The image of a shooting gallery is typical of post-World War
II Coney Island. Parachute troops and soldiers replaced conventional ducks
and swinging targets.
This shooting gallery target depicts the Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, falling with a parachute. The illustration style comically depicts the facial expression for which he was famous during his reign.
(Metal, 5.75” h.)
Above is a framed, glass silkscreen panel used in one of the
coin-slot rifle gallery games found in arcades throughout Coney
Island.
This sort of takes the whole shooting gallery game to an
absurd level. One could only imagine what the person who designed this
sign was thinking. Kind of says it all.(Metal, 23”w. x 6”h.)
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