The Carousel News & Trader 1988

COVER: Marcus C. Illions American Beauty Rose Horse at Riverside Park in Agawam, MA

CONTENTS:

• Searching for animals from the Lake Contrary, MO carousel

• Watkins Regional Park Dentzel carousel being restored in Upper Marlboro, MD

• Colorado Carousel Society figures on exhibit

• Conneaut Lake Park selling figures from historic and rare E. Joy Morris carousel

• Williams Manns promotes carousels through “Painted Ponies: American Carousel Art”

• Linda and Randy Simons of Van Buren, OH save carousel

• Leroy Hallowell carver feature

• Plans for a Chinese theme park in New York

• The Amusement Park Journal prints final issue

• 1916 Jack Rabbit and 1929 Wild Cat roller coasters to be dismantled

• IAAPA - 69th annual convention in New Orleans

COVER: Fabricon carousel at Herald Center, NYC

CONTENTS:

• R&F Design of Bristol, CT feature on carousel restoration

• Conneaut Lake Park replaces four carousel figures

• Daniel R. Slack obituary

• Marksbury Carousel Works of Sandusky, OH to restore 1910 Parker carousel

• Portland Carousel Museum initiates National Carousel Animal Registration

• Home Amusement Company - 2nd Washington, D.C. auction

• Rare historic Texas carousels to be sold at auction

• 1920s M.C. Illions Stampede carousel horses

• Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum in North Tonawanda, NY receives state grant

• Carousel animals displayed in Chesterfield Mall in St. Louis, MO

COVER: El Capitan, the lead Dentzel carousel horse at Six Flags Over Texas

CONTENTS:

• Six Flags Over Texas to unveil The Silver Star Carousel

• World-record set for a Stein and Goldstein carousel horse at auction - $40,000

• New carousel building for Tuscora Park in New Philadelphia, OH

• 1989 ACS convention returns to California

• Edo McCullough obituary

• Miniature Carousel Builders plan 2nd convention in Rochester, NY

• Spillman carousel pulled from Guernseys NYC auction

• Four carousels sold at Little Rock, AR auction (1940s Allan Herschell Merry-Go-Round; 1915 PTC; 1903 Savage; 1919 Allan Herschell Merry-Go-Round)

• Home Amusement Co. Washington, D.C. carousel figure auction results

• Saratoga Springs plans Carousel Week

• Columbus, OH carousel fundraising begins

• Four Oregon carousels placed on National Register of Historic Places

• Rebuilt carousel main feature at Emerson Scott’s mini-amusement park in Buffalo, WY

• Norton Auctioneers to sell 100 antique carousel horses at San Antonio, TX auction

COVER: Illions Supreme Carousel at Circus World, Orlando, FL

CONTENTS:

• Illions Monarch II Supreme Carousel now dispersed and preserved

• Feature on Illions first Supreme Carousel

• Guernseys San Francisco to host first major West Coast carousel auction featuring Dentzels, Mullers, and 47 Illions Supreme horses

• Portland, OR debates on restoration of PTC #15

• 60 antique carousel animals sold at Home Amusement Co. auction in Frederick, MD

• Boyerton USA theme park, Altoona, PA sold for $1.1m

COVER: The Illions American Beauty Rose Horse

CONTENTS:

• Franklin Mint introduces new Treasury of American Carousel Art

• Restoration of historic Onondaga Lake, NY carousel begins

• USPS to issue Carousel Commemorative stamps

• Rare pig and horse found at Americana Auction in MD

• Mary Hill Fried obituary

• Dave Bradley obituary

• Western New York Coaster Club presents COASTERFEST ‘88

• William Manns’ search for “Communist” carousels

• 2nd annual Burlington Carousel Festival

• The Magical Carousel Shop produces limited edition pieces of “Dr. Floyd,” the Dentzel stander

• 126 carousel animals sold at Bob Kissel auction

COVER: 1915 Stein and Goldstein armored carousel horse

CONTENTS:

• Rogene and Earl Corey of Columbiana, OH antique carousel collection

• Boblo Island of Ontario sold; 1906 Mangels-Illions carousel restored

• Bill Finkelstein’s R&F Design to open carousel museum in Bristol, CT

• Muller Indian pony sells for world-record $75,000 at Americana Antiques auction

• Restored, antique carousel jumper horse returns to Canandaigua, NY

• Jon McDonald Carousel Horses to be exhibited at the Muskegon, MI Museum of Art

• Bernard Illions obituary, youngest son of Marcus Illions

• Judy and Gary Tuttle purchase rare Allan Herschell stander horse

• American Band Organ Association spring rally at Crossroads Village in Michigan

• Days in Park events planned to accompany carousel exhibit in Rochester, NY

• Guernseys 1988 West Coast antique carousel figure auction prices

• Carousel Day in celebrated in San Francisco, CA

COVER: Chance Rides carousel shipped to Seoul, South Korea for 1988 Summer Olympics

CONTENTS:

• Tuscora Park’s carousel building grand opening in New Philadelphia, OH

• Bill Finkelstein of R&F Design saves four carousel figures from fire

• Don C. Traub is new Director/Curator at Herschell Carrousel Factury Museum in North Tonawanda, NY

• Annual American Band Organ Association Rally held at Crossroads Village in Flint, MI

• Friends of Crossroads Village Carousel help restore 1912 C.W. Parker carousel

• Visiting Colorado’s Painted Ponies feature in May issue of Rocky Mountain Motorist

• The Portland Carousel Museum moves to new location

• The Carousel Works of Bristol, CT moves to Mansfield, OH

• 1920 Herschell-Spillman carousel up for auction in Paducah, KY

• Oaks Park Noah’s Ark Carousel historical paintings ruined

• The History of Carousel Band Organs & The History of the Calliope

• Dentzel replica under construction in Seoul, South Korea

• Wallace Krapf Carousel Collection at the Rochester Museum & Science Center

• William Den Blaker uses special technique to make miniature operating carousels

• Six horses from Spillman Engineering Merry-Go-Round stolen in Inglewood, CA

• Fire destroys PTC #71 carousel at Americana Park near Hamilton, OH

• New carving business - New American Heirlooms, opens in Dayton, IA

• Four Andy Warhol carousel horses sold at auction

• Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, PA buys Ruth band organ

• The National Carousel Association to hold 1988 convention in Pittsburgh, PA

COVER: 1905 D.C. Muller and Bros. Military carousel horse

CONTENTS:

• Miniature Carousel Builders hold convention at Seabreeze Park in Rochester, NY

• Lyle Drollinger - Adventures of a Merry-Go- Round Owner

• Carousel West of San Francisco feature

• City of Holyoke, MA to save PTC #80 Carousel

• Home Amusement Auction set for Sept. 25

• John and Cathy Daniel open house in October

• Guernseys of New York to auction Seattle’s Fun Forest Park, Illions-Carmel/Borreli-Looff carousel

• “Painted Ponies” Carousel Art 3rd calendar

• Tom Layton leaves Atlantic West

• USPS Carousel figure stamps due in October

COVER: The Glen Echo Park 1920s Dentzel Deluxe Menagerie Carousel

CONTENTS:

• 1903 C.W. Parker sold to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carr of Reading, PA

• US postage stamps pay tribute to carousels

• Stolen Roseland Park carousel horse recovered

• Former Playland Park carousel in San Antonio to open

• Carousel art expert Charlotte Dinger to join Sotheby’s as consultant

• Trimper Amusements 3-row Herschell Spillman carousel in Ocean City, MD

• Paducah, KY auction draws crowd

• Heritage Park, Calgary, Canada feature

• Portland Carousel Museum becomes The International Museum of Carousel Art

• The Charlotte Dinger Antique Carousel animal collection

COVER: PTC #83 carousel Circus horse

CONTENTS:

• Report and photos from 1988 National Carousel Association Convention in Pittsburgh, PA

• Carousel Author, Tobin Fraley editorial

• Dede Lifgren profile

• Antique C.W. Parker carousel sells for $242,300 in Pennsylvania

COVER: Rajah, a rare Allan Herschell carousel elephant

CONTENTS:

• The American Carousel Society Convention held in Washington, D.C.

• Carousel collectibles sell at Home Amusement Auction in Frederick, MD

• Lorrie Robinson carousel artist feature

• William Mangels new National Carousel Association Executive-Secretary

• Five historic carousel horses stolen from Fun Forest Carousel in Seattle, WA

• Carousel builder and carver, George W. Long obituary

• Niagara Carousel Society reports successful year

• Lynne Kolhoff profile

• Santa’s Land in Putney, VT sells 1895 Frederick Heyn carousel

• First day of issue for historic carouselanimal stamps

• Funland Amusement Park in Paducah, KY auction

COVER: Tony Orlando’s restored antique carousel horse and antique toys in Dearborn, MI

CONTENTS:

• Jim and Pat Hennon - PJs carousel stores

• Joel Martin, Jr. carving feature

• Simeon Dorchester miniature carousel feature

• Daniels Den holds open house and auction in South Pasadena, CA

• Colorado History Museum unveils carousel exhibit

• Guernseys to auction spectacular collection of antique carousel carvings

• Mystery carousel found in Porter Park, Rexburg, ID

• Sotheby’s to hold February 1989 antique carousel figure auction

• After 34 years in storage, historic Houghs Neck Herschell-Spillman carousel to be restored by Carousel Works in Mansfield, OH

• Master Carousel Carver, W. P. Wilcox feature

• John A. Boyle feature

• Kissel Carousel figure auction draws large crowd

• Carousel exhibition held at The Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle