 545,678 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YokupJBu6h7_jqKKJ4fI8BCWUHsrBSLx/view?usp=sharing PDF]<ref>Castan, G. 1895. "Mirror maze." U.S. Patent No. 545,678. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YokupJBu6h7_jqKKJ4fI8BCWUHsrBSLx/view?usp=sharing PDF]</ref>

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

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	== Locations ==		== Locations ==
	Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.<ref name=":0" /> According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the [[Shooting Gallery]] and southeast of the [[Olentangy Park Casino and Theater\|theater]].<ref name="sanborn1901">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/.</ref><ref name="sanborn1901-2">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901, Sheet 63. Map. https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464</ref>		Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.<ref name=":0" /> According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the [[Shooting Gallery]] and southeast of the [[Olentangy Park Casino and Theater\|theater]].<ref name="sanborn1901">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/.</ref><ref name="sanborn1901-2">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901, Sheet 63. Map. https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464</ref>

			== Related Patents ==
			* Mirror maze. (October 24, 1893) U.S. Patent No. 507,159 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlhquyhVf_0jAdJqOaQfU2pBGLi9Igfl/view?usp=sharing PDF]<ref>Palm, G. Von Prittwitz. 1893. "Mirror maze." U.S. Patent No. 507,159. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlhquyhVf_0jAdJqOaQfU2pBGLi9Igfl/view?usp=sharing PDF]</ref>

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

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	== Locations ==		== Locations ==
	Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.<ref name=":0" /> According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the [[Shooting Gallery]] and southeast of the [[Olentangy Park Casino and Theater\|theater]].<ref name="sanborn1901">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/.</ref><ref name="sanborn1901-2">Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901, Sheet 63. Map. https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464</ref>		Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.<ref name=":0" /> According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the [[Shooting Gallery]] and southeast of the [[Olentangy Park Casino and Theater\|theater]].<ref name="sanborn1901">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/.</ref><ref name="sanborn1901-2">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901, Sheet 63. Map. https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464</ref>

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	== Locations ==		== Locations ==
	Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.<ref name=":0" /> According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the [[Shooting Gallery]] and southeast of the [[Olentangy Park Casino and Theater\|theater]].<ref name="sanborn1901">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/.</ref><ref name="sanborn1901-2">Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464</ref>		Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.<ref name=":0" /> According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the [[Shooting Gallery]] and southeast of the [[Olentangy Park Casino and Theater\|theater]].<ref name="sanborn1901">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/.</ref><ref name="sanborn1901-2">Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901, Sheet 63. Map. https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464</ref>

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==