The Carousel News & Trader 1991

COVER: Carousel horse art meets Circus Poster clowns

CONTENTS:

• American Carousel and Novelty Company hosts Palm Beach auction

• Bushkill Park, PA carousel update

• Ground broken for Hampton, VA, new home for PTC #50 carousel

• Carousel Art in Southeasern OH

• Kissel auction in Ross, OH

• Daniel Higareda finds Mullers in Mexico

• Rev. Merle Sollinger visits Dollywood carousel

• New England Carousel Museum auction

• C. W. Parker #83 carousel offered at Tampa, FL auction

• 1920 Spillman Eng. carousel returns to Kansas City

• Carver Robert Curley

• Historic Herschell-Spillman menagerie offered at Christie's auction

COVER: Extremely rare Dentzel carousel kangaroo

CONTENTS:

• Tommy Sciortino and Lynne Becket restore historic Spillman Eng. carousel for St. Augustine

• Roof goes on Richland carousel building in Mansfield, OH

• 1911 Murphy-Looff-Carmel at Lighthouse Point in New Haven, CT

• Lake Lansing, MI, Dentzel now at Dollywood

• Spillman Cowboy Carousel in Buffalo, WY

• ALERT: Imitation horses offered as antiques

• Germany’s Octoberfest carousel

• 1925 Spillman 3-row West Virginia’s only wooden carousel

COVER: Dentzel standers by carousel artist, Nancy Strailey

CONTENTS:

• Vitulli photographs of Playland Park carousel in Rye, NY

• Michigan Renaissance Festival show carousel animals

• Portait of carousel artist, Nancy Strailey

• American Carousel & Novelty hosts 4th Auction Under the Big Top

• Florida Historic Old Town carousel under restoration

• Northridge Mall in CA will keep their carousel

• A look at a traveling carousel in Belgium

• Sandusky, OH, Merry-Go-Round Museum gets a facelift

COVER: Portrait of a carousel carving artists at work on a Herschell-Spillman horse

CONTENTS:

• Historic PTC #54 carousel under restoration in Fall River

• Kings Island, OH PTC #79 carousel to get needed repairs

• Carving a horse head with power tools

• Miniature carousel carvers gather in PA

• Boblo Island Illions figurines released

• World record auction prices listing updated for 1991

• Heritage Plantation Looff in Sandwich, MA launches Adopt-a-Horse Fundraiser

• 1905 Shoreline Village Looff will be restored

• Genesse County hosts band organ rally

• April 1991 Carousel Buyer’s Guide Listings

COVER: Broome County has six historic Herschell carousels

CONTENTS:

• New England Carousel Museum wins non-profit status

• American Carousel Museum to host Carousel Art Auction

• Discovering the Six Carousels of Broome County, NY

• Bushkill Park, PA carousel moves to OH

• Carousel Festival to aid anti-drug program

• NCA Tech conference visits Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

• Kissel Spring sale in OH

• Spillman carousel in Paris, IL

COVER: Restored Dentzel outside row stander

CONTENTS:

• Memoram for the passing of William H. Dentzel, II

• Carving the Empire State Carousel in NY with Gerry Holzman

• Carousel Animal Carver: George Thiery

• Mid-West Carousel Expo in Mansfield, OH

• Bushnell Park Stein & Goldstein carousel restored

• Paper collectibles; Will Rogers on a carousel

COVER: US Serviceman home on leave takes his daughter for a ride on a historic Dentzel carousel

CONTENTS:

• Remembering William H., Bill Dentzel, II

• Horsin’ Around with Gail Picket

• 1991 Los Angeles County Fair to have carousel theme

• Historic rare 1880s Armitage-Herschell steam carousel in Redoford, NY

• M &J Amusements original carnival carousel

• Restoration of the Burnaby Village C. W. Parker in Vancouver, Canada

• Ohio ABOA band organ rally

• Flint, MI Historic Crossroads Carousel restored

• Rededication for Binghamton, NY Broome County carousel

• Carousel Carver: Ray Jones

• Dyer Calliopes, America’s smallest band organ manufacturer

COVER: Late 1800s Looff antique carousel horse restored in colored stains

CONTENTS:

• Reflections on Hampton, VA Buckroe Beach carousel

• Shelby, North Carolina antique Herschell-Spillman carousel to spin again

• Melton-Gillett carousel art work feature

• Hampton, VA welcomes home their restored John Zalar carved antique carousel, historic PTC #50

• List of American carousels with Brass Ring machines

• Horses and Rings carousel exhibit in Rochester Hills, MI

• Historic PTC #39 carousel at Lake Winnepesaukah in Rossville, GA

• Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum in North Tonawanda, NY feature

• Richland Carrousel Park in Mansfield, OH readies for grand opening

COVER: Ca. 1910 Dentzel cat, ca. 1911 Indian head Dentzel roached mane standing carousel horse from Edgewater Park, and a ca. 1905 Indian head Dentzel-Muller prancer to be part of the American Carousel Museum auction

CONTENTS:

• 1916 Herschell-Spillman found in the Pocono Mountains

• Centre Island, Canada carousel restored

• Gustav Bayol’s classic French carousel carvings

• Floyd L. Moreland Carousel at Casino Pier awarded

• The art of Prospect Park and Topeka carousels

• Eden Palais Salon carousel found in Montana

• American Carousel Museum and Norton to stage huge carousel figure auction

• Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Looff carousel celebrates 80th

• 1907 Philadelphia Toboggan Company carousel #15 spins again in Puente Hills, CA

• Lourinda Bray’s 7th annual open house

• Findlay, OH band organ rally

• Arkansas Group forms to save Little Rock, AK, rare historic Over-the-Jumps carousel

• Chippewa Lake Park horses sold at auction

COVER: New Wood Carved Carousel at Richland Carousel Park in Mansfield, OH

CONTENTS:

• Hurricane Bob damages Rhode Island carousel

• Seeking Historic information on PTC #33

• San Bernadino, CA, Carousel Mall opens with 36’ Chance machine

• The Carousel Art & History Society, By Karen Vannoy

• Carousel Horse on Guide Dog Christmas Cards

• FEATURE - New Carved Wooden Carousel for Mansfield, OH, at Richland Carousel Park, Labor Day Grand opening

• Kinder Karussell at Busch Gardens; a c. 1919 3-Row Allan Herschell, restored with Roy Herschell

• Artist Feature; Claire Rosen hand-painted carousel watches

• Antique carrousel figure exhibit at Mansfield Art Center

• US Merry-Go-Round Antique All Hallows Guild Carousel in Washington, D.C. gets restoration

• Rosa [Ragan] Patton Restoration Continues on Highland Park Rare 2-Row Dentzel Menagerie in Meridien, Mississippi

• John and Cathy Daniel Collection at the center of LA County Fair’s “Carousels, Critters and Fun” exhibit

• Carver Chuck Kaparich plans wooden carousel for Montana

• Controversy over new location for Rare Logansport Cass County Dentzel Carousel

COVER: Amazing restoration on this c.1920s Dentzel stander with lady trappings

CONTENTS:

• Perron carousel look to new home in Tacoma, WA

• Biography of a carousel horse by Robert Rentzer

• Miniature Carousel Builders 5th Annual convention at Faust Park in Chesterfield, MO

• Chicago Kiddieland PTC #72 carousel under restoration

• A look at the scrollwork of master carousel carver, Charles Carmel

• NCA Convention in OH visits Richland Carousel, Cedar Point, Cedar Downs, Tuscora Park,Wyandot Lake, Muller family and more

• A visit to Dollywood’s carousel

• American Carousel Museum and Norton set records in San Francisco

COVER: Tony Orlando holiday carousel display

CONTENTS:

• Norton auctions Fantasy Farm in Middletown, OH

• A look back at the Hoppes family and their Merry-Go-Round

• Another look at PTC #15 in Puente Hills, CA

• Historic holiday carousels around the country

• Prospect Park Alliance receives award

• Kissel Fall auction results from OH

• The 1880s Dare Flying Horses carousel of Martha’s Vineyard, MA

• Carousel restoration artist, Tony Orlando interview

• Enchanted Forest Amusement Park in Indiana auctioned

• Carving Club produces Muller goat replicas

• Bay Area Discovery Museum gets new Dentzel carousel