1908 D. C. Muller Carousel – Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey
The first carousel at Palisades Park, a 1908 D. C. Muller Company three-row. Photo courtesy of the Palisadian
Sol Abrams, Palisades Amusement Park promoter, dies at 89
NorthJersey.com
Sol Abrams stopped at nothing to promote Palisades Amusement Park. If that meant having an elephant water-ski with a showgirl on the Hudson, so be it.
Beauty contests? Check. Couples marrying on the roller coaster? Check. Chubby Checker introducing the Twist? Check. Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds announcing their engagement on the main stage? Check.
Clint Eastwood gets a snack at Palisades Park.
“Genius? I’d give him that honor,” Vince Gargiulo, who runs the Palisades Amusement Park Historical Society, said of Abrams, who died Wednesday at home in New Milford. He was 89 and the last surviving member of the park’s management team.
For 20-plus years, until the day in 1971 that the landmark attraction straddling Fort Lee and Cliffside Park closed for good, Abrams, the consummate PR man, dreamed up ways to get Palisades Amusement Park on the airwaves and into the newspapers… READ MORE >>>
Fox to feature Ocean City’s Trimper’s Rides in “Strange Inheritance” TV show
Delmarva Daily Times
Ocean City, NJ – New Jersey boardwalk mainstay Trimper’s Rides is hitting national airwaves, as it will be the subject of an episode of the station’s “Strange Inheritance”, airing at 9 p.m. The show focuses on people who have inherited unusual items and have been faced with the question of what to do with them. Host Jamie Colby traveled to 25 states and Canada to tell 26 stories for the show’s first season. The Ocean City amusement park has been in the Trimper family since it was built in 1900… READ MORE >>>
Coquille Carousel Association plans calendar to promote Coos County
Coos Bay World
COQUILLE — For businesswoman Lisa Johnson, the Coquille Carousel comes to more than simply promoting her town. She wants this to be for all of Coos County. With this in mind, Johnson is developing a calendar that features county individuals and groups with a bit of a different twist. “We’re kind of at ground level,” Johnson said, speaking of the calendar project. “I don’t want to focus on money, but if you want to see something good in your community, get involved.” … READ MORE >>>
