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Support for the Buffalo Heritage Carousel

Buffalo Heritage Carousel, Inc Receives Support from Carousel Enthusiasts Near and Far (ARCHIVE STORY - FALL 2015) BUFFALO,...
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Looff 1890s Broadway Flying Horses Carousel

1890s Charles I. D. Looff Menagerie Carousel The Broadway Flying Horses Carousel, from Coney Island, to Salisbury...
December 10, 2015 
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MA – Six Flags New England – 1909 Mangels/Illions

1909 Mangels - Illions 4-row Menagerie Six Flags New England in Agawam, MA   2008 Photos by Roland Hopkins The...
December 2, 2015 
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Tony Orlando Memories, Holiday Issue Covers

In Memoriam - Reprinted from the October 2013 Carousel News & Trader Anthony “Tony” Orlando – Carousel Figure...
November 5, 2015 
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CN&T Vol. 28, No. 6 – June 2012

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, June 2012 Issue No. 6, Vol. 28 COVER: With...
November 2, 2015 
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Issue No. 6, Vol. 25 – June 2009

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, June 2009 Issue No. 6, Vol. 25 COVER: After more...
November 2, 2015 
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Issue No. 4, Vol. 25 – April 2009

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, April 2009 Issue No. 4, Vol. 25 COVER: A beautifully...
November 2, 2015 
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CN&T Vol. 29, No. 9 – September, 2013

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, September 2013 Issue No. 9, Vol. 29 ON THE COVER: The...
November 1, 2015 
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Racing Derbies Revisited – Part 1 – Meet Prior and Church

Racing Derbies Revisited - Part 1 - Introduction: Meet T. W. Prior and F. A. Church. Together they patent the Great American...
October 13, 2015 
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Racing Derbies Part 2 – Ocean Park to Venice

Racing Derbies - Part 2 - Ocean Park, to Venice, CA: First Prior and Church Great American Racing Derby Opens at Ocean...
October 12, 2015 
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Racing Derby – Part 3 – Venice Derbies

Racing Derbies Revisited - Part 3 - Venice Pier "The Race Thru the Clouds" and the Two Racing Derby Rides of Venice, CA Prior...
October 11, 2015 
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Racing Derby – Part 4 – Playland-at-the-Beach, Galveston

Racing Derbies Revisited - Part 4 Venice Racing Derby to San Francisco's Playland, Galveston Derby at Joyland The Second...
October 10, 2015 
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Racing Derby – Part 5 – M. C. Illions and Coney Island

Racing Derbies Revisited - Part 5 M. C. Illions and the Racing Derby Rides of Coney Island and Rye, NY In 1909, M.C....
October 9, 2015 
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OH – Cedar Fair – 1921 Prior & Church Racing Derby

1921 Prior & Church Great American Racing Derby - Cedar Downs at Cedar Fair, Sandusky, OH Originally operated at Euclid...
October 9, 2015 
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Archive Gallery – Full Carousels –

Historic Archives - Full Carousel Photographs
October 9, 2015 
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Great American Racing Derbies

Racing Derbies Revisited - Summary of Rides.   CONTINUED ... Racing Derbies Revisited.... Contributed...
October 9, 2015 
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Racing Derby – Part 6 – Horse Makers, Conclusions

Racing Derbies Revisited - Part 6 R. C Williams, Illions; Derby Horses - Styles and Manufacturers, Summary of Derby Rides R....
October 8, 2015 
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Issue No. 12, Vol. 26 – December 2010

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, December 2010 Issue No. 12, Vol. 26 COVER:...
October 8, 2015 
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CN&T No. 11, Vol. 3 – November 1987

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, November 1987 - Issue No. 11, Vol. 3 COVER:...
October 8, 2015 
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CN&T Vol. 28, No. 11 – November, 2012

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, November 2012 Issue No. 11, Vol. 28 COVER:...
October 7, 2015 
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CN&T No. 1, Vol. 3 – January 1987

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, January 1987 Issue - No. 1, Vol. 3 COVER: Daniel...
October 7, 2015 
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McCormick-Stillman’s Classic Allan Herschell Carousel Spinning Profits

Big Returns from a Small Antique Carousel for McCormick-Stillman Railroad park in Scottsdale, AZ By Dan Horenberger...
October 7, 2015 
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Carousel at Pottstown Looks to Spring 2016

The Carousel At Pottstown Awarded $250,000 Grant, Looks to Spring 2016 Opening Historic 1906 PTCA #9 Mechanism Repopulated...
October 7, 2015 
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Restoration Grant for Historic Buffalo Heritage Carousel

UPDATE: Buffalo Carousel to Have Home at Canalside READ MORE... Assemblyman Ryan Expedites $600,00 State Grant for Historic...
October 7, 2015 
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Issue No. 4, Vol. 27 – April 2011

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE Carousel News & Trader Magazine, April 2011 Issue No. 4, Vol. 27 COVER: A beautifully...
October 6, 2015 
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Issue No. 3, Vol. 25 – March 2009

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, March 2009 Issue No. 3, Vol. 25 COVER:...
October 6, 2015 
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CN&T Vol. 28, No. 4 – April 2012

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, April 2012 Issue No. 4, Vol. 28 COVER: Armored...
October 5, 2015 
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PA – Pen Argyl- 1900 Dentzel menagerie (stationary)

Circa 1900 Dentzel Menagerie - Stationary Operating at Weona Park, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania since 1923. 1900 Weona Park...
October 3, 2015 
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Pleasure Beach, CT – Murphy-Carmel

Ca. 1910 Murphy/Carmel-Illions Carousel P. T. Barnum's Pleasure Beach Amusement Park Steeplechase Island, Bridgeport, CT. READ...
October 3, 2015 
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P. T. Barnum’s Pleasure Beach – Murphy-Carmel Carousel

Lost Carousels: Steeplechase Island, Pleasure Beach, CT History of the Bridgeport Ca. 1910 Murphy/Carmel-Illions Carousel...
October 3, 2015 
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Issue No. 10, Vol. 25 – October 2009

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, October 2009 Issue No. 10, Vol. 25 COVER:...
October 2, 2015 
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Historic American Carousel Lions

American "Golden Age" Carousel Lions, ca. 1880s-1929 Hand-Carved by the Masters; Looff, Dentzel, Muller, Illions, Carmel,...
October 2, 2015 
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Historic Carousel Cats

Golden Age Carousel Cats Golden Age carousel cats (of the domestic sort) came from mostly from The Dentzel Co. and Herschell-Spillman...
October 2, 2015 
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Issue No. 7, Vol. 27 – July 2011

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE Carousel News & Trader Magazine, July 2011 Issue No. 7, Vol. 27 COVER: Most recently...
October 1, 2015 
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Historic Carousel Frogs/Toads

Golden Age American Carousel Frogs/Toads Only Herschell-Spillman carved carousel frogs or toads. A fairly rare menagerie...
October 1, 2015 
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Historic Carousel Bear

Golden Age American Carousel Bear Few carousel bear were carved in the Golden Age. The Dentzel Co. carved a nice jumping...
October 1, 2015 
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CN&T Vol. 28, No. 2 – February, 2012

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, February 2012 Issue No. 2, Vol. 28 COVER:...
September 25, 2015 
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Issue No. 10, Vol. 24 – October 2008

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, October 2008 Issue No. 10, Vol. 24 COVER: The Ruth...
September 21, 2015 
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Running Horse Studio – Pasadena/Irwindale, CA

Lourinda Bray's Running Horse Studio Collection and Workshop Restoration Studio and World-class Collection of Over 400...
September 10, 2015 
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Carousel Book Store

Carousel History and Research Books, DVDs... A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE CAROUSEL by Frederick Fried Hardcover:...
September 6, 2015 
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The Pure Beauty of the Menagerie, PTC #9 Carousel

Philadelphia Toboggan Company’s 1905 PTC #9 Although Abandoned Deep in Rural PA for Years, The Menagerie Carousel was Still...
September 2, 2015 
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PA – Pine Grove – 1905 PTC #9

