Celebrating a Century for Burnaby Museum’s Precious Parker #119
A gala 100th birthday celebration was held for Burnaby’s C. W. Parker #119. In Vancouver since the 1930s, the carousel Friend’s Group saved the machine intact in 1989. The volunteer group, Friends of the Vancouver Carousel, came together to buy the carousel intact and restore it. The carousel was installed in the Burnaby Museum, Heritage Village in 1993.
By Nancy Stagg
Reprinted from the July 2012 CN&T
Vancouver, BC – This year marks the 100th anniversary of the construction of C.W. Parker Carousel #119, now operating at Canada’s Burnaby Village Museum, a 10-acre Heritage Village just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia. Parker #119 was built in 1912 at the Parker factory in Leavenworth, Kansas. It was operated in Vancouver from 1936 until 1989, at which time its owners planned to dismantle the wooden wonder and sell the horses at auction. A volunteer group, the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel Society, raised the money to buy and restore it. Under the management of Keith Jamieson, the project was completed and the restored carousel was installed at the museum in 1993, where it has been going around in circles ever since. The 100th anniversary provided the opportunity to reconnect with old friends who are passionate about the carousel
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