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Carousel News &25th25th Trader, September 2010 AnniversAnniverswww.carouselnews.comaaryry 1985-20101985-2010 1 CAROUSELS FOR SALE 1927 Illions Supreme – SOLD This is the last of the three complete supremes including the world famous American Beauty rose horse. 1895 Looff Carousel. Last operated at Asbury Park A huge 4-row with 78 replacement animals. 1925 PTC. Last operated Kiddieland in Melrose, IL 3-row carousel with an amazing 16 signature PTC horses. 1900s PTC Carousel Last operated by the world famous Strates shows. In storage awaiting restoration. 1900s Looff Carousel Huge 4-row menagerie carousel. Has been in storage for years, awaiting restoration. 1900s PTC Carousel Rare 4-row unrestored carousel great for community project. Priced to sell. Restoration available. 1927 Dentzel frame from Rock Springs, WV The last carousel Dentzel ever built with the trim still in original paint. Replacement animals available. 1880s Herschell-Spillman Steam-Operated Carousel Original steam engine with 24 animals and 2 chariots. 1900s Dentzel Menagerie Carousel All original animals. Currently up and operating looking for new home. 1900s PTC Carousel A huge 4-row with all original animals. Restored and ready to operate. 1920s Dentzel Menagerie Carousel All original animals. Deluxe trim. Currently in storage. Videos of it operating at its last location. 1920s Dentzel Carousel Another huge 4-row machine, just like Disneyland’s, with 78 replacement animals. Allan Herschell Carousel 30 horses. New sweeps and platforms. Set up for outdoor use. Located on East Coast. Up and running; ready to go. 1920s Spillman Three-row, Rare barn find. All original and complete. Awaiting restoration.

Large supply of later Allan Herschell carousels starting at $75,000, and newer used fiberglass carousels starting at $175,000. Other large, significant antique carousels available. Details by request only. All machines can be seen at www.carousel.com, or call or write for details. BRASS RING ENTERTAINMENT, 11001 PEORIA STREET, SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 818-394-0028 • fax 818-394-0062 • [email protected] • www.carousel.com It’s All Here. The Thriving Marketplace for the Attractions Industry. Products and people. Ideas and innovations. Energy and excitement. IAAPA Attractions Expo 2010 delivers it all! Make connections and discover business solutions at every turn— from product displays and demonstrations, EAS Euro networking events, and behind-the-scenes Attractions facility tours to powerful education sessions Show and access to high-level industry experts. The sights and sounds, promise and possibility of the global attractions industry all come together at IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando. ASIAN Attractions Expo

IAAPA Attractions Expo 2010 Produced by: ORLANDO, FLORIDA USA IAAPA Conference: November 15–19, 2010 Attractions Trade Show: November 16–19, 2010 Expo Orange County Convention Center To attend orgo exhibit, to www.IAAPA.org go to www.IAAPA.org ON THE COVER: Allan Herschell Carousel September, 2010 Vol. 26, No. 9 Charles I. D. Looff stands proudly aboard the first carousel on Coney Island, installed in 1876. Doubtful he knew how many would follow. He was just 24.

CN&T/Fraley Archive photo Inside this issue: 30 horses. New sweeps and platforms. From Dan’s Desk ...... 6 Set up for outdoor use. Located on East Coast. Notes from Marianne ...... 8 Up and running ready to go. Delivery and installation available. Carousel Calendar ...... 8 Price $75,000 Call 818-394-0028 From the Editor ...... 9 Or Email [email protected] for pictures and details. William F. Mangels, III Memoriam ...... 10 Burlington, NC Dentzel Turns 100 ...... 13 The Carousel News & Trader CN&T Celebrates 25 Years ...... 17 11001 Peoria Street • Sun Valley, CA 91352-1631 Phone/Fax: 818-332-7944 Email: [email protected] Carousels Lost, 1964-2010 ...... 26 Web: http://www.carouselnews.com Daniel Horenberger ...... Publisher Carousels Saved, 1963-2010 ...... 27 Roland Hopkins ...... Managing Editor Lisa McDonald ...... Controller CN&T 25 Years Paparazzi ...... 36 Contributors: Lourinda Bray, Leah Farnsworth, Marianne Stevens, Carousel Education, 1964-2010 ...... 38 Marsha Schloesser, John Caruso, Jim Weaver, Bill Benjamin, Richard Concepcion

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4 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 www.carouselnews.com 5 From Dan’s Desk Message from the publisher, Brass Dan Horenberger Ring These are little bits of infor- mation that come across my desk. Some will become bigger stories in future issues of the CN&T; others are just passed-along information. It was a long winter, then somehow spring slipped away and now it’s late summer. I lived most of the last few months on the East Coast working. Sorry for the lack of Dan’s Desk during that time. The new gears in place at Crescent Park. Gearing Up Back East make it run better. A new motor drive is being added along We made all new gears and bearings for the carousel with handicapped accessibility in the coming weeks. This at Union, NY. It’s been disabled for years but now is 100% will bring this historic machine up to modern standards. Su- and full of fun. The carousel at Johnson City is also open san Germain is doing a great job restoring the animals right again. Just two of the few FREE ride carousels in the coun- now. This machine has never looked or run better. try along with all of the other Binghamton area machines. Besides getting several other carousels up for summer, We’ve almost finished making PTC #18 at the Carou- the hardest job we had was all new gears for the Looff car- sel Center Mall in Syracuse 100%. Since its restoration in ousel at Crescent Park. These are the hardest gears in the 1990, it’s never had all of the animals jumping or working carousel world to make. Most carousels just have a lower properly. We made all new crankshafts and now all of the gear and pinions. This machine has an upper and lower animals are jumping again. It needs a few more tweaks to center gear with the pinion gears sandwiched in-between. It

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6 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 was a tough engineering job, but the carousel is up and run- ning like new. The great part of the job was working with Ed Amusement Industry Serowik and his son. Ed worked for Mrs. Looff. Yes, the Mrs. Looff. Need I say more. A complete story in later months. Worth the read. 25 Years... LIGHTING SUPPLIES I need to ad- The Best Source for all your Lighting Needs dress and say thank you to all “Your pay-back of our subscrib- light source” ers. This is the LED LOW PROFILE 25th anniversa- ry of the maga- zine. I may not “HALF GLOBE” have owned it 18 LEDs THE GREEN that long but I MACHINE 120 Volt have been read- 0.024 AMP Power Draw ing it that long. I remember meeting Nancy DOUBLE T Loucks at the 20 SUPER LED Big Apple auc- BRIGHT TOWERS tion put on by Guernseys in NYC in 1986. She was a ball of LEDs 12 LEDs energy and brought all of us together. She is dearly missed. 120 Volt Without Nancy and her husband Walter, the carousel world 0.024 AMP Power Draw would be in a completely different place today. They brought THE ORIGINAL GETS BETTER! carousel news to our doorsteps long before the internet. We try hard, but we will never be able to recreate her Over 50,000 Hour Burn Life infectious enthusiasm. Thank you Nancy and Walter for all No heat to discolor turbo you have done. No Filament — Vibration resistant Gurnsey’s Auction Sept. 25 More Light — Brighter Light But, as things change, they also remain the same. This Will feature any ride or concession S14 month Guernsey’s is having another auction in NYC. A nice on any lot! No comparison! 8 LEDs big individual animal sale. We haven’t had one for awhile. All Models Weather Proof and Shock Resistant 120 Volt Thankfully, all of the complete carousels that have been 0.02 AMP Power Draw available have been saved for some time. Here’s a chance THE GREEN to get a collector quality carousel animal. See page 5 for MACHINE details. With the outlook promising that the few remaining whole carousels will remain intact, we only have so many individual carousel animals that will ever be available for private collections. Quality carousel animals are becoming harder to find. 12 Maybe using carousel animals as investments will start to SUPER BRIGHT follow as demand grows and supply fades away. LEDs Fall into IAAPA With summer over, the amusement park silly season G12.5 8 LEDs starts. Lots of news and rumors. We’ll keep you up to date 120 Volt as much as we can. It’s going to be a busy off season for ev- 0.02 AMP Power Draw eryone in the business. I need to start laying out our booth THOUSANDS IN USE! for IAAPA. Where does the time go? With carousels going counter clockwise you would think time may go backwards. Maybe there’s a movie idea there. Too late, it’s been done. ACTION LIGHTING If you ever want to see a fun family carousel movie watch Your Best Choice for Something Wicked This Way Comes. You get to see the Quality Lighting Products best Parker carousel ever made, owned by Dave Bradley at the time, and once operated at Santa Monica Pier in CA. 1-800-248-0076 The animals live on today in fiberglass on many of the new www.actionlighting.com Chance carousels you see in malls.

Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 www.carouselnews.com 7 Save Our Wooden Carousels Carousel Calendar HAPPY 25th Anniversary! AUCTIONS Notes from September 25, 2010 - 2 p.m. Marianne... New York, NY. The Auction. Approximately 45 horses and By Marianne Stevens menagerie figures from the legendary century-old carving Carousel Historian, Co-Author of studios of Dentzel, Carmel, Stein & Goldstein, Muller, Il- “Painted Ponies.” lions, Looff, Parker and PTC. Preview: Fri. 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Marianne Stevens poses on her Sat. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Auction: Sat. 2 p.m. The Park Avenue prized Looff carousel at Shore- Armory, NYC. Phone bidding and online bidding available. line Village in Long Beach, CA Catalog on disc: $10. Guernsey’s, (212) 794-2280; auc- in the 1990s. [email protected]; www.guernseys.com. Roland alerted me that he November 13, 2010 would be tight for space in this Auburn, IN. Norton’s Annual Consignment Auction. issue, trying to include all the things he wanted for the spe- Carousel figures, carnival rides, amusement park rides, cial anniversary edition. I guess I picked the wrong month full carousels, band organs and all related amusement equipment and collectibles. Consign early for maximum to write five pages with a dozen or more pictures on all the advertising exposure. Brochure deadline is Oct. 15. For Muller carousels. Roland and I decided to hold the article information and consignment package contact Norton Auc- until next month when he can give it a proper amount of tioneers, www.nortonauctioneers.com, (517) 279-9063. space. Instead of my column this month, I thought I would lend my support and show my appreciation with an ad. SPECIAL EVENTS

Sept. 21-26, 2010 Spokane, WA. NCA 2010 Carousel Convention, Visit the 100 year old Spokane Riverfront Looff and numerous other Happy 25th carousels and landmarks in Washington, Montana and Idaho. Visit www.nca-usa.org for information. Carousel News & Trader Sept. 24 - Oct. 17, 2010 Dallas, TX. State Fair of Texas, Fair Park. Once-a-year chance to ride the historic 1920s Dentzel carousel. The largest state fair in the U.S. dating back to 1886. For infor- mation, call (214) 565-9931 or visit www.bigtex.com. . Nov. 15-19, 2010 Orlando, FL. 2010 IAAPA Attractions Expo. Orange County Convention Center. Visit www.IAAPA.org. Through Dec. 31, 2010 Sandusky, OH. “Wild!” The Merry-Go-Round Museum’s Nancy’s Dream Come True! 2010 exhibit displays rare carousel animals from several private collections. “Wild!” kicks off the museum’s 20th birth- day celebration with additional events planned through the – Marianne Stevens year. (419) 626-6111 or www.merrygoroundmusem.org. COAA Band Organ Rallys COAA is devoted to enjoying, preserving, and sharing knowledge of all outdoor mechanical musical instruments, including band, fair, street organs, calliopes, and hand-cranked organs of all sizes.

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8 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 In July, we celebrated our FROM THE EDITOR 4th anniversary with the maga- zine; just long enough to real- ize how time does fly. I’ll be the Celebrating 25 Years first to admit that when I took It is a privilege to be at the helm of a magazine celebrat- over the magazine, I could not ing its 25th anniversary. It’s a tall order as well. A tall order for spell Looff. Luckily for me, I did anyone, really, but even more so for someone new. know how to make a magazine Many of you have been part of the carousel world from from start to finish, and Dan the beginning of the magazine in 1985, and many of you could spell Looff and fill me in long before that. Some of you were there when the modern on a few thousand other things At the Pen Argyl carousel, “carouselmania” movement began. And some of you were I should know. 2009 NCA Convention. among those instrumental in the beginnings of the modern To Dan, and to all of you, I Barbara Fahs Charles photo appreciation of our antique carousels. would like to say thank you. Thank you for your patience Myself, I have been on the carousel scene for just a few and invaluable assistance in helping me make what I hope years. At first, as a day laborer for Dan and Brass Ring En- is a nice, and occasionally intelligent magazine every month tertainment, on and off for a couple of years, (to support my over the past four years. In delving in and out of 300 issues, screenwriting habit), and more recently, of course, as editor covering 25 years, over the past few weeks, I would like to of the magazine. thank those of you who have been with the magazine long In working for Dan as a “grunt”, I did learn a few things before me and have been contributing all along. Thank you. about carousels: how heavy they are, how greasy they are, I hope you enjoy some of the things featured in this issue. and how you must find a Zen state of mind when sanding a Believe it or not, I have been thinking about this for over a carousel horse, (and kiss your fingertips goodbye). year, and this is what I came up with. I wish I could tell all the I learned that when you are working on a full carousel, stories, but that would be a book. When possible, the photos the Ibuprofen is for your back. When you are working on a used are scanned from previous issues. What they lack in carousel horse, the Ibuprofen is for your fingers. quality and clarity, I hope they make up for in nostalgia.

Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 www.carouselnews.com 9 Riding With The Rabbit By Richard Concepcion with Lisa Pisano Haley William F. Mangels, III 1925 - 2010 Reminiscing about Bill Mangels This past April, Bill Mangels passed away. He was the direct grandson of William F. Mangels, Coney Tammy Abramson, Noreene Sweeney and Bill Mangels spin Island’s great builder of amusement rides and carousels, in the tub on Pueblo’s C. W. Parker #72 during the 1994 NCA and for a time, Bill painted carousel horses in his grandfa- Convention in Colorado. (CNT 10-1994) ther’s factory. In his presence you couldn’t help feeling that of the seat on the Whip and saying to her, “Now you get to you were with an elder statesman and witness to the history ride in a real Mangels Whip with Bill Mangels!” What a ride. of the amusement industry as it sprang from Coney Island, We laughed the whole time. in particular the art of the carousel. Indeed it was the late Indeed, there are several classic amusement parks that Fred Fried, founder of the carousel preservation movement I have visited this season which still have a Mangels Whip, and a close friend of Bill, who introduced him to us at an with each car having an oval plate bearing the Mangels NCA convention and meetings in New York. name from Coney Island. Bill, along with his wife, Dot Mangels, became close Bill and Dot always sent us Christmas cards for the holi- friends of ours as well. He always had an interesting story days. In our Christmas cards to them, Lisa would often use to tell – my favorite being about when he was younger, and photos of vintage Mangels rides she had photographed that would paint horses for his grandfa- summer with her son. ther in the Mangels shop. They were The last time we both saw Bill and the little metal Mangels kiddie ride Dot was at the Coney Island Hall of horses. He would sometimes take Fame ceremony in 2005, sponsored his time painting them, and when his by the Coney Island History Project, grandfather would “catch him wasting led by Charles Denson who authored time” on the horses, he would wave “Coney Island Lost & Found”. I was his cane and Bill and shout “paint the one who put Charles in touch faster Bill!” with Bill, so Bill could be present for Bill and Dot shared some memo- the occasion as his grandfather was rable times with us. He would attend honored for his role in the resort’s meetings with us along with Tony and amusement industry’s color- Simpson, Ruth Peterkin, and others ful history. We both felt personally at Fred Fried’s apartment when we proud to have made it possible for Bill were working on the Northeast Chap- Bill Mangels with Rapid T. Rabbit in 2005. to accept the awards on behalf of his ter of the NCA. Once we all went together to Nunleys Car- grandfather’s achievements that day and to hear Charles ousel in Baldwin, NY, on Long Island. We all enjoyed some Denson declaring from the podium “William Mangels...back hamburgers and rode on the Stein & Goldstein carousel. again in Coney Island!” I also interviewed Bill for the Rapid We saw Gavin McDonough building a new organ for Rye T. Rabbit Show on cable TV during the ceremonies. Playland’s carousel in his shop. We all enjoyed an good When one hears the word “treasure”, they often think of laugh when Playland staff sign painter, Larry McGowan, a piece of fine art hanging in a museum, a skillfully crafted used his piano playing talents to demonstrate what a carou- statue or delicately crafted piece of jewelry glittering with sel band organ would sound like if its paper roll was tracking gold and precious stones. But we knew a person who was a out of alignment – those were fun times. true treasure – more wonderful than a piece of art – he spar- After another NCA/NE meeting at Fred Fried’s, we all kled more than any gold or jewels could. He was filled with went to Central Park to ride the carousel, and sadly this a wealth of stories, information, knowledge and friendship. would turn out to be the last time we would all see our friend He made the world a brighter place and brought happiness Fred Fried alive. to all around him – he made us smile. How much richer our We attended the 1994 National Carousel Convention in lives are now, having had the honor to have known Bill Man- Colorado and rode on PTC #6 together in Burlington, as gels, heard his stories, and shared good times with him. well as the full-size Mangels Whip Ride at Lakeside Park in How much poorer the whole world is now that he is gone. Denver. Lisa remembers Bill putting his arm over the back Bill will be missed by us and all the lives he has touched.

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12 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 23rd Annual Carousel Festival, Sept. 18-19 to Feature Dentzel Museum Exhibit Burlington, NC, Dentzel Carousel Celebrates 100th Anniversary Photo courtesy of the Cates family.

Roney Cates is among the first to ride on the carousel when it opened in Burlington, Oct. 9, 1948. By Diane Vaught Special to The Carousel News & Trader hen someone asks, “What is there to do in North Carolina” the responses are infinite. When you ask the same question to a local in Burlington, WNorth Carolina there is one activity that is repeated time and again - We just love riding the Dentzel Carousel in the Burlington City Park. The Carousel and it’s music is like a magnet - when the carousel opens, its music can be heard for almost a mile away - telling everyone that summer has arrived. People The Burlington, NC, carousel is used to crowds shown here young and old flock to the carousel but for many different in 1997 during the annual Carousel Festival. The first sample reasons - not only for a ride in the park, but also for ac- issue of “The Carousel Trader” was distributed here during tivities both unique and very personal, including proposals the 1985 NCA convention. The NCA would return to Burling- of marriage, family outings and reunions, memorable prom ton for their 1998 Silver Anniversary Convention.

Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 www.carouselnews.com 13 The Burlington Dentzel shown here in 1984, one year before the NCA would visit along with Nancy and Walter Loucks and “The Carousel Trader”. Diane Vaught (left) who championed the carousel’s long, pictures, school outings for children of all ages, Christmas painstaking restoration from 1979 to 1983 along with her pictures, art project by local high school students, the cen- good friend, carousel restoration expert, Rosa Ragan. Photo terpiece of the annual Burlington Carousel Festivals and from the 1994 NCA Tech Conference, chaired by Rosa and held in Meridian, MS. (CNT 6-94) two NCA National Conventions. It’s the place for grandpar- ents with the grandkids and also the “place to come back to” The Museum Tent will also feature large 4x8 panels con- after one has moved elsewhere. A place where memories taining pictures and memorabilia from 1948 to the present will always be close to the heart! which will be joined by several Dentzel and Muller horses This year, Burlington’s Dentzel City Park Carousel cel- and a chariot from the former North Park Carousel in Burl- ebrates 100 years of memories and is still going strong. ington, NC. The 100th anniversary celebration will take place during the The 23rd festival this year will feature Antiques, Art & 23rd Burlington Carousel Festival held in the Burlington City Collectibles and will have two days of live music and ac- Park on Saturday, September 18th from 10 am-6 pm and tivities for young and old alike and delicious down home Sunday, September 19th from 1-6 pm. cooking. All parks rides, including the carousel are free and The Highlight of the Festival will be a Dentzel Carousel Saturday night will feature the new Aussie singing group, Museum Tent set up with live presentations of the history, the McClymonts. The three-girl group are in the style of the restoration and mechanics of Burlington’s carousel, as well Dixie Chicks. as the history of the Dentzel family. William Dentzel, III, Did you know it was at the 1985 NCA Convention in Bur- great nephew of William Dentzel (whose shop carved the lington, NC, when The Carousel News and Trader was first Burlington, NC, Dentzel) will join Diane Vaught and others presented and was born? It was just a few pages of paper as they show pictures from the past and relay information stapled together – but soon turned into a beautiful full-color about how and where and by whom our carousel was made magazine. This year the CN&T will be celebrating its 25th so long ago! Bill Dentzel will be on hand at various times on anniversary while Burlington celebrates its 100th. Quite an Saturday to sign Festival programs and any pictures. achievement for both our carousel and their magazine. The one hundred years of our carousel also brings de- cades of history to life. The journey begins with Jacob, and then Gustav Dentzel’s move from Germany to Philly, hoping that carousels would be welcomed into the leisure culture. In the 1860s, Gustav received a shipment of unpainted car- ousel animals from his father in Germany and in 1867, Gus- tav’s storefront sign changed from reading cabinetmaker to read G.A. Dentzel Steam & Horsepower Carousel Builder. The Dentzel carousel was on its way to charm the hearts of Americans. Eighty-one years later, Burlington’s City Manager, Wil- liam H. Carper, placed an ad in the March 1948 issue of Billboard magazine wishing to offer more family recreation facilities in Burlington by purchasing a “merry-go-round”. Townsfolk converge upon the carousel on its opening day in Numerous offers came in, but the one with the winning bid Burlington in October, 1948. came from Genoa, OH. In an April 3, 1948 letter, then own-

14 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 Dentzel lion on the Burlington carousel in 1998.

John Caruso photos the Recreation & Parks Director, Joe Davidson, requesting the carousel as a project for the Service League. Happy to Outside row stander with jumping rabbits behind, taken at have helping hands, Mr. Davidson welcomed the idea to get the 1998 NCA Silver Anniversary convention. the carousel moving again. Mrs. Vaught spent 1981 to 1985 er, Carl J. Uthoff, describes to Burlington’s City Manager learning everything she could, researching the ph of the that he had “a most beautiful machine” that “could be made wood, finding consolidators, putties and paint types most to look like a million if horses, etc., were repainted.” $3,500 compatible as well as the method for restoring the original later, the City of Burlington became the proud owners of this oil paintings. Next came the mechanics and finding sources wonderful machine, sold to the city as an Allan Herschell, for making new gears, roller bearings, brass bushings, etc., but later learned to be a Dentzel. and finding experts in helping repair and take apart and put Finally, on October 8, 1948, Burlington’s new carousel back everything mechanical. It has been stated that Mrs. opened with much support and excitement from the public. Vaught found the “right chemistry to restore the carousel.” Within the first ten days, 12,000 tickets at a nickel apiece She and her team of paid and volunteer personnel restored had been sold. The menagerie of animals front and cen- the animals to their original glory, the rounding boards to ter of City Park bore wind, rain, snow and missteps of then their original scenes, not to mention they took the entire gear staff, unaware of the maintenance and care needed for assembly and top “race” apart, finding local businesses to such rare and delicate handcrafted carousel animals. In the manufacture duplicate parts needed to get the jumpers and early ‘80s, the local Alamance County Service League took carousel moving again. Almost everything new was proudly notice of the hometown’s very own treasure. Leading the made or repaired locally – right in Alamance and Guilford charge, Diane Vaught, new to the area, young mom and Counties of NC. The tireless work continued through cold chairman of the community Service Committee approached winter days and long summer nights, until finally in April 1983, Burlington celebrated the re-opening of the carousel. And the paint has lasted, except for touch ups – for these past 27 years. The Burlington Dentzel Carousel is a menagerie consist- ing of 26 horses, a giraffe, a tiger, a lion, a deer and four each of cats, rabbits, pigs and ostriches, and not to be left out are two chariots. The counter-clockwise spin turns with the melodies from a custom made pipe organ handcrafted by Don Stinson of Stinson’s Pipe Organ Company. After this last restoration, the Recreation & Parks Department protected the carousel with rolling doors which have per- formed their job well by protecting it from the elements of southern hot humid weather. With the honor of being on the National Register of His- toric Places, and having been given a plaque from the Na- tional Carousel Association in recognition of the restoration and preservation project, Burlington’s historic Dentzel car- Outside row stander with helmet and sword, jumping cats ousel, one of the top activities for what to do in Burlington, behind. John Caruso 1998 photo is hopefully protected for years to come.

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16 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 From an Eight Page, Hand-Typed Handout to 300 Issues and Counting Nancy Loucks’ Dream Lives on as The CN&T Celebrates 25 Years

Carousel News & Trader founder, editor and publisher, Nancy Loucks, admires a beautifully restored Illions at the home of Rol and Jo Summit in Rolling Hills, CA, in the late 1980s. posed to be retired. However, I do volunteer work and people By Walter Loucks found out what I used to do, so now I do newsletters, grant Past Editor/Publisher, The Carousel News & Trader, writing and handyman projects for non-profits. I’d rather stay First, I would like to say congratulations and thank you busy anyway. to Dan Horenberger, Publisher, and Roland Hopkins, Editor, 1985 – The Carousel Trader, as it was known then, was for continuing to publish The Carousel News & Trader. I can one of these ventures that literally started on a kitchen table, attest to the fact that it is an investment of many, many hours in, of all unlikely places, Marcellus, Michigan, not a carousel of time and resources to produce what they are providing for within 100 miles. The person who really started it was my late you all. For years, many of you asked me to provide more wife Nancy Lynn (Glace) Loucks. When I met Nancy in 1969 history and these guys are doing that. It would appear that she was a horse lover, extraordinaire. She owned 14 horses. the days of multiple auctions and events are past, so I hope We were married in 1971 and at one point had 28 horses. I you will enjoy and promote the history, which will be forever. decided to buy her a carousel horse because of her love of Some of you have been supporters of the magazine from the horses. Our first carousel event was a Norton auction. We did beginning, and I want to thank you for that love and support. not buy anything that trip but she came home and had found For those who may wonder, I am living in Florida and sup- a new love for horses of a different kind. She was the kind of

Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 www.carouselnews.com 17 Walter Loucks (left) and Bill Manns enjoy some real horse time on Bill’s ranch in New Mexico in 2000. OH, and seeing what was going on there, in regards to a downtown carousel project, we decided to move the maga- zine to Mansfield. We were blessed with Linda Hutcheson coming on board with her graphic design skills and Noreene Sweeney with her writing skills. The magazine was always a home-based venture, as we produced it from our basement. We never did our own printing, but did our own mailing. Bill Mans photo I remember getting our first Mac computers. What a step Nancy on the carousel she helped place at Dollywood. The up from cut-and-paste, and no more type setting. Our first 1924 Dentzel is now back in Lancaster, PA, in storage. color issue was done in December 1987, when a company person that jumped into things with both feet, so she soon called Rotocast contacted us and wanted the back cover, in exhausted all available resources. color. This also provided the opportunity to do color covers. So, she was determined to put together a “newsletter” to Since it was December, we were blessed to have that Christ- tie all the carousel people together with a single source for mas cover, and all Decembers following, produced and de- news and events. The question was, “Would people be inter- signed for us by carousel restoration artist, Tony Orlando. We ested?” To find out she typed up a four page newsletter and also decided to do a “Buyer’s Guide” issue each April, which we had 1,000 copies printed at our local weekly newspaper was a great hit. Next came a “Carver’s” issue, as there were office. so many wood carvers trying their hand at this art form. It was tagged as Vol. 1 No.1, September 1985 – The Car- In 1992, after the cancer had returned twice, Nancy went ousel Trader. We took it to a National Carousel Association home to be with the Lord. He was her first Love and even in Convention in Burlington, North Carolina, in the fall of 1985, her short life His purpose was completed. I honestly never and handed them out free. I remember a few of the “carou- thought very long or hard about whether to keep the maga- sel” people wondered who we were. The initial subscription zine going. In fact, some of you threatened to find me if I rate was $12 per year. Within a couple of months we had 300 quit. subscribers. It soon went to 900 and we had a magazine. At There was obviously a need and desire for this resource. the peak of the carousel madness we had over 5,000 sub- With the help of Noreene Sweeney and Linda Hutcheson, we scribers all over the U.S., Canada and a half-dozen other kept them coming. I would be remiss if I did not thank many countries. of you for your contributions and support with subscriptions, A side bar that few people knew at the time was that Nan- news items, stories and ads. I often looked at them after they cy already had her initial cancer diagnosis in the summer of were printed and thought, “Wow we did another one”. 1985, before she started the magazine. This was the best By the summer of 2006, I was looking to retire. I was hop- therapy she could ever have had; a real purpose and con- ing to find someone to take it over and give the magazine tinual goals she set for herself. She sought to see that next some new and fresh ideas and support. Dan Horenberger carousel and see what record may be set at the next auction. called me and said we needed to talk. After a few weeks, She had an amazing mind for these incredible art figures. we agreed on a plan, and The Carousel News & Trader was She would see an animal and could tell you what carousel it headed for California. was from and how much it sold for at a previous auction. I hope the magazine continues for another 25 years plus, In 1988, my toolmaker job at a GM plant was lost due to as it is a very unique publication and fills a definite niche. a plant closing. The magazine was keeping us both busy so Thank you, and God bless. we both went full-time with it. In 1989, we visited Mansfield, Walter Loucks, [email protected]

18 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 Lynne Beckett , Tommy Sciortino (of Tampa), Nancy (stand- ing), Judy Benson, and Walter Loucks. 1991 in Walt and Nancy’s home in Mansfield, OH.Bill Manns photo Noreene Sweeney joined the CN&T in the spring of ‘92. By Noreene Sweeney month, I commuted to Ohio to help Walt and Linda pull it all Associate Editor, The Carousel News & Trader, 1992-2007 together, usually for 5-7 days at a time. There were so many I first heard ofThe Carousel News & Trader back in 1989, challenges – the magazine had always been Nancy’s life- after seeing the Charlotte Dinger “Grab the Brass Ring” ex- blood, and here we were trying to fill her shoes and keep her hibit in Baltimore, MD. I contacted Nancy Loucks, the editor, dream going. The responsibility was overwhelming, but we and she sent me a sample copy. From that point on, I was had subscribers who believed in the dream, and we had to hooked, and soon began writing articles for the magazine. give it our all. I didn’t get to meet Nancy Loucks until 1990, at the Mor- By 1996, I was able to end my monthly commute to Ohio, gantown, PA, auction of a 1903 C. W. Parker carousel. She thanks to the Internet and advances in computer technology. told me how her husband, Walt, made the 8+ hour drive to I scaled back my involvement over time, until 2006, when eastern Pennsylvania while she worked on the magazine in Walt was ready to let the magazine take wings and head in a their van. That was Nancy, working every waking moment, new direction. This time it went west, all the way to California, always one step ahead. where Brass Ring Entertainment’s owner Dan Horenberger, Nancy was a dreamer who would not take “no” for an an- and editor Roland Hopkins, have assumed the reins. swer; a real visionary with so many ideas and plans. Nothing The CN&T began as a small black and white newslet- was impossible in her eyes; she must have known she didn’t ter. It has moved ahead to a full-color magazine with even have much time, and there was so much she wanted to ac- more spectacular photography. Dan has obviously been able complish. to coax some of the carousel world’s most knowledgeable Walt was the down-to-earth one who went along for the people into contributing information from their archives, and ride and kept them well grounded. Together this team man- thanks to the readers, the dream is still alive. Nancy would be aged to create a magazine, at first from their kitchen table, so proud, as she always embraced new ideas and new tech- then relocated to Ohio where they set up a gift store and nology. And she was always open to input from the readers, continued to produce the monthly magazine. Walt was the from their poems and letters to articles about their carousels foundation, working quietly in the background, handling the and memories. accounts and subscribers, the mailings and all the other op- Walt now enjoys the warmer climes of sunny Florida, and erational aspects. They put in 18 hour days and more, work- is able to devote his attentions to his new callings. Letting go ing tirelessly or way past tired. of the magazine was bittersweet, but he knew it would be in Upon moving to Mansfield, OH, they added Linda good hands. Hutcheson to the magazine roster. Linda, with a background Thank you, CN&T, for a great ride, and for allowing me in graphic arts and design, brought her talents to the team in to be part of your history. Someday I hope to write a new laying out the ads and the stories, often working right up until chapter for you, about our beautiful former Rocky Springs the moment the materials went to the printer. Then I came Carousel; one that Nancy herself helped place at Dollywood along, quitting my job at a mental health clinic, (what was I in Pigeon Forge, TN, when the amusement park closed. It’s thinking?), and signing on as the magazine’s only full-time back in Lancaster, PA, now, still in storage, but we won’t give employee in May 1992. My timing was ironic; Nancy lost her up. Neither will The Carousel News & Trader. Here’s to an- battle to breast cancer just when I came on staff. other 25 fantastic years of going ‘round and round. Working from my home in Pennsylvania throughout the Noreene Sweeney, [email protected]

Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 www.carouselnews.com 19 Linda Hutcheson at Richland Carousel Park, 1995. Jerry Betts, shown here on the Wyandot Lake Illions which he was helping to raise restoration funds for, joined CN&T 16 Wonderful Years in February, 1990 as “traveling photographer, reporter and By Linda Hutcheson sales representative”. Sadly, just three months later, the Around 1988 I became a subscriber to The Carousel CN&T would be reporting his sudden and untimely death. News & Trader magazine. I had a life-long love of carousels on a computer and sent to the printer on a CD disc. in part because I was both a horse lover and an artist. I have Walter and Nancy were generous with taking me on trips owned and shown purebred Arabians and where I learned so much about the beautiful car- have a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic De- ousels we were preserving in print. I attended sign. Carousels were the ideal combination conventions, auctions, and seminars. I even of both my main interests. learned how to write a decent article or two. It Shortly after becoming a subscriber, I was a wonderful way to get an education. read the announcement that CN&T was When Nancy became ill, I took on more and moving to Mansfield, OH. I had recently be- more of the magazine layout and design. It was gun my own business as a freelance graphic a shock when we lost her. Keeping her dream designer after years of working with ad agen- alive was the best tribute we could give to this cies. I nervously called the contact number wonderful woman who gave so much of herself. in the magazine and found myself talking I did the layout and design of every issue after to Nancy Loucks. I offered my services and her death, right up until the magazine went to she was very interested. She explained how Newsman, Ben Morriston, California, save for one. My son, Alex, decided was a frequent contributor to they produced the magazine on one of those to arrive a few weeks early and I had just barely the CN&T in the early days. weird new computers…a Macintosh. begun to work on the September 1992 issue. I I rushed to Columbus to the largest computer store in the frantically pulled material off the computer and put it on discs area. I had never worked on a computer before so this was for Walt only hours before delivering my first baby. all new territory. I went home with a new Mac Plus and sev- When Walt was ready to retire, I know he would have liked eral expensive software applications. I still regret not buy- for me to take over the magazine, but as a wife and a mother, ing the ‘Smack a Mac’ doll. I could have used it those first I wasn’t able to commit to something that requires so much couple of months. time. Roland and Dan have done an amazing job of keeping I believe the first issue I worked on was the February 1990 this wonderful publication alive. I enjoy every issue. issue. I began with ad layouts and eventually moved up to I still dabble in design work. I oversaw my company’s web story layouts. Nancy was a wonderful, patient teacher. While site and advertising literature, but I am currently the Environ- I learned my way around the computer and the software, I mental Management System Representative for CTR Elec- would constantly call her in a panic as I lost a file, lost a para- tronics Recycling. I maintain our ISO 14001 Environmental graph, etc. Eventually I learned so much about Apple com- Management certification. I am still a horse lover and cur- puters that now I can take them apart and rebuild them, and rently own a 33.5” tall American Miniature Horse gelding who I’ve never met an application I couldn’t master in a matter of is a wonderful driving horse. He’s been in numerous parades a few days. In those days we still put the photos on the text and we participated in the 2009 National Drive at the Ken- pages with wax. When I bought a scanner we did less and tucky Horse Park. less paste up. In the end, the entire magazine was created Linda Hutcheson, [email protected]

20 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 Leah and Peter Farnsworth with Pat Baker riding the Lake Compounce carousel during the 1992 NCA Convention.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY CN&T! Author, historian, and restoration expert, Tobin Fraley, has Dear Carousel News And Trader, been a great contributor to the magazine from the start. Congratulations on your twenty-fifth anniversary. It is hard to believe that you have been coming into our home for Loucks was when we had dinner together at the April, 1988 25 years. In perspective, that is over one third of my lifetime, Bob Kissel auction in Ohio, which I had learned about in the and longer than any of our children lived with us. CN&T. This was my first auction, and I brought home the two I believe that Nancy would be very pleased to see that her Allan Herschell donkeys that were in the sale. I was asked to plan for you to be a monthly magazine where the carousel write an article about them when they were restored, which I community can share history, photos, sales, coming events finally did in your April,2003 issue, with additional photos by and passing good-bys, has continued and grown to be what Steve Crescenze, who had done the restoration. you are today. The first time that I met Nancy and Walter I would like to thank all of the people who came forward with articles and photographs for you when Nancy could no longer continue her role of editor, including Noreene and Mike Sweeney and the late Jerry Betts. Of course, the big- gest thank you would go to Walter Loucks, who continued to publish you until he later put you into the hands of Daniel Horenberger, your new publisher, whose life is surrounded with carousels. In your July/Aug. 2006 issue, Dan wrote about his plans for you. They seemed to promise some big changes, and they have happened. Thank you, Dan for all that you have done, including making Roland Hopkins your managing editor. Roland has been able to get so many of us to actually write about the carousel history that we have researched for years. It is wonderful to have a way to share the stories and photos, and then have other people later add to the rest of the story. All of the articles about new carousels, and the restoration and installation of older carousels, keeps you from being just a history magazine. Your coverage of things from auction results to zoo carousels is great, and articles about foreign carousels and convention coverage allows the armchair traveler a way to see things that they never would. Since my April, 2007 article Roland’s patience and persever- ance have kept me writing. With all of the wonderful articles I heard that Nancy had made a decision early on that she that appear in your pages, we can see that he has reached would not put people on the cover of CN&T. She would first out to many carousel people from all parts of our country break her own rule for Carol Perron (on PTC #15) in April who have a wealth of carousel knowledge. Thank you, Ro- 1986, and then again in Jan. 1992 (shown above) for Carol land, and thanks to all of you who write and send photos and and her Looff. The only other people to appear on a cover of CN&T were Dolly Parton (Feb. ‘90), and Joe Leonard (Mar. ‘92). advertise in the CN&T. Then, sadly, Nancy in July ‘92. But for a few volunteer carvers, Carousel News and Trader, I believe that you are in good no one has been featured on a cover since. Safe to say that hands. It has been a great 25 years together. Carol’s record of two covers will stand the test of time. See you next month. Yours truly, Leah Farnsworth

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22 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 An Overview of Carousels Saved and Carousels Lost: 1964-2010 Roland Hopkins 2009 photo Illions jumpers ride along side Allan Herschell and Arrow Development figures aboard the Flying Horses Carousel at Atlantic Beach Park in Misquamicut Beach, RI. This is one of the few machines that manages to be on both the Carousels Saved and Carousels Lost list, the figures ride aboard the Herschell-Spillman two-level platform from Rocky Point, RI. By Roland Hopkins and added a few widely known major restorations; there are so many more, I know, but we are just a magazine, not a book. With constraints The Carousel News & Trader of both space, and research time, this is the list I came up with. t was mentioned to me a while back that it would be interesting to I found some expert help in going over Jean’s Carousels Lost list see a list of all of the carousels that have been lost in modern times. and about 25 machines were added. I’m sure we missed a few, but I Interesting for sure, but a bit morbid in carousel terms, I thought. But, think it is pretty well covered. Iwhat if we ran it along side a list of carousels saved? Well, a year or so Every one of these machines, lost or saved, has a great story be- ago, I decided that would be the content of the 25th Anniversary issue; a hind it. I elaborated a bit on a few, but not all. That’s what the magazine modern timeline of antique wooden carousels, lost and saved. is hopefully for, and why it comes out 12 times a year; to tell the great Great idea, but where would the lists come from? Marianne Ste- stories of the carousels of the past, and the carousel of the present. vens offered a list of wooden carousels lost dating back to the early I wanted to do something special for the 25th Anniversary, but what ‘70s by maker and park, but no year. Then, Jean Bennett, the quiet have I got to offer? I’ve only been around the carousel world for four researcher extraordinaire, offered her list, with dates, parks and mak- years. What I’ve got is 25 years and 300 back issues of information. ers, dating to 1964. This was perfect, as I felt that the lists should begin Brian Morgan sent me an email commenting on one of last month’s with the publishing of Fred Fried’s book, which I consider the begin- stories. In my reply, I told him I had to be brief as I was working on the ning of the modern era of antique wooden carousels. 25th Anniversary issue. He responded, “Good luck with summarizing Now, to find someone to have a look at Jean’s list, as she was everything reported on over the past 25 years.” certain it was incomplete, and to find a list of carousels saved. The list That about says it all. It can’t be done. of carousels saved is easy – all of them. But that would be a long list, That said, hopefully these lists, in themselves, offer some perspec- and not really work in a timeline. I figure that any wooden carousel that tive on the recent past. What that perspective is, is up to the reader. moved, (in a time when carousels were frequently breaking up), could I expect that there will be many comments, corrections and clarifi- be deemed a save. Given the cost of a new location and building, of cations. I welcome them. I have a magazine to fill every month. physically moving the machine, and any restoration needed, yes, this I began the Carousel’s Saved list in 1963, as those were two impor- was a save. Other carousels were clearly saved over the past 45 years tant machines, and 1964 offered none. The pictures used were some- that never moved at all. In fact, given the costs and concerns in upkeep what randomly chosen and, when possible, are from the magazine with and operation of a century old machine, all of our antique carousels (CNT 00-00) added to indicate the date of the issue it came from. Many, are indeed saved every year they open up for one more season. many great pictures could not be used, as they were printed in black But, for this list, I went with the wooden carousels that made moves and white, and would not scan well. Enjoy.

Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 www.carouselnews.com 23 24 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 1876 Looff Menagerie Balmer’s Bathing Pavilion,Coney Island, NY This is a later shot of the cover photo. If this photo is a few years later than thethe covercover asas itit appears,appears, LooffLooff maymay havehave alreadyalready installedinstalled hishis secondsecond carouselcarousel on Coney Island, placed at the Feltman restaurant complex around 1880. It is said that Looff built his first three carousels entirely by himself. Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 www.carouselnews.com Photo courtesy of Bill Benjamin25 Carousels LOST 1964-1973 1964 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Lake Contrary, St. Joseph, MO Dentzel D/A Walbridge Park, Toledo, OH Muller D/A 1965 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL Looff D/A (Royal American Shows) Frederick Rd. Park, Baltimore, MD PTC #52 Fire 1966 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Forest Park, Queens, NY Illions/Stein/Dentzel Fire 1967 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Fiesta Park, San Diego, CA Parker/PTC Sold Inside row jumper from Lake Contrary, shown here in 1988 in Pen-Mar, MD Dentzel/Muller D/A the collection of Karen Hunt. The c. 1902 52-figure Dentzel Ocean Grove, NJ Dentzel D/A menagerie carousel was sold when the park failed in 1964. Burlington, NC Dentzel/Muller D/A Mrs. Manning E. Grimes of St. Joseph, attended the auction in hopes of obtaining one or two horses for her grandchildren. Reynolds Park, Winston-Salem, NC H-S D/A To be certain that the figures stayed local, she ended up buy- 1968 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ing the entire machine for $2,600. (CNT 1-88; 6-04) City Park, Buffalo, NY Dentzel Sold Carousel sold to Robert Long, Elmira, NY, approx. 1968. While in stor- age, a flood caused all the animals to come apart. Figures bought by Gray Tuttle in 1972 and reassembled. 1969 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Old Orchard Beach, ME Dentzel Fire Sunset Park, Camden, NJ Carmel D/A Rainbow Gardens, Pittsburgh PA Spilllman D/A Operated at Grand Strand Park, Myrtle Beach, SC, for 1969 season. Figures removed, mechanism sold to Marianne Stevens in the fall of 1969. Presently operating at Roswell, NM. 1970 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Sans Souci Park, Wilkes Barre, PA Looff D/A Altoona, PA Stein & Goldstein Sold 1971 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Long Beach , CA Derby Ride D/A Norumbega Park Dentzel lion. CNT cover April ‘96. Norumbega Park, Newton, MA Dentzel Sold A group of animals were saved after the park was bulldozed. Petersburg, VA Spillman D/A Horses sold to Disney, to in turn, be sold in their gift shop. 1972 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Great Falls, VA Stein/Looff Flood Long Beach, NY Illions Supreme D/A Shady Grove Park, Uniontown, PA Carmel Sold 1973 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Ft. Wayne, IN PTC #13 D/A (from Hartford, CT) Goddard State Park, Greenwich, RI Looff D/A Columbia Gardens, Butte, MT Parker Fire Sylvan Beach, NY Looff D/A One of two PTC wolves known. This one from PTC #13, the other from PTC #12, Crystal Beach. This wolf was restored *D/A indicates that machine was dispersed or auctioned. by Tom Layton and featured in the June ‘01 issue.

26 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 Carousels Saved 1963-1968

1963 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– c.1890s U.S. Merry-Go-Round Co. - Portable All Hallows Guild Carousel, Washington National Cathedral, Wash- ington, DC. Carnival ride. Opened at Washington Cathedral in 1963. 1926 Dentzel Silver Star Carousel, Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, TX. Last carousel made by William Dentzel & Co. From Rockaway Playland, Queens, NY. Sold to Six Flags Over Texas in 1963. 1965 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1916 PTC #39 A Dentzel second row jumper aboard the carousel at Six Flags Lake Winnepesaukah, Rossville, GA. From Southeastern over Texas shown here in 1993. Six flags bought the carousel Fairgrounds at Lakewood Park, Atlanta, GA. in 1963 for $25,000. The ride was in very rough shape after 1921 Prior & Church Racing Derby decades in storage. Six Flags’ artisans learned how to restore Cedar Downs, Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH. From Euclid Beach Park. a carousel the hard way. After a single Muller horse sold for 1907 Dentzel Menagerie - 3-row $57,000 in 1989, Six Flags proudly referred to the 66-horse ride as their “million dollar carousel”. (CNT 8-93). Centreville, Toronto, ONT, Canada. From Bushkill Park, Easton, PA. 1925 Allan Herschell Portable Meadowlake Park Carousel, Meadowlake Park, Enid, OK. From Hellum’s Amusement Park, Enid, OK, to Meadowlake Park in 1965. 1966 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1917 PTC #43 - Portable Western Washington Fair, Puyallup, WA. Only PTC portable in operation. Donated by Robert Bollinger to the fair in 1966. 1920 Herschell-Spillman Menagerie Santa’s Workshop, North Pole, CO. From Crystal City Park, Tulsa, OK. 1967 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– c.1917 Herschell-Spillman - Portable Circus World Museum, Baraboo, WI. From Bay Beach Park to High Cliff Park, WI. To Circus World Museum in 1967. c.1885 Bairolle-Belgique Portable Track La Ronde, Montreal, QC. Operated at 1964-’65 New York World’s Fair. To La Ronde in 1967. Restored in 2007. Roy Herschell enjoys a ride in Endicott, NY. (CNT 10-94) 1900 Herschell-Spillman Steam-Track Portable Prairie Village, Madison, SD. Traveling carnival ride. 1925 Allan Herschell Portable Menagerie Highland Park, Endwell, NY. One of six Broome County carousels given by George F. Johnson-provided that everyone could ride free. Relocated from Endicott, NY, to Endwell in 1967. 1968 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1921 Dentzel Menagerie Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD. Still in its original location. Park closed in 1968, a public raised $80,000 to repurchase carousel. 1903-08 Mangels-Illions Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens, NY. Frame, organ, chariots and 47 horses from Stubbman Carousel on Coney Island and 24 horses from Feltman’s were combined for the ‘64-65 World’s Fair. c.1921 Dentzel Menagerie Armored Illions jumper aboard the Flushing Meadows carou- Kiddy Kingdom Carrousel, Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH. From sel. This is the only ride remaining in Flushing Meadows from Hunting Park, Germantown, PA. the ‘64-65 World’s Fair. (12-90)

Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 www.carouselnews.com 27 Carousels LOST 1973-1980 1973 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Lakeside Park, Syracuse, NY Looff D/A Johnstown, PA Dentzel D/A 1974 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Rockwell’s Kiddieland, Hawthorne, CA H-S D/A Benit’s Amus., Arnold’s Park, IA Muller D/A Marshall Hall, MD Carmel/Borelli Sold Figures sold as a group, mechanism, beyond repair, was scrapped. Edgewater Park, Detroit, MI Dentzel D/A 1976 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Doodlebug Park, Scranton, PA Carmel D/A Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, CA Spillman Fire Numerous outer row figures were off the machine for repairs. Marianne Stevens restores the game bird horse from the Is- Ocean Beach, New London, CT Looff Sold land Park, RI, (later Ocean Beach Park, CT) Looff. The weath- Ontalanee Park, New Tripoli, PA Harton/Muller/Dentzel Sold er damaged figures were replaced with metal figures in the 1970s. Four of the Island Park Looff horses were repaired and Six Gun Territory, Willow Grove, PA Illions D/A put back to use on the Looff at Yerba Buena Gardens in San 1977 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Francisco. (CNT 12-01) Westview Park, Pittsburgh, PA Muller D/A Williams Grove, Mechanicsburg, PA Muller/Dentzel D/A Des Moines, IA Spillman D/A Chain of Rocks Park, St Louis, MO PTC #63 Fire (from Willow Grove, PA) Circus Circus, Las Vegas, NV PTC #11 D/A Mays Landing, NJ Dentzel D/A Wildwood, NJ Carmel/Borelli D/A Newton Lake, Carbondale, PA Herschell-Spillman D/A 1978 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Lenape Park, Westchester, PA Dentzel/Muller D/A Belmont Park, San Diego, CA Looff D/A Fairyland Park, Kansas City, MO Dentzel D/A Sportsland Pier, Wildwood, NJ Stein & Goldstein D/A Marine Pier, Wildwood, NJ PTC #41 D/A Willow Grove armored Illions. Cover May. ‘98. Krause’s Half Moon Beach, Crescent, NY Looff D/A Birch Hill Game Farm, Brewster, NY Dare Sold Grand Strand, Myrtle Beach, SC Herschell-Spillman Sold Rebuilt in ‘75 with San Souci, PA, Looff mechanism. Sold by park in ‘78. 1979 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Long Beach Pier, CA Looff D/A Salem Willows, Salem, MA Looff/Carmel D/A Pomona, CA Illions Kiddie D/A Adventureland, East Farmingdale, NY PTC/Looff D/A West Point Park, PA Looff D/A 1980 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Queen’s Pike, Long Beach, CA Looff/Williams D/A Belmont Park, Montreal, CA PTC #70 D/A Beech Bend, Bowling Green, KY Dentzel D/A (from Tolchester, MD) Shermans Park, Caroga Lake, NY Carmel/Looff D/A 1895-1900 camel from Salem Willows. Cover Feb. ‘96.

28 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 Carousels Saved 1968-1972 1968 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1910 Herschell-Spillman Menagerie Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. Major mechanical restorations in 2009. 1900 German Springer Track - Portable Storyland, Glen, NH. From Europe to Canadian National Expo in Toronto, 1965 - 1967. Opened at Storyland in 1968. 1969 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– c.1900s Dentzel Menagerie The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, IN. From Indianapolis A pair of patriotic jumpers on the Herschell-Spillman menag- parks. Acquired by the Children’s Museum in 1969. Opened in 1976. erie in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. Once owned and operated 1911-12 Looff Menagerie by the Davis family, the carousel is 100 years old this year. The Heritage Museums & Gardens, Sandwich, MA. From Riverside, RI. photo taken during the ACS visit in 1997. (CNT 8-97) 1904 Herschell-Spillman - Track Portable Bowness Carousel, Heritage Park, Calgary, AB. From Louisville, KY, to Winnipeg Beach, MAN, to Bowness, AB. 1970 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Spillman Engineering/Mix - Portable Riverside Park, Guelph, ONT. Traveled with Sullivan Shows, Canada, then Conklin & Garrett. Opened at Riverside Park in 1970. c.1920s Spillman Engineering - Portable Taylor Amusements, Staunton, VA. Traveling carnival machine. 1971 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1926 PTC #79 King’s Island, OH. From Coney Island Park, Cincinnati, OH. 1914 Dentzel Fair Park, Dallas, TX. From Reading, PA. 1910 D.C. Muller Menagerie Military Muller from the Forest Park Carousel. Shown here in Forest Park, Queens, NY. From Lakeview Park, Dracut, MA. 1990 during the NCA Convention, the carousel is still hoping 1917 PTC #46 - Cinderella’s Golden Carrousel to find a new operator, having been closed to the public for Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL. From Olympic Park, the past two years. (CNT 12-90) Maplewood, NJ. Converted to all jumpers. 1908 PTC #17 Riverview Carousel, Six Flags Over Georgia, Austell, GA. Relo- cated from Riverview Park, Chicago, IL. 1927 Spillman Engineering - Menagerie/Mix Spring River Park, Roswell, NM. From Rainbow Gardens, Wilkes Barre, PA. Donated to city by Marianne Stevens in 1971. c.1908 DeBoer Bros. - Kiddie Windmill Island Municipal Park, Holland, MI. From Holland. 1972 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1921 C. W. Parker “Superior Style” Jantzen Beach SuperCenter, Portland, OR. From Venice Beach Pier, CA, to Jantzen Beach Park, to Jantzen Beach Center in 1972. 1926 PTC #75 Gillian’s Wonderland Pier, Ocean City, NJ. From Fernbrook Park, then Rolling Green Park in PA. 1915 PTC #35 The Looff carousel at Heritage Gardens & Museum in Sand- The Enchanted Carousel, Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, MO. From wich, MA. The NCA formed here in 1973. (CNT 4-09) Luna Park, then Puritas Springs and Indian Lake Park, OH.

Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 www.carouselnews.com 29 Carousels LOST 1980-1986 1980 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Twin Grove Park, Pine Grove, PA PTC #9 D/A Sauzer’s Kiddieland, Schererville, IN Illions Sold William Yount, Chesapeake, VA Illions/Carmel Sold Point Pleasant Beach, NJ Dentzel D/A Willow Brook School, Staten Island, NY AH Trade Grand Strand Park, SC Nunley-Murphy/Carmel/S&G D/A 1981 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– York Beach, ME C. W. Parker D/A 1982 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– President’s Park, Carlsbad, NM Dentzel D/A Herschell-Spillman tiger from Rocky Point Park, Warwick, RI Oklahoma City, OK C. W. Parker D/A was among the 46 figures from Rocky Point that went to auc- Lakemont Pk, Altoona, PA E. Joy Morris D/A tion in June, 1989. Figures from Skylon Towers, Maple Leaf Rocky Point Park Warwick, RI Herschell-Spillman D/A Village and the Palace Carousel along with a Prior & Church Racing Derby were also at the Guernsey’s auction. (CNT 6-89) Danbury Fair, Danbury, CT C. W. Parker D/A Playland Park, Ocean City, NJ Borrelli/Carmel/S&G Sold 1983 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Boulder Park, Indian Falls, NY A Herschell Menagerie D/A (from Gettysburg, PA) Dorney Park, Allentown, PA PTC #38 Fire Indian Trail, Northampton, PA Dentzel D/A 1984 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The Casino, Asbury Park, NJ PTC #87 D/A Figures sold at auction, mechanism to Myrtle Beach. Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada PTC #12 D/A Dispensa’s Kiddie Kingdom, Oakbrook, IL A Herschell D/A 1985 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Petticoat Junction, Panama City, FL PTC #59 D/A Figures sold. Mechanism at Peddlers Village, Lahaska, PA. Fairland Amusements, Lancaster, NY A Herschell D/A First carousel auction reported in the CN&T. Americana Amus., Middletown, OH PTC #71 D/A PTC #71 stander at Guernsey’s San Francisco auction in Onancock, VA Allan Herschell D/A 1988. the horse sold for $28,600. (CNT 6-88) Trout Farm, Muncy, PA Looff D/A 1986 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Dorney Park, Allentown, PA Dentzel D/A Encanto Park, Phoenix, AZ A Herschell Mix D/A Ocean Park, Los Angeles, CA C. W. Parker D/A Lake Ponchartrain, New Orleans, LA Illions D/A Fantasy Farm, Middletown, OH Herschell Spillman D/A Royal American Shows, GA PTC #39 D/A Lake Mishnock, West Greenwich, RI S&G/Looff/Dare D/A Calaway Gardens, Calgary, BC C. W. Parker D/A From Dave Bradley’s Beverly Park. Used by Disney in a movie after Beverly Park closed. Sent to Canada around 1983. Storybook Land, Wisconsin Dells, WI Allan Herschell Sold Brookhaven, MS C. W. Parker D/A From Dave Bradley’s C. W. Parker carousel made famous by the Disney movie “Something Wicked This Way Comes”. Lakeview Amus. Park, Royersford, PA A Herschell D/A After Beverly Park closed, the carousel went to Canada.

30 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 Carousels Saved 1972-1980

1972 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– c.1905 Dentzel Menagerie Watkins Regional Park, Upper Marlboro, MD. From Chesapeake, MD. 1973 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1917 PTC #44 Paramount’s Kings Dominion, Doswell, VA. From Riverside Park, Springfield, MA, then Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI. 1923 PTC #67 Paramount’s Carowinds, Charlotte, NC. From Evansville, IN. 1919 Allan Herschell - Portable Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, VA. Travelled over 50 years, then The Busch Gardens 1919 Allan Herschell was restored with abandoned. Found in 1973 in Dallas, TX. Roy Herschell and 14 crafts- the help of Roy Herschell and 14 craftsman. (CNT 10-91) men restored the machine. 1913 Herschell-Spillman - Menagerie Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI. Originally from Barbary Coast, San Francisco, CA, to Spokane, WA. Roswell, NM, to Greenfield Village. 1974 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1910 Mangels-Carmel Three Rivers Carousel, Tri-Cities, WA. From Silver Beach, MI. 1897 Savage Gallopers - Portable Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, NJ. From Great Britain. 1975 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1909 Looff - Menagerie Riverfront Park, Spokane, WA. From Natatorium Park, WA. 1914 Stein & Goldstein Bushnell Park, Hartford, CT. From Meyers Lake Park, Canton, OH. 1947 Allan Herschell - Portable Smithsonian Carousel, The National Mall, Washington, DC. From Gwynn Oak Park, Baltimore, MD. 1915 Herschell-Spillman/Dare - Portable New York State Museum, Albany, NY. (See 2001) The Watkins Regional Park, MD, carousel was on the docket for the 2005 NCA Tech Conference. The early 1900s Dentzel 1976 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– came from Chesapeake Beach. The hippocampus, restored by 1901 C. W. Parker Track - Steam Rosa Ragan, was unveiled during the NCA visit. (CNT 6-05) Abilene Parker, Heritage Center, Abilene, KS. From Riverton, WY. c.1910 Stein & Goldstein - Portable Kiddieland Carousel, Knoebels Grove, Elysburg, PA. 1930s Allan Herschell - Portable Lake Accotink Park, Springfield, VA. From Fairhill Farm Antiques, Spring Hill, NJ to Lake Accotink in 1978. 1979 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1917 Allan Herschell Menagerie - Portable Kimberly’s Carousel, Put-In-Bay, OH. From Buffalo, NY, to John Abbott. Sold to Put-In-Bay, OH, in 1979. 1980 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1915 Savage Roundabout - Portable W.E. “Bill” Mason Carousel, Oak Meadow Park, Los Gatos, CA. Shipped around Cape Horn for Pan-Pacific Expo in 1915. Traveled A patriotic jumper from Kimberly’s Carousel, Put-In-Bay, OH. with Foley & Burke carnival. Mix of U.S. and European carvings. Photo from the 2000 NCA convention. (CNT 11-00)

Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 www.carouselnews.com 31 Carousels LOST 1987-1990 1987 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Forrest Park, Fort Worth, TX Looff/Parker/Carmel D/A Gillians Fun Deck, Ocean City, NJ Spillman D/A The 1926 Spillman sold in 1929 for $2,500. In 1987, 24 bidders paid a total of $138,750 for 36 horses and two chariots in just 30 minutes. The full machine was offered for $166,500 but there were no bidders. Keansburg, NJ Looff D/A 1988 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Atlantic Beach Park, Misquamicut, RI Illions D/A Niagara Falls, Maple Leaf Village, ON Carmel/Illions D/A Circus World, Orlando, FL Illions Supreme D/A (from Bertrand Island) Joe and Nelle DeLorenzo on the Illions Supreme at Bertrand Twin Lakes, Paris, IL A Herschell D/A Island in the late 1960s. Joe painted the horse. The Supreme Paducah, KY Spillman D/A Monarch II was built between 1921-1925 for the $2 million Amusement Department Store on Surf Ave., where it opened Tulsa, Bells Amusements, OK C. W. Parker D/A in 1926. In 1935, the supreme was sold for $7,200 and the (from Playland Park in Texas) exchange of a smaller carousel. The new owner brought the Waldameer Park, Erie, PA S&G/Dentzel/Muller D/A ride to Bertrand Island Amusement Park in NJ. Ownership of Ghost Town, Moosic, PA PTC #14 D/A the carousel transferred through the family, finally to Joe and Wonderland Park, Amarillo, TX C. W. Parker D/A Nette DeLorenzo in the early 1960s. When the park went to one-price admission in 1972 the carousel was taking a beat- Rock Springs Park, Chester, WV Muller/Dentzel D/A ing. Joe and Nette sold the ride to Ringling Bros. for their new Fun Forest, Seattle, WA Carmel/Looff/Illions D/A Circus World park in Orlando. Circus World changed hands Joyland Park, Lubbock, TX C. W. Parker in the mid-‘70s and again in 1984. In 1985, the Circus World carousel went to auction and sold intact for $437,800 to a NY 1989 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– developer who planned to install it. But, the carousel was at Chippewa Lake, OH Allan Herschell D/A auction again in 1987 with a reserve of $825,000. It did not Great Escape, Lake George, NY Dentzel D/A sell and was later sold to a private collector. The figures went Eldridge Park, Elmira, NY Looff/Carmel/Dentzel D/A to auction in 1988. The mechanism went to John Daniel and Skylon Tower, Niagara Falls, ON E. Joy Morris D/A is now owned by George Schott who is repopulating the ma- chine. (CNT 4-88) Lake Quassy, Middlebury, CT E. Joy Morris D/A Palace Amusments, Asbury Park, NJ Mixture D/A (Dentzel, Looff, Illions, and Stein & Goldstein figures) Freeman’s, Seaside Heights, NJ Illions/Carmel D/A 1990 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Rocky Glen, Morgantown, PA C. W. Parker D/A A long ride for this Parker carousel, bro- ken up after 87 years in operation. After 30 years at Pine Lake Park in Caroga, NY, the carousel was sold at auction in 1983 when, it was purchased by Rocky Glen Park in Wilkes-Barre, PA. When Rocky Glen closed, the carousel was again auctioned by Norton in 1988. At Rocky Glen, the figures brought a total of $201,200. Raymond Carr and fam- ily bought the carousel intact for $242,300. The Carrs did extensive Rogene and Earl Corey with their prized leaping lion from the renovations to the carousel and it was placed in the Morgantown Mall. Skylon Tower carousel. (CNT 6-88). The last two E. Joy Mor- ris carousels would go to auction in the same year. Skylon Just two years later, the carousel was up for auction again. The figures Tower had been sold to the Coreys intact in 1986. They were totaled up to less than $3,000 more than they had two years earlier. considering trying to find a location so it could operate again The Carrs decided to let the machine go, and there was no new “White when Rogene was stricken with cancer and passed away in Knight” to offer the $244,980 needed to save it intact. The beautifully Dec. 1988. The machine was broken up in 1989. That same restored mechanism has been carefully stored since the day the horses year, the Lake Quassy E. Joy Morris was sold piecemeal in an left, and awaits a buyer and a new home with new figures. emotional auction. (CNT 12-89)

32 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 Carousels Saved 1980-1985 1980 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1906 C. W. Parker - Portable Wild Waves, Federal Way, WA. From Redondo Beach, WA.. 1981 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1928 PTC #84 Canada’s Wonderland, Vaughan, ON. From Happyland Hastings Park, Vancouver, BC, to Old Orchard Beach, ME, to Palisades, NJ. 1910-15 Herschell-Spillman Menagerie Wheaton Regional Park, Wheaton, MD. From The Mall, Washington, DC. Opened at Wheaton Regional Park in 1981. 1905 Herschell-Spillman Menagerie - Portable Like so many waterfront parks, in 1985 Roseland was sold Inner Harbor Carousel, Harbor Place, Baltimore, MD. From Cheek- after 60 years of operation to make way for condos, offices towaga, NY, to Jon Abbott, to Harbor Place in 1981. and a yacht club. A local group rallied to save the PTC #18 carousel, but could only raise $100,000. In the style adopted 1982 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– by Norton Auctioneers to give each carousel a chance to sur- 1916 Allan Herschell #1 Special - Portable vive, the carousel was first offered piece-by-piece, then with Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, North Tonawanda, NY. a 20% increase over the total of the individual bids, offered From Bill Stenning, storage, to Herschell museum in 1982. as a whole. The figures bid separately to $331,250. Add the c.1920 C. W. Parker Steam - Portable 20% and the number to save the carousel intact was $397,500. W. MN Steam Threshers Reunion, Rollag, MN. Carnival machine, James Tuozsolo of Rochester, NY, partner in the Pyramid Companies, real estate and shopping mall developers, made from Ruben Klein to W. MN Steam Threshers Reunion. the bid and then some. He even paid for the rights to a horse 1913 Herschell-Spillman Menagerie that was stolen a week before the auction. After five years Story City Carousel, North Park, Story City, IA. Restored by com- in storage, the PTC #18 would emerge as the centerpiece of munity and placed in current location in 1982. the new Carousel Center Mall in Syracuyse, NY, where it still 1915 Herschell-Spillman/AH/Ilions mix operates today. (CNT 12--90). Atlantic Beach Park, Misquamicut Beach, RI. From Rocky Point Park, RI. Illions horses from previous Atlantic Beach carousel. Also has Allan Herschell and Arrow Development figures. 1983 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1924 Dentzel Menagerie Stoner Carousel, Lancaster, PA. From Rocky Springs Park. Storage. 1912 C. W. Parker - Portable Crossroads Village, Flint, MI. From Fairmont City Park, Riverside, CA, to Crossroads Village, Flint, MI, in 1983. 1924 Spillman Engineering Dutch Village, Holland, MI. From Redondo Beach, CA. 1984 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1895 Looff Menagerie Seaport Village, San Diego, CA. From Fair Park, Dallas, TX. Various locations. Placed in Seaport Village, San Diego in 2004. 1922 PTC #61 Jane’s Carousel, Brooklyn, NY. From Idora Park, Youngstown, OH. Purchased by Jane and David Walentas intact at auction. Restoration complete, 2006. Plans to open in new park, in new building, under Brooklyn Bridge in 2011. Back in the 1980s, Jane Walentas had a dream of a beautifully restored antique carousel in a new park under the Brooklyn 1930s Allan Herschell - Portable Bridge. Jane found her fire damaged carousel, PTC #61, at the Liberty Park, Salt Lake City, UT. From Playland Park, Pocatello, ID. auction of Idora Park in 1984. The carousel emerged in 2006 1985 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– after nearly two decades of restoration. Now, we hope, very soon, the carousel will fulfill Jane’s dream and the dream of 1909 PTC #18 children of all ages. (CNT 2-94; 2-04; 1-07) The Carousel Center Mall, Syracuse, NY. From Roseland Park, NY.

Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 www.carouselnews.com 33 Carousels LOST 1990-2000 1990 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Indian Lake, Russell’s Point, OH PTC #31 D/A Owasco, Auburn, NY Herschell Spillman D/A (from Algonac Island Park, MI) Knott’s Lagoon, Buena Park, CA Dentzel D/A Boblo Island, ONT, Canada Illions D/A The precious Boblo Island Illions was restored to great fanfare in 1987. The park was sold in 1988 to the entertainment firm who controlled the Harlem Globetrotters, (a lot they would know about amusement parks). In 1990, the parks new owners announced that the carousel would be sold and replaced with nice new fiberglass machine. The carousel sold piecemeal for $824,550. Clementon Lake, NJ PTC #49 Sold Figures sold, replaced with fiberglass replicas. That is just the way it went sometimes in those days. An ar- 1991 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ticle in the Feb. ‘91 CNT featured West Virginia’s only wooden City Park, Maryville, MO C. W. Parker D/A carousel, this Spillman in Camden. Then, the March ‘92 CNT Bushkill Park, Easton, PA PTC/Dentzel D/A featured this carousel again. After 70 years, the small chil- dren’s park replaced the wooden figures with metal. The 36 1992 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Spillman figures were the highlight of the Feb. ‘92 Big Top Elizabethtown, TN Spillman D/A auction in Tampa. The armored brought $10,175. American Legion Post 49. Full carousel offer - $70,000. Sold piece-by- piece $161, 975. Camden Park, Huntington, WV. Spillman D/A 1993 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Agassiz Village, West Poland, ME Herschell Spillman D/A Belchertown, MA Stein & Goldstein D/A Offered and sold as a complete machine only. The high bid of just $440,000 took the entire machine, but the Stein & Goldstein carousel would never ride again. At the sale it was rumored that the buyer was the same as the buyer of Boblo Island. (CNT 6-93). By the August, the figures were offered as part of a big auction in October. Although The signature S&G lead horse and the armored horse were big the lead horse sold for $85,600, the tally on all of the figures from the stars at the Belchertown auction which was held just months after the machine was bought “intact”. However, the overall S&G was just $461,437 with 7% buyers premium. Not a lot of profit in tally of the figures would not show much profit. breaking up that machine. Was the collector market finally saturated? 1994 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Seabreeze Park, Rochester, NY PTC #36 Fire 1998 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– War Memorial Park, Little Rock, AR Allan Herschell D/A 2000 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Fun City Amusements, Sea Isle, NJ Allan Herschell D/A Whalom Park, MA Looff D/A Individual figures led by four greyhounds brought the piece-by-piece total to just over $463,000. The machine was offered as a whole unit for just under $515,000. There was no “White Knight” in Fitchburg, MA, that Saturday in April. Many machines before had been saved with this auction format. That would not be the case on this day. The four greyhounds alone brought bids totalling over $124,000. Add the two sea monsters and those six figures alone bid to a total of $164,000 on a machine known to need at least $200,000 in restora- tion. Whalom Park Looff was no longer. A decade later, it remains the Looff greyhound from the Whalom Park carousel, restored last antique wooden carousel broken up at auction. by Layton Studios. (CNT 6-01)

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1985 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– c.1910 Dentzel/Looff/Carmel/Illions Menagerie Dr. Floyd L. Moreland Carousel, Casino Pier, Seaside Heights, NJ. Though in operation at Casino Pier since 1932, the carousel was destined to be sold in the mid-1980s. Dr. Floyd Moreland and a crew of volunteers revitalized the machine. 1907 Dentzel Menagerie Castle Park, Riverside, CA. Relocated from Knott’s Berry Farm. 1986 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1928 PTC #85 Dr. Floyd Moreland and Elaine Bradford, his partner in the Paragon Carousel, Carousel Station, Hull, MA. In 1984, Paragon carousel, enjoy New Year’s Eve 1995. The carousel was Park was auctioned to make room for condo development. Local named after Floyd after his tremendous restoration efforts activists convinced the developer to purchase the carousel. Two years saved the machine a decade earlier. later, the developer decided to sell the ride and three local investors stepped in to save it. The carousel and building were moved (together) to nearby city property in a move that made “Ripley’s Believe it Or Not”. In 1996, the investors were ready to part with the ride. To save the car- ousel this time, $1.1 million was needed in two months. The non-profit Friends of the Carousel was formed and able to raise enough money by the deadline. By spring of 1996, the Friends owned the carousel. 1987 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1921 Dentzel Menagerie The St. Louis Carousel, Faust County Park, Chesterfield, MO. From Forest Park Highlands, to Sylvan Springs Co. Park, St. Louis, MO, then into storage. Restored 1986-87. 1908 Herschell-Spillman Menagerie - Grasshopper Carousel In the Park, Gage Park, Topeka, KS. Originally in PA, then TX and to KS. From Boyles Joyland, Topeka, KS to Gage Park. 1920s Spillman Engineering - Portable PTC #33, Cafesjian’s Carousel was save from the auction Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT. Came from storage in MN in block in dramatic fashion in 1988 and is now the pride of St. 1984, refurbished and placed in operation in 1987. Paul, MN. (CNT 10-01) 1988 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1926 Spillman Engineering Prairie Rose Carousel, Chahinkapa Zoo, Wahpeton, ND. From Lee Funland, Upstate, NY, to storage in MN, to Chahinkapa Zoo. 1914 PTC #33 Cafesjian’s Carousel, Como Park, St. Paul, MN. Originally operated at Minn. State Fairgrounds. Saved from piecemeal auction in 1988 by Our Fair Carousel, who purchased the machine prior to the auction for $1,132,500. Operated in Town Square Park from 1990 to 1995. Opened at Como Park in 1999. 1989 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1894 Norman & Evans Steam - Track MidWest Old Threshers, Mt. Pleasant, IA. Rescued from an old barn. Operated at Cowtown Park, Wichita, KS, 1989 to 1994. 1990 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– In one of the longest and hardest fought community battles in carousel history, the Friends of the Arkansas Carousel Spillman Engineering Undulating Track saved their one-of-a-kind Over-the-Jumps in 1990. It would Over-The-Jumps, Little Rock Zoo, AR. Saved at auction by Little take 16 years to raise the funds and restore the carousel. Rock Friends group in 1990. After nearly two decades of restoration, Shown here before restoration in 1991. (CNT 9-91; 12-07) opened at Little Rock Zoo in 2007.

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Harvey and Marion Roehl, Merrick Price, Charles Walker, Fred Fried, Marianne Stevens (2000) John Hayak, Susan Hofsass, all NCA charter members at PTC #85 NCA founding members; Judy Tuttle, Barbara, Charles, Fred Fried, in 1992. Bob Newman (sunglasses) repairs the Paragon organ. Jo and Rol Summit.

Will Morton (1990) Maurice Fraley, ACM (1987) Nina Fraley, Asilomar (1996) Duane and Carol Perron at the Merry-Go-Round Museum. (1997)

Tony Orlando (1997) Dan Horenberger and John Daniel, ACS Convention. (1989) Lourinda Bray, Pam Hessey and Marge Swenson. (2000)

Jerry Reinhardt with “Nancy Marianne Stevens and Jim Aten, Tim Trager. (1997) Bill Kromer. (1992) Pat and Brenda Wentzel. (1996) Lynn” carved for Nancy. (1993) ACS Portland Convention. (1993)

Dave Norton and Larry Freels, Steve and Kris Crescenze. (1993) Buck and Dawn Brasington. Al and Peggy Rappaport. (2003) San Francisco. (1991) Bob Kissel. (1997)

36 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 Carousels Saved 1990-1995 1990 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1923 Allan Herschell - Portable Irwindale, CA. From Marshall Scotty’s Playland, CA. Storage. 1991 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1920 PTC #54 The Fall River Carousel, Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA. From Lincoln Park, North Dartmouth, MA. Local businessmen purchased the carousel intact at auction in 1986 for $693,000. $1.75 million was raised for a two-story building and restoration. 1920 PTC #50 Hampton Carousel, Carousel Park, Hampton, VA. From Buckroe Beach Amusement Park, Hampton, VA, from 1920-1985 when the park

Hampton’s PTC #50 operated at Buckroe Beach for 65 years closed. Carousel was restored and placed in a new building in 1991. until the park closed. The owners chose not to auction the c. 1910 Herschell-Spillman - Portable carousel, but to keep it local and intact. The city purchased it Indian Walk Country Shop, Wrightstown, PA. Traveling carnival. in 1986 and used it as the center for a city park. (CNT 8-91) 1992 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1939 Allan Herschell/Mix Menagerie - Portable Merry-Go-Round Museum, Sandusky, OH. From Historic Amuse- ment Foundation, Indianapolis, IN, to Merry-Go-Round Museum. 1993 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1927-’28 PTC #80 Holyoke Merry-Go-Round, Heritage State Park, Holyoke, MA. Purchased for $17,000 in 1927 by Mountain Park, Holyoke, MA. Park closed in 1987. Owner rejected $2,000,000 offer for the carousel to keep it local. Local group rallied and purchased carousel for $875,000. 1912 C. W. Parker #119 - Portable Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby, BC. Traveling, then Playland Park, Vancouver through 1972. Operated seasonally without a building until 1989, when it was announced that the ride would go to auction. A Friends group formed and raised $490,000 to purchase the carousel. The Van Andel 1928 Spillman. The carousel was acquired in Opened at Burnaby Village Museum in 1993 after two year restoration. 1982, but it would be another twelve years before the com- pletely restored carousel opened. (CNT 7-94, 1/2-99) 1994 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1928 Spillman Engineering/Looff Menagerie Van Andel Museum Center, Grand Rapids, MI. Lakewood Park, Barnesville, PA, to Grand Rapids Public Museum, MI, 1982. Opened Nov. 1994 after restoration and placed in a new building on the river. 1917 Allan Herschell - Portable Chase Palm Park, Santa Barbara, CA. From Seaport Village, San Diego, CA. To Santa Barbara in 1999. 1995 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1921 Dentzel Menagerie Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, Allentown, PA . From Lake Lansing, Haslett, MI, to Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH, to Dorney Park. 1928 Allan Herschell - Portable Diederich Carousel, Red River Zoo, Fargo, ND. From Huckleberry’s Buffet, Cedar Rapids, IA, to Fargo Zoo in 1995. Private donation. 1920 Herschell-Spillman - Portable Operated at Playland Park, in Vancouver and then seasonally Northrop-Grumman Carousel, Mitchell Park, Greenport, NY. From after the park closed. A Friends Group was formed to save the carousel from auction and it was purchased intact. After a Grumman Co. Picnic Grounds, Calverton, NY, to Mitchell Park in 1995. two year restoration, it opened at Burnaby Village. (CNT 5-98) Relocated to a new all weather building in Greenport summer of 2001.

Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 www.carouselnews.com 37 1964 - CAROUSEL EDUCATION - 2010 Books, Museums, Organizations, Publications If it all starts with education, then the Museums ––––––––––––––––––––––– modern carousel movement all started 1982 International Museum of Carousel Art with a book back in 1964, then it contin- Hood River, OR. Originally Portland Carousel ued on, with more books, organizations, Museum. Four locations to date, seeking a new museums and publications and periodi- permanent location. Hundreds of carousel figures. cals. Each of these was and is part of Thirteen complete, operable carousels, three operating; the landscape of the modern carousel Spillman, Long Beach, CA; movement and the continued apprecia- Looff, San Diego, CA; tion of our historic carousels. A number Allan Herschell, Santa Barbara, CA. of these books and publications are out 1983 Herschell Carousel Factory Museum of print, but that should not stop you from looking for them. North Tonawanda, NY. Housed in the actual Allan Also, there are a number of new carousel books in the Herschell Co. factory building. Two operating carousels. works and just coming to print now. If you have not already, 1986 American Carousel Museum you will hear all about them in future issues of the CNT. (-1999) San Francisco, CA. Operated by the non-profit Freels Foundation. Carousel figures. Special exhibits. Books –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1986 Dickenson County Historical Society 1964 A Pictorial History of the Carousel Abilene, KS. Operating carousel, period displays and By Fred Fried exhibits. Library and research center. The complete history of the carousel. 1990 Merry-Go-Round Museum 1970 Carousels of Coney Island Sandusky, OH. Operating carousel, figure displays, By Rol Summit carving shop, restoration shop, educational programs. Carousel history. Flying Horses Catalog (Essay) 1990 New England Carousel Museum 1979 The American Carousel Bristol, CT. Figure displays, carving shop, restoration By Nina Fraley shop, educational programs. Also NE Fire Museum. Carousel history, photography. 1992 Knoebels Grove Carousel Museum 1981 Fairground Art Elysburg, PA. Two historic carousels operate at park. By Geoff Weedon and Richard Ward Figures, photographs, history, memorabilia. History of fairground carving and painted imagery. 2005 C. W. Parker Museum 1983 Art of the Carousel Leavenworth, KS. Operating carousel, figure displays, By Charlotte Dinger carving and restoration shop. Home to NCA archives. History, photography, identification, restoration. 2007 Kit Carson Carousel Museum 1983 The Carousel Animal Burlington, CO. Operating carousel, figure displays, By Tobin Fraley historic carving and restoration shop exhibits. History, photography, figures, restoration. Organizations ––––––––––––––––––– 1986 Painted Ponies: American Carousel Art 1973 The National Carousel Association By Bill Manns, Peggy Shank, Marianne Stevens Historic Carousel Preservation and Education. History, photography, identification, restoration. Originally the National Carousel Roundtable, 1987 Introduction to the Carousel founded in 1973 in Sandwich, MA. By Maurice Fraley 1979 American Carousel Society Photography, figures, identification. (-2004) Founded in 1979 to celebrate the historic carousel 1990 Grab the Brass Ring through the preservation of full carousels as well as By Anne Dion Hinds individual figures. History, photography, identification, restoration. –––––––––––––––––––– 1994 The Great American Carousel Publications By Tobin Fraley 1975 The Merry Go Roundup History, photography, figures, restoration. Quarterly publication of the NCA. 2002 Carousel Animals: Artistry in Motion 1979 Amusement Park Journal By Tobin Fraley (-1988) Monthly. In depth amusement park history. Carvers, photography, figures, restoration. 1980 Carousel Art 2002 Vintage Funfairs (-1988) Quarterly. In depth, specific carousel history. By Brian Steptoe 1985 The Carousel News & Trader Fairground art and artisans, history, photography. Carousel history, events, photography.

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1996 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1918 Allan Herschell - Portable The Elaine Wilson Carousel, Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, NY. Traveling. From storage in Alabama. Restored in 1995 after 25 years storage. 1997 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Parker #118 - Portable C.W. Parker Carousel Museum, Leavenworth, KS. Well traveled machine found a permanent home in 1997. Restored and opened at C. W. Parker Museum in 2005. 1850-‘65 Primitive Handcrank C. W. Parker #118 at the Parker Museum in Leavenworth, KS. NCA Carousel, C.W. Parker Carousel Museum, Leavenworth, KS. The carousel was acquired in 1997, but the museum would From Sands Point Preserve, Pt. Washington, NY. Opened at the C.W. not open until 2005. (CNT 6-05) Parker Carousel Museum in 1997. 1998 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1906 Looff Menagerie Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA. From Playland-at-the- Beach, San Francisco, CA. Acquired by Marianne Stevens, operated at Shoreline Village, Long Beach, CA, and relocated to Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA, 1998. 1920s Spillman Engineering/Mix Menagerie - Portable City Park Carousel, Shelby City Park, Shelby, NC. Purchased in 1951 by J.E. Strates and Dr. J. S. Dorton for city. Operated in park 1952-84. Restored and reopened in 1998. 1923 Allan Herschell - Portable Irwindale, CA. From Santa’s Village, Skyforest, CA. Storage 2000 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1914 Mangels-Illions Grand Carousel, Columbus Zoo, Powell, OH. From Wyandot Lake Amusement Park, Powell, OH, to Columbus Zoo. Restored and Shown here during the NCA visit to Ohio in 1991, the Wyandot opened in new building summer of 2000. Lake Illions moved to the Columbus Zoo in 2000. (CNT 11-91) c. 1900 Dentzel - Stationary Weona Park, Pen Argyl, PA. Purchased by town in 1917 from Dent- zel factory. Town embarked on major fundraising efforts for a restora- tion back to original paint from 1997-2000. 2001 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1915 Herschell-Spillman/Dare Menagerie - Portable New York State Museum, Albany, NY. Carnival ride, various NY loca- tions, to Olivecrest Amusement Park in 1932. Purchased by NY State Museum in 1975 and placed in storage. Restored and opened at New York State Museum, 2001. 2002 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1904 Illions - 2 Row Congress Park, Saratoga Springs, NY. From Kaydeross Amusement Park. Purchased by city at auction in 1987 for $15,000. After 15 years in storage and $300,000 in restoration, opened in Congress Park. Noreene Sweeney poses with her favorite figure, the Dare mule on the Albany State Museum Carousel. The carousel 1928 Herschell-Spillman was purchased by the museum in 1975, but it would not be Olcott Beach Carousel Park, Olcott Beach, NY. From Culver until 2001 when the funds could be raised to restore the Marina, Culver, IN, to Olcott Beach in 2002. Operates with four other machine. (CNT Oct. ‘01; Jan./Feb. ‘03). vintage kiddie rides and a Wurlitzer band organ.

Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 www.carouselnews.com 39 1974 - IN MEMORIAM - 2010 Salvatore Cernigliaro Bernard Illions George W. Long, Jr. Fred Fried 1880-1974 1901-1988 1892-1988 1908-1994

Cherni emigrated to the U.S. Barney, the youngest son of Involved in carousels beginning Fred brought the historic car- in 1903. He carved for Gustav Marcus Illions, began working in the 1880s, the Long family ousel into modern light with his Dentzel, and later for PTC. in his father’s shop at age 10. built at least eight machines. 1964 book, “A Pictorial History Cherni introduced menagerie He was painting horses in his George began in the business of the Carousel”. NCA founding animals and carved many of teens. In his later years, at age 12. He carved for PTC member and staunch preserva- Dentzel’s finest figures. He was Barney shared his knowledge for a short time, was operating tionist, Fred is the undisputed a good friend to many modern and craft with those lucky three carousels at once, then patriarch of the modern carou- day carousel enthusiasts. enough to know him. bought Seabreeze Park. sel preservation movement. Dave Bradley Edo McCullough William F. Mangels, Jr. William Dentzel, II 1911-1988 1902-1988 1948-2008 1921-1991

Entrepreneurial owner of Bev- Edo was the last of the famed Bill was the fourth generation Grandson of Gustav Dentzel, erly Park where he tested his McCullough brothers. At one of William F. Mangels. A former Bill, along with his wife Marion, new rides. Consulted Disney. time, his family owned five NCA secretary, he helped to was a founding member and Pioneered the fiberglass replica carousels on Coney Island. A perpetuate and preserve the first president of the NCA. carousel horse. Many of Dave’s frequent visitor to carousel con- legacy of his great-great grand- A lawyer by profession, Bill amusement innovations are still ventions, he recalled watching father, who revolutionized the carried on the Denzel family used in the industry today. Dreamland burn to the ground. amusement industry. tradition of carving figures. John Oliver Davis Marvin Sylvor Harvey Roehl Paul Parker 1915-2007 1934-2008 1919-2000 1898-1992 Son of C. W. Parker. Operated Parker Amusement Co. for 20 years after his father’s death in 1932. Paul would see the com- pany move to the construction of smaller metal carousels. Carl Theel The third generation of the In addition to founding Fabricon Harvey and Marion Roehl 1915-1992 Davis carousel family, After Carousel Company and placing turned their love of mechani- Founded Theel Manufacturing WWII, J.O. could have become carousels all over the world, cal music into Vestal Press in and Kiddieland. Bought remains a commercial pilot, but instead Marvin was an avid supporter 1961. In addition to numerous of the Parker Company. Built he joined forces with his father, of antique carousels and espe- music books, recordings and first amusement ride in 1947, Ross. They would place nu- cially instrumental in their well manuals, Vestal Press would and opened Kiddieland in 1951. merous California carousels. being in his New York area. also publish Fred Fried’s book. Built first carousel in 1955.

40 www.carouselnews.com Carousel News & Trader, September 2010 Jerry Betts Walt Youree 1935-1990 1915-2001 Carousels Saved 2004-2010 2004 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1890 Looff/Mangels Menagerie Broadway Flying Horses Carousel. From Coney Island, then Salisbury Beach, MA. Restored 2006. Storage. 2005 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Mangels-Carmel/Illions B & B Carousel, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY. The last operating Jerry had an infectious love of Among the early collectors of carousel was scheduled to go to auction in Aug. 2005. The city of NY carousels and band organs. carousel figures in the ‘70s and stepped forward and purchased the historic ride intact for $1.8 million. He was a founding member of ‘80s, Walt and Mary Lawrence Currently in restoration, awaiting a new home on Coney Island. the NCA, joined the CNT staff would amass a world-famous in 1990, and was instrumental carousel figure collection. Walt 2006 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– in the restoration of many of would do the figure restorations 1918 PTC #45 Ohio’s historic carousels. and Mary, the painting. Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA. From Cincinnati, OH, to Para- mount’s Great America, Santa Clara, CA, to storage. After extensive John Abbott Charlotte Dinger renovations, opened at Woodland Park Zoo in 2006. 1929-1995 1930-1996 1906 Bartholomew Murphy-Carmel/Looff City Park, New Orleans, LA. After extensive damage from Hurricane Katrina, repairs/restoration completed for 100 anniversary. 1909 Dentzel Memphis, TN. From Libertyland. Storage. c. 1890 Looff Eldridge Park, Elmira, NY. Mechanism only. Replacement figures. 2007 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1912 Herschell-Spillman Menagerie John, and his wife Barbara, Devoted collector and restorer were devout carousel enthu- of exquisite carousel figures, Broadway at the Beach, Myrtle Beach, SC. From Myrtle Beach siasts. John was a collector, shown here with her hus- Pavilion Park to Broadway at the Beach, Myrtle Beach, SC, in 2007. dealer, appraiser and auction- band, Carl, in 1994. Charlotte 1901 Armitage-Herschell Steam Track - Portable eer. Two historic carousels he founded the American Carousel Delta Children’s Museum; Greenville, MS. Various locations in once owned still operate intact Society in 1979 and authored Greenville before going into storage for two decades. Restored and today, in Maryland and Ohio. “Art of the Carousel” in 1983. placed back in operation in 2007. 1924 Spillman Engineering - Over-The-Jumps Merrick Price Charles Walker Little Rock Zoo; Little Rock, AR. Opened at Little Rock Zoo in 2007. 1919-1996 1941-2007 2008 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1902-’07 Dentzel Menagerie Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, PA. From Woodside Park, PA. Bought by Fred Fried. Opened at Please Touch in 2008. 2009 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1913 PTC #28 - Portable Sun Valley, CA. From Strates Shows. Storage. 1910-’12 Murphy-Stein & Goldstein Son-in-law of George Long, Charles was a founding mem- Nunley’s Carousel, Museum Row, Garden City, NY. From Nunley’s Jr., Merrick worked at Sea- ber of the NCA and served as Amusement Park, Baldwin, NY. Saved from auction and purchased by breeze Park for decades. He Conservation Chairman and as city. After years in storage, restored in 2009. was a founding member of the the representative of the NCA to NCA, with his daughter, Suzy the IAAPA. He helped maintain 1925 PTC #72 Hofsass. He would live just long PTC #39 at Lake Winnie and Chicago area, IL. From Kiddieland, Melrose, IL. Storage. enough to see PTC #36 return. restored its original band organ. 2010 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1927 Allan Herschell - Portable I’m sure there are many other folks deserving to be on this list of those who have passed in the carousel world. These Newton, NC. Purchased as a Christmas gift after 50 years in storage. are among those featured in the CN&T through the years. Restored and put in operation, spring, 2010.

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What would a look back at 25 years of The Carousel News & Trader be without a look back at “World Record Auction Prices.” In the early issues, the CN&T would print a listing of each of the items and prices they sold for at a particular auction. The first mention of any World Record in the CN&T was the sale of Paragon Park’s PTC #85 by Norton for $598,800. That was in the fall of 1985. In 1986, Guern- sey’s set a new World Record with the sale of PTC #54 for $693,000. 1987 would bring a Looff greyhound selling for a record $59,400 for a carousel figure at a Phillips auction. Later that year, Guernsey’s would set a new record for a carousel horse, selling a Muller stander in original paint for $57,200. In April 1987, the CN&T indexed every figure sold at auction that year. In 1988, they would do the same again, this time with the highest priced items listed as World Record Prices. The CN&T would continue to update the World Records until 2000. Here are some samples of the records, broken down by decade. I will add a couple of notable items from the last decade, not meant to be a complete list. Remember, these are only items sold in public auction as reported by CN&T through the years. This does not include private sales which are quite common for individual figures as well as full carousels. Menagerie Figures Carousel Horses Full Carousels

Not many full carousels would survive the auction block in the ‘80s and ‘90s. “Bruno” is probably the most legendary The few that did were big news. Some carousel figure of all. This rugged PTC At the time of its sale in April of 1988, would survive only to be sold off later. St. Bernard, in original paint, brought this Muller broke the record at $63,800. The Whalom Park Looff was the last $174,900 at auction in 1992. The record would last just a month. carousel to be broken up at auction in 2000. Coney Island’s last carousel, the 1980s ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1980s ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– B&B, (above), was saved from auction Dentzel Rooster Sotheby’s $148,500 Illions Jumper Guernsey’s $121,000 in 2005. The major carousels that have AH Polar Bear Guernsey’s $121,000 Illions Stander Guernsey’s $101,750 been under the threat of auction in the Dentzel Lion Guernsey’s $110,000 Carmel/Borelli Guernsey’s $86,900 past decade have been saved by cities Dentzel Tiger Guernsey’s $83,600 Muller Indian Americana $75,000 or private buyers prior to the auction. AH Elephant Guernsey’s $72,600 Carmel/Borelli Guernsey’s $67,100 Looff Greyhound Phillips $59,400 Dentzel Flag Guernsey’s $64,900 1980s ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Dentzel Lion Guernsey’s $57,200 Muller Stander Guernsey’s $63,800 PTC #33 Guernsey’s $1,125,000 (St. Paul, MN. Sold prior to auction) PTC #54 Guernsey’s $693,000 1990s ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1990s ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– (Lincoln Park now Fall River, MA) PTC St. Bernard Aten $174,900 Parker Lillie Belle Amus. Can. $88,000 PTC $85 Norton $598,800 Dentzel Rooster Norton $145,000 S&G Signature Norton $85,600 (Lincoln Park now Fall River, MA) PTC St. Bernard Butterfield $112,500 Illions Stander Riewe $82,500 Illions Supreme Guernsey’s $423,500 Dentzel Rooster Butterfield $96,000 Mexican Muller Aten $82,500 (Figures sold at auction in...) Dentzel Lion Aten $95,400 Muller Stander Aten $79,500 PTC #18 Norton $402,500 Muller Goat Aten $76,850 Dentzel Flag Norton $62,500 (Roseland to Carousel Center, Syracuse, NY) Dentzel Lion Norton $76,000 Dentzel Stander Norton $62,500 1990s ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Murphy-S&G Norton $854,000 2000s ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000s ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– (Nunley’s, now Museum Row)) Dentzel Giraffe Nadeau’s $110,000 Muller Stander Sotheby’s $90,000 PTC #19 Norton $715,000 Dentzel Cat Nadeau’s $103,000 Dentzel Stander Sotheby’s $49.000 (Euclid Beach, OOB, now storage) Looff Teddy Bear Sotheby’s $85,000 Carmel Armored Aten $47,040 S&G Norton $440,000 PTC Tiger Sotheby’s $78,000 Dentzel Stander Aten $43,200 (Belchertown, MA. Broken up after auction) HS Frog Sotheby’s $72,000 Dentzel Stander Sotheby’s $43,000 2000s ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Muller Lion Guernsey’s $64,625 Muller Stander Guernsey’s $38,187 B&B Carousel Guernsey’s $1,800,000 Dentzel Rabbit Skinner $63,000 Illions Stander Butterfield $29,375 (Sold to city prior to auction, in restoration)

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