1905 Philadelphia Toboggan Co. PTC #9 Carousel Three-row menagerie, operated at Euclid Beach, OH, Laurel Springs,...
September 2, 2015 
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Historic Carousel Menagerie Figures

Carousel Menagerie Animals from The Golden Age The select few menagerie figures created by the master carousel carvers...
August 31, 2015 
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Carousel Hippocampus and Sea Dragons

Historic Menagerie Figures - Carousel Hippocampus, Sea Horses, Sea Monsters and Sea Dragons Hippocampus - Sea Horse See...
August 31, 2015 
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Historic Carousel Roosters

Golden Age American Carousel Roosters Carousel roosters were carved by only by Dentzel and Herschell-Spillman in America....
August 31, 2015 
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Historic Carousel Rabbits

"Golden Age" Carousel Rabbits Only the Gustav and William Dentzel companies carved carousel rabbits in America. The other...
August 31, 2015 
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Restoring an 1890s Juvenile Dobby Carousel

Restoration of an English Halstead 1890s Juvenile Dobby Artist Katie Morgan Brings Victorian Beauty Back to the Anderson-Carved...
August 28, 2015 
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MA – Holyoke • 1927 PTC #80 Merry-Go-Round

1927 PTC #80 Holyoke Merry-Go-Round Heritage State Park 3-Row Carousel, From PTC Factory to Holyoke, MA   First...
August 27, 2015 
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Coeur d’Alene Carousel Foundation Seeks Matching Fund Donations

Benefactor Will Match All Donations to Historic 1922 Coeur d'Alene Carousel. Deadline, Jan. 1, 2016. Coeur d'Alene,...
August 16, 2015 
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Carousel Community Appreciation Day at Olcott Beach Park

Olcott Beach Carousel Park to Celebrate 13th Season Sunday will include free carousel rides and some classic cars OLCOTT,...
August 15, 2015 
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OH – Columbus Zoo Carousel – 1914 Mangels-Illions

Ca. 1914 W. F. Mangels/M. C. Illions Grand Carousel Columbus Zoo Carousel, Powell, OH. Originally operated in Coney Island...
August 12, 2015 
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Looff Tiger Top Seller at Phillips May, 1986 Carousel Art Auction

Phillips Auctions "American Carousel Art from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art" May, 1986 - NYC (Reprinted...
August 6, 2015 
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Gillians Fun Deck, Ocean City, NJ – Auctioned 1987

End of the Trail for 1926 Spillman Carousel at Gillians Fun Deck Auction - Oct. 17, 1987 Within thirty minutes, 36 horses,...
August 6, 2015 
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Historic Carousel Art Panel Debate in Rochester

1905 Dentzel Carousel Art Panel Debate Comes to Educational Resolution in Ontario Beach (August 6, 2015) ROCHESTER,...
August 6, 2015 
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Historic Bopp-Looff Carousel from Sulzer’s Harlem River Park

Ca. 1890s Louis Bopp-Looff Carousel at Sulzer's Harlem River Park (1890s-1907) Ca. 1890s Louis Bopp carousel, (Looff...
August 6, 2015 
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Ca. 1890s Louis Bopp Carousel from Sulzer’s Harlem River Park

A Closer Look at the 1890s Sulzer's Harlem River Park Carousel Makes Ontario Beach Art Look Tame The Ca. 1890s Louis...
August 6, 2015 
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CN&T No. 6, Vol. 2 – June 1986

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE Carousel News & Trader Magazine, June 1986 Issue No. 6, Vol. 2 COVER: Looff outside...
August 5, 2015 
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CN&T No. 12, Vol. 3 – December 1987

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, December 1987 - Issue No. 12, Vol. 3 COVER: Tony...
August 5, 2015 
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CN&T No. 9, Vol. 3 – September 1987

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE     Carousel News & Trader Magazine, September 1987 - Issue No. 9, Vol. 3 COVER:...
August 5, 2015 
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PA – Hersheypark • 1909 PTC #47 – 4-Row Carousel

