Featured Antique (Not Repro) Fortune Telling Sign-Hand Painted Oak-Sideshow/Coin-op ???

Here's a piece that's been in the garage for years-a 'Rajah Magic Crystal' sign.I'd like to find out exactly what kind of thing this advertised (coin op machine,fortune teller,carnival,sideshow).
It's 7" tall by 23" long,old enamel sign paint on oak,and was either mounted via the iron pegs on the bottom,or with two brackets on the back.
Thanks for any help- I've been wondering where this thing came from for years.

 

Probably went with this machine:

https://www.gameroomshow.com/produc...crystal-fortune-teller-by-exhibit-supply-mfg/

Maybe you can email them and ask if it's shown in the catalog page they mention.

 

Kronos- Great lead,I think you nailed it ! I'll email those guys and see if they've got a catalog or other machine with this sign.Thanks big.

 

Cool piece

 

Thanks Sabre-I wonder if the sign may actually to 'The Blue Raja' (aka The Fork)

 

how are u familiar with the Mystery Men........???

 

You might give a call to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and talk to someone in their Arcade / History /archives, I know they had similar there , they used to have a whole museums worth of stuff in their underground lair at one time . Not sure if "Todd M." still works there , he has worked there for 25 years or more I think , great guy, loves old arcade stuff and has beautiful cars to boot . He has a 1903 or so Cadillac.

 

Will look up contacts for Santa Cruz Boardwalk Arcade History Archives.We were all jazzed when 'The Lost Boys' came out-filmed in Santa Cruz !

 

Komokwa- loved 'The Mystery Men',saw it when it came out,('Remo Williams' too ). I get a kick out of really good Genre bending films,flicks that take a familiar 'trope' (Science Fiction,Adventure,Super Hero),give 'em a clever twist with some real humor-like the first 'Guardians of the Galaxy'.'The Mystery Men' of course never had the impact of 'Guardians' mass audience wise,one of my all-time secret pleasures and sadly neglected.

 

This marquee is from the 1930 Exhibit Supply RAJAH fortune teller. For a penny it would display your fortune using an internal projector. There were 2 different marquee for it, one was wood like this and another appeared to be a cast material but I have not seen an example of the cast one other than the Exhibit supply catalog image. Were you able to find any additional information about this marquee? Do you still have it, or know how it ended up in your garage?

 

can't find the one cent model....

 

This is an older thread and I don't want the OP to miss seeing your reply so I'll tag them for you:
@bosko69

 

Attached a pic of the 1 cent model that came out in 1929-1930 by Exhibit Supply. There are a couple of much newer versions that used the same name, but the style and dimensions of the found marquee seem to match the catalog picture of the 1930 version. The original catalog is a drawing, actual machines I have seen were missing the marquee

 

Thanks for the input folks ! Nice to nail down the history of the piece- picked it up at the Sausalito, CA Flea Market in the early 1980's. It might be the first piece we bought after getting married & it's in the garage because we ran out of room !
Sidenote- The Flea was located down the hill from the Marin City housing project where Tupac grew up. Marin City- 'is recognized as the only major African-American enclave in the otherwise affluent, majority-white Marin County.'
Home prices in the rest of Sausalito averages 1.46 mil.