"Electric Traveling Crane" Arcade Game, circa 1933

Artifact

Arcade game

Date Made

circa 1933

Creators

International Mutoscope Reel Company 

Place of Creation

United States, New York, New York 

Keywords

Arcade games 

Games 

Amusement arcades 

Penny arcades 

Play (Recreation) 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

83.11.17

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Wood (Plant material)
Aluminum (Metal)
Iron (Metal)
Bronze (Metal)
Steel (Alloy)
Glass (Material)

Dimensions

Height: 66.313 in

Width: 22.875 in

Length: 21.375 in

Inscriptions

on plate on front, left: U.S. PAT. NO. 1888050 / OTHER PATENTS / PENDING / V024 / MFD BY / INTERNATIONAL / MUTOSCOPE / REEL CO. INC. / NEW YORK on front, center, above bin: ELECTRIC / TRAVELING / CRANE / TRADE MARK on handle of bin: LIFT on front, right of bin: LOCATE CRANE / HOLD HAND / PUSH on coin slot, in a circle: MONARCH PRODUCT SALES / CORP. MACON, GA. / PATENT NO. 3371753 above motor: "ELECTRIC TRAVELING CRANE" / SEE IT OPERATE / TRADEMARK / TEST YOUR SKILL / PATENTED-PATENET NO. 1888050 / OTHER PATENTS PENDING in back, right, on plate: THIS INDICATOR / SHOWS LOCATION WHERE DIGGER WILL DROP / FROM FRONT TO REAR / DIRECTIONS / TURN WHEEL SLOWLY TO MOVE BOOM RIGHT OR LEFT / SET INDICATOR WHERE YOU WANT DIGGER TO DROP THEN PUSH COIN IN SLOT TO START / DO NOT INSERT COIN WHILE MACHINE IS IN MOTION. / (C) INTERNATIONAL MUTOSCOPE REEL CO. / NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. U.S.A.