Hersheypark, PA - 1919 Philadelphia Toboggan Company - PTC #47 Carousel • 4-Row - 66 Horses Many beautiful...
August 1, 2015 
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NY- Rye Playland • 1915 Carmel – 1910 Prior & Church

Rye Playland • Rye, NY. 1915 Carmel Carousel  Operated at Savin Rock, CT, 1915-1929; to Playland in 1929 - present. 2011...
July 25, 2015 
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PTC 14 Carousel – Staten Island, NY; Moosic, PA

PTC #14, 1907 Menagerie Last operated at Rocky Glen, renamed Ghost Town, Moosic, PA. PTC 14 Carousel - 3-row. Menagerie....
July 25, 2015 
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Issue No. 9, Vol. 25 – September 2009

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, September 2009 Issue No. 9, Vol. 25 COVER:...
July 24, 2015 
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1924 Spillman Carousel from Massachusetts family heading to Buffalo

Historic Spillman Eng. Menagerie Carousel with Mass. Roots Heads Back Toward Its Maker, to Buffalo "A carousel and a children’s...
July 23, 2015 
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West Haven, CT, Looks to Bring Historic Carousel Back to Savin Rock

As Rich In Carousel History as Coney Island, Savin Rock Looks to Bring A Historic 1920s PTC Carousel Back to West Haven West...
July 23, 2015 
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Finding the Jantzen Beach Carousel… What next?

Recent Articles Talk About the Historic 1921 C. W. Parker Jantzen Beach Carousel that was Boxed Up when its Shopping...
July 22, 2015 
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CN&T Vol. 29, No. 6 – June, 2013

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONINE Carousel News & Trader Magazine, June 2013 Issue No. 6, Vol. 29 ON THE COVER: The carousel...
July 21, 2015 
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CN&T Vol. 29, No. 1 – January, 2013

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE Carousel News & Trader Magazine, January 2013 Issue No. 1, Vol. 29   ON THE COVER: The...
July 21, 2015 
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Charlotte Dinger Collection to The Merry-Go-Round Museum

The Charlotte Dinger Collection Go The Merry-Go-Round Museum Three Special Horses Donated, 90 More Carousel Figures on Extended...
July 19, 2015 
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CN&T Centers 2013

2013 Carousel News & Trader Centerspread Archives
July 16, 2015 
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CN&T Centers 2012

2012 Carousel News & Trader Centerspread Archives
July 16, 2015 
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CN&T Centers 2011

2011 Carousel News & Trader Centerspread Archives
July 16, 2015 
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CN&T Centers 2010

2010 Carousel News & Trader Centerspread Archives
July 16, 2015 
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CN&T Centers 2009

2009 Carousel News & Trader Centerspread Archives
July 16, 2015 
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CN&T Centers 2008

2008 Carousel News & Trader Centerspread Archives
July 16, 2015 
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CN&T Centers 2007

2007 Carousel News & Trader Centerspread Archives
July 16, 2015 
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CN&T Centers 2006

2006 - Carousel News & Trader Centerspread Archives
July 16, 2015 
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Arnolds Park Celebrates 125 Years on Lake Okoboji

Arnolds Park Amusement Park on Lake Okoboji Celebrates 125 Years on Iowa's Great Lakes ARNOLDS PARK, IOWA – One of the longest...
July 15, 2015 
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2015 – Latest Carousel News

Latest Carousel News – 2015 Most Recent Carousel News and Monthly Archives of Current News Items from 2015 2015 Current...
July 15, 2015 
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Issue No. 5, Vol. 24 – May 2008

READ THIS FULL ISSUE ONLINE   Carousel News & Trader Magazine, May 2008 Issue No. 5, Vol. 24 COVER: Five...
July 12, 2015 
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CA – Griffith Park Carousel – 1926 Spillman-Looff/Carmel

The Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round 1926 Spillman Eng. Carousel  • 4-Rows • 68 horses from Spillman, Looff and Carmel (Photos...
July 11, 2015 
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New Feature – 1902 E. Joy Morris at Lakemont Park

Restoring a Scenery Panel from Altoona, PA, E. Joy Morris Carousel By William Benjamin, Ph.D. and Barbara Williams
July 11, 2015 
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New Feature – Quassy Lake Carousel History

Unique History of the Quassy Lake Amusement Park Carousels Historic 1902 "Golden Age" Wooden E. Joy Morris Carousel Broken...
July 9, 2015 
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Mystery of the Island Park, RI, Looff Carousel

The Mystery of the Portsmouth, RI, Island Park Looff The carousel that once carried Marianne's "Gamebird" prized horse...
July 8, 2015 
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M. C. Illions and Sons Carousel Archives

Marcus Illions M. C. Illions and Sons Carousel Works - 1908-1927 Marcus Charles Illions (1874-1949) was a master...
July 3, 2015 
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M. D. Borrelli Bejeweled Fun Forest Carousel

Ca. 1908-1915 M. D. Borrelli / Carmel-Looff-Illions Carousel Fun Forest Amusement Park, Seattle, Washington The heavily...
July 3, 2015 
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PA – Pottstown Carousel – PTC #9 Frame – New Figures

The Carousel at Pottstown, PA 1905 PTC #9 (74R) Mechanism. New Ed Roth Carved Figures The Pottstown Historical Society...
July 2, 2015 
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Coney Island Early History

Coney Island Coney Island Historic VideosJune 13, 2015 The Ultimate "Dreamland" Park on Coney IslandJune 13, 2015 Coney...
June 13, 2015 
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The Ultimate “Dreamland” Park on Coney Island

William H. Reynolds Shared His “Dreamland” With Coney Island and the World. Sigmund Freud Found Coney Island's Dreamland...
June 13, 2015 
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Coney Island’s Original, Romantic Luna Park

A Romantic Amusement Park Vision Came To Life In Coney Island’s Original Luna Park The Brain-Child of Visionaries Fred...
June 13, 2015 
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Coney Island’s Steeplechase, Once American’s #1 Amusement

Once America’s #1 Amusement Park - Coney Island’s Magical Steeplechase Inside, Outside, and Everyone Was Involved......
June 13, 2015 
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NY – Luna Park, Coney Island – Gallery

The Original Luna Park, Coney Island A Romantic Amusement Vision Came To Life In Coney Island’s Luna Park. READ THE FULL...
June 13, 2015 
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NY – Steeplechase Park, Coney Island – Gallery

Coney Island’s Magical Steeplechase Park Once America’s #1 Amusement, George C. Tilyou's Steeplechase Park suffered...
June 12, 2015 
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The Salvatore “Cherni” Cernigliaro letters

The Salvatore "Cherni" Cernigliaro Letters -- Carousel master-carver, Salvatore Cernigliaro, known as "Cherni" from the "Golden...
June 11, 2015 
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Waldameer Park, PA • 1908 Muller-Dentzel S & G

Waldameer Park and Water World, Erie, PA (1896-Present) CAROUSEL AUCTIONED - Dec. 1988, Guernseys, NYC - ARCHIVE FEATURE...
June 9, 2015 
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May 2015 Carousel News

1908 D. C. Muller Carousel - Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey Sol Abrams, Palisades Amusement Park promoter, dies...
May 30, 2015 
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CO – Nederland – The Carousel of Happiness

The Carousel of Happiness is Nederland Colorado’s magical menagerie. 1910 Looff carousel mechanism repopulated with 56 whimsical,...
May 18, 2015 
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5 Years for Carousel of Happiness in Nederland, CO

5th Anniversary Celebration for The Carousel of Happiness this Memorial Day 1910 Mechanism of the Great Salt Lake's Saltair...
May 18, 2015 
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UT – Saltair Park – 1910 Looff menagerie

CA 1910 Looff Menagerie - Saltair Park, Great Salt Lake, Utah In 1910, Charles Looff delivered a grand 4-row carousel...
May 18, 2015 
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