Squirrel Target
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Mechanical shooting gallery target in the shape of an elephant. The target was made by M.F. Mangels Co., a Coney Island, NY firm whose namesake invented such notable amusement park rides as >The Whip<i> and <i? The Razzle Dazzle</i> as well as producing standard attractions like carousels and shooting galleries.
label: Description
content: Arcade shooting galleries featured cast-iron targets attached to moving conveyer belts. Customers would shoot at the targets with BBs or real ammunition. An operator would keep track of the number successfull shots, and if a certain number was reached, the contestant would win a prize.
label: Description
content: The squirrel target was often found in an element called <i>The squirrel tree </i> where a line of the animals would run up the side of a metal tree.
label: Description
content: Shooting galleries continue to be used in arcades, carnivals and amusement parks. Today, ammunition usually consists of a beam of light or stream of water.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn, Coney Island
topic: label: general subject association
content: Amusement Parks
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Richard J. Coulter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0812.02
label: accession number
content: 1985.0812
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0812.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Target
label: Object Name
content: arcade target
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 11.43 cm x 1.905 cm