Penny Arcade (Colonnade) - Revision history

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	At least two '''Penny Arcades''' existed at the park. The first was installed in the Colonnade across from the [[Theater]] around 1904<ref>''Catalog of Title Entries of Books Etc.'' Catalog of Title Entries First Quarter 1905. Entry 10801.</ref> and a second along the Midway in 1909. Penny Arcades were attractions with coin-operated devices, including fortune-telling machinery, slot machines, love tester machines, and skill-based games such as skeeball, box-ball, and shooter games.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_arcade#Penny_arcade "Penny Arcade."] ''Wikipedia.org.''</ref>		At least two '''Penny Arcades''' existed at the park. The first was installed in the Colonnade across from the [[Theater]] around 1904<ref>''Catalog of Title Entries of Books Etc.'' Catalog of Title Entries First Quarter 1905. Entry 10801.</ref> and a second along the Midway in 1909. Penny Arcades were attractions with coin-operated devices, including kinetoscopes, mutoscopes, fortune-telling machinery, slot machines, love tester machines, and skill-based games such as skeeball, box-ball, and shooter games.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_arcade#Penny_arcade "Penny Arcade."] ''Wikipedia.org.''</ref>

	The term "Arcade" was also used to describe the Colonnade as a whole.		The term "Arcade" was also used to describe the Colonnade as a whole.
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	In 1918, the Penny Arcade was run by a Mr. Watson.<ref>Wanted advertisement. ''[https://www.newspapers.com/article/chillicothe-gazette-wanted-two-or-thre/176650543/ Chillicothe Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio).]'' May 27, 1918. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</ref>		In 1918, the Penny Arcade was run by a Mr. Watson.<ref>Wanted advertisement. ''[https://www.newspapers.com/article/chillicothe-gazette-wanted-two-or-thre/176650543/ Chillicothe Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio).]'' May 27, 1918. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</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>		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>

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

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	In 1918, the Penny Arcade was run by a Mr. Watson.<ref>Wanted advertisement. ''[https://www.newspapers.com/article/chillicothe-gazette-wanted-two-or-thre/176650543/ Chillicothe Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio).]'' May 27, 1918. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</ref>		In 1918, the Penny Arcade was run by a Mr. Watson.<ref>Wanted advertisement. ''[https://www.newspapers.com/article/chillicothe-gazette-wanted-two-or-thre/176650543/ Chillicothe Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio).]'' May 27, 1918. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</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>

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

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	At least two '''Penny Arcades''' existed at the park. The first was installed in the Colonnade across from the [[Theater]] around 1904<ref>''Catalog of Title Entries of Books Etc.'' Catalog of Title Entries First Quarter 1905. Entry 10801.</ref> and a second along the Midway in 1909. Penny Arcades were attractions with coin-operated devices, including fortune-telling machinery, slot machines, love tester machines, and skill-based games such as skeeball, box-ball, and shooter games.<ref>~~"Penny Arcade.'' ''Wikipedia.org.''~~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_arcade#Penny_arcade</ref>		At least two '''Penny Arcades''' existed at the park. The first was installed in the Colonnade across from the [[Theater]] around 1904<ref>''Catalog of Title Entries of Books Etc.'' Catalog of Title Entries First Quarter 1905. Entry 10801.</ref> and a second along the Midway in 1909. Penny Arcades were attractions with coin-operated devices, including fortune-telling machinery, slot machines, love tester machines, and skill-based games such as skeeball, box-ball, and shooter games.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_arcade#Penny_arcade "Penny Arcade."] ''Wikipedia.org.''</ref>

	The term "Arcade" was also used to describe the Colonnade as a whole.		The term "Arcade" was also used to describe the Colonnade as a whole.

	In 1918, the Penny Arcade was ~~ran~~ by a Mr. Watson.<ref>Wanted advertisement. ''~~Chillicothe Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio).'' May 27, 1918. Accessed through Newspapers.com.~~ https://www.newspapers.com/article/chillicothe-gazette-wanted-two-or-thre/176650543/</ref>		In 1918, the Penny Arcade was run by a Mr. Watson.<ref>Wanted advertisement. ''[https://www.newspapers.com/article/chillicothe-gazette-wanted-two-or-thre/176650543/ Chillicothe Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio).]'' May 27, 1918. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</ref>

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

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	The term "Arcade" was also used to describe the Colonnade as a whole.		The term "Arcade" was also used to describe the Colonnade as a whole.

			In 1918, the Penny Arcade was ran by a Mr. Watson.<ref>Wanted advertisement. ''Chillicothe Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio).'' May 27, 1918. Accessed through Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/chillicothe-gazette-wanted-two-or-thre/176650543/</ref>

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

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