The Carousel News & Trader 1992

COVER: Carol Perron and her historic Looff carousel

CONTENTS:

• Perron Looff to visit Columbus, OH for Ameriflora 92

• Carousel riding rooster in Queens, NY

• Heritage Carousel show celebrates new carousel for Morgantown, WV

• Creative carousel puzzles

• Chahinkapa Zoo carousel renovation in North Dakota

• Chance Mfg. unveils Americana Carrousel

• Indianapolis Zoo carousel gets a new chariot

• Shermans Amusement Park on Caroga Lake in NY reopens

• American Carousel Society (ACS) Convention visits New England carousels; Crescent Park and Slater Park Looff carousels in RI, New Haven Lighthouse carousel, Bushnell Park S&G carousel in Hartford, CT, 1909 Illions in Agawam, MA and others

• Binghampton carousel horses on the street

• World record antique carousel figure auction prices - list update

• Genesee County band organ rally

• Abbot and Riewe Midwest carousel auction results

COVER: One of many elaborately carved horses, this one with a quiver of arrows and pelt saddle, aboard the 1917 PTC #44 at King’s Dominion in Doswel, VA

CONTENTS:

• Find out who makes the glue for carousel horses

• Shireland of Hampshire, IL adds a new carousel

• Merry-Go-Round Museum swaps out historic carousels

• Kings Dominion PTC #44 in Doswell, Virginal

• The Art and Fantasy of the American Carousel exhibit in Maryland

• New and old carousels of El Cajon, CA

• Longs Park Arts & Crafts festival in Lancaster, PA

• Feature on a rare 1895 Charles Dare carousel lion

COVER: Euro Disney Lead carousel horse carved by Joe Leonard of Ohio

CONTENTS:

• Mid-American Amusement auction in Ross, OH to feature 1920s Spillman Eng. carousel

• Carousel artist Tami Hritzay

• The Carrousel; a reprinted feature about an 1880s Salem, MA carousel originally published in the May, 1954 issue of Hobbies Magazine

• Joe and Susan Leonard - Custom Woodcarving Studio and Hawkwood Studio in Garrettsville, OH

• Euro Disney resort set for gala opening April 12, 1992

• Richard Stride and the Massachusetts legislature closer to permitting sale of Belchertown State School historic Stein & Goldstein carousel

• Euclid Beach Park carousel back in Ohio

• Carousel carver Cindy Crowell

• 1992 Auction Under the Big Top” in Tampa, FL

• FUN EXPO amusement trade show heads to New Orleans

• Carousel carver animal pattern

COVER: Restored Armored Carmel stander

CONTENTS:

• Fun Village Amusement Park in Wisconsin to be sold

• Herschell Museum adds antique 1916 carousel

• 1911 C. W. Parker in Waterloo, WI

• Up close look at the Playland Racing Derby in Rye, NY

• 3-row Allan Herschell at Sandusky, OH Merry-Go-Round Museum

• Awaiting the fate of the historic 1909 Stein & Goldstein carousel in Belchertown

• William H. Kromer building band organs the old fashioned way

• April 1992 Buyers Guide Listings

COVER: Extremely rare Looff carousel Bison carved by little known carver, Edward Buff

CONTENTS:

• Arabians, Andalusians and Wildlife of Edward Buff, unknown Looff carver

• Restoring Leo, an Allan Herschell carousel horse

• Floyd Moreland carousel Leprechaun contest at Casino Pier

• NCA Tech conference to St. Louis, MO; visits Faust Park, PTC #35 at Six Flags and PTC #39 in Rossville, GA

• The only antique carousel left Los Angeles, 1926 Spillman Eng. carousel at Griffith Park

• Indianapolis Motor Speedway Allan Herschell needs restoration

COVER: The 1913 Kremers Carousel Works - Charles Carmel carousel at Knoebels Grove Amusement Resort in Elysburg, PA

CONTENTS:

• John Blauch, the unknown Pennsylvania carver

• Carousel News & Trader welcomes Noreene Sweeney

• The Higareda carousel factory in Guadalajara, Mexico

• Sandusky, OH Merry-Go-Round Museum to host major exhibit

• Knoebles Groves in Elysburg, PA adds carousel museum

• How to build a carousel without a ladder

• Elizabethton, TN, to auction off Spillman carousel

• Mid-American amusement auction in Ross, OH

• The restoration of the Burnaby Village Museum C. W. Parker carousel in Canada

• Feature on the great European carousel carvers

COVER: Carousel News & Trader founding editor, Nancy Lynn Loucks on the Dollywood Dentzel carousel before she passed away 

CONTENTS:

• CNT Founding Editor, Nancy Lynn Loucks memorial issue

• Euro Disney Carrousel de Lancelot feature

• 1992 Mid-West Carousel Expo in OH

• Looff in bloom at Ameriflora 92

• CBS News visits Broome County carousels in NY

• Restorations by Wolf open house

• Kiddie Mangels-Illions to operate on City Island in Harrisburg, PA

• Kentucky Horse Park gets a new carousel

• Fort Wayne Zoo welcomes a renovated 1937 C. W. Parker merry-go-round

COVER: Soon to be world famous early 1900s PTC carousel St. Bernard

CONTENTS:

• Jerry Reinhardt carves a memorial horse for Nancy Loucks

• Daniels Den Open House in South Pasadena

• Carousel animals from the Perron collection

• 16th Annual Carousel Festival in Burlington, NC

• Jim Aten’s Carousel Auction Extravaganza to Southern California

• Ken Buser miniature carousel carver

• The Carousel Collection at the Smithsonian Institute

• Akron, OH Carousel and Amusement Park show and sale

• Meeting carousel historian, writer and restorer Tobin Fraley

• Arranging for the Wurlitzer band organ

• Medina, OH band organ rally

• A look at Mexican carousel animals

• Renovated PTC #54 comes back to Fall River, MA

COVER: Restored Muller Indian pony from the Pen Mar Carousel. Marianne Stevens restoration; Mark Pendl paint

CONTENTS:

• The true art of American carousel artisans

• Circus World Museum buys Royal American Shows 1905 band organ

• Carousel artist Sandra Dudek paints Agawam’s Illions

• The Herschell-Spillman Frontier Carousel at Indian Walk in Wrightstown, PA

• New museum for Grand Rapids, MI

• The history of the grand Pen-Mar carousel; from Maryland to Anchorage, Alaska, by Marianne Stevens

• Carousel carver Luvern Welykholowa

• The Herschell-Spillman Cowtown Steam Carousel in Wichita, KS

• Magical Carousel Shop opens on the Jersey Shore

COVER: Beautiful ca. 1900 E. Joy Morris carousel tiger restored and painted albino

CONTENTS:

• PTC #11 E. Joy Morris tiger painted albino by Penny Meyers for John and Cathy Daniel

• The Ringwelski Carousel art