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- "Electric Traveling Crane" Arcade Game, circa 1933 - In the 1930s, skill games, like this art deco Electric Traveling Crane, were extremely popular. International Mutoscope Reel Company owner, William Rabkin, patented this machine. Rabkin was an innovator in marketing and designing arcade machines. He falsely claimed to have invented crane games; in reality, Erie Manufacturing Company developed the first patented crane game, the Erie Digger, in 1926.
- circa 1933
- Collections - Artifact
"Electric Traveling Crane" Arcade Game, circa 1933
In the 1930s, skill games, like this art deco Electric Traveling Crane, were extremely popular. International Mutoscope Reel Company owner, William Rabkin, patented this machine. Rabkin was an innovator in marketing and designing arcade machines. He falsely claimed to have invented crane games; in reality, Erie Manufacturing Company developed the first patented crane game, the Erie Digger, in 1926.