Carousel News & Trader Magazine,
May 1997 Issue No. 5, Vol. 13
COVER: Lead horse from the carousel at Lake Compounce; the oldest continually operating carousel in the US, built in 1883, in American’s oldest amusement (1846). The carousel was built by Timothy Murphy and includes horses from Charles Carmel (cover horse), Looff, Stein & Goldstein. It operated in Savin Rock, CT, then went to Lake Compounce in 1911 where it has been spinning ever since.
CONTENTS:
- Asbury Park Carousels Remembered – The Palace Carousel, 1910 Mangles-Looff-mix-menagerie, and Philadelphia Toboggan Co. carousel PTC #87,
- PTC #19 Euclid Beach Carousel auction announced by Norton
- Libertyland, The Queen of Memphis, TN, feature
- Amusement Park History from the NAPHA: Photo of a carousel in 1917 in Dedham, Mass. The carousel was owned by Dubois and Hurley of the Rough Riders, Revere Beach, MA.
- Ca. 1900 all standing Dentzel carousel at Weona Park in Pen Argyl, PA
- PTC #51, In The Shadow of Skyscrapers, at Elitch Gardens in Denver, CO
- 1912 Looff at Heritage Plantation in Sandwich, MA
- 1906 Parker/Hershcell-Spillman at Roseneath Fairgrounds in Ontatio, Canada
- Lake Compounce Looff/Carmel/S&G celebrates 86 years
- PTC #84 at Paramount Canada’s Wonderland
- 90 Years for Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk – Looff carousel turns 86 years
- 1909 Illions, A Treasure at Riverside Park in Agawam, MA
- 1894 Armitage-Herschell steam carousel at Willowbrook in Newfield, ME, feature
- Santas Village in Sky Forest, CA, Fantasy in the Woods
- Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum to host Miniature Circus
- Carousels alive and well at the Herschell Museum in North Tonawanda
- Disney Worlds PTC #46 and PTC #47 at Hersheypark, PA
- M.C. Illions Supreme miniature on display in Disney World, Orlando
- Round & Round Home Carousel Video released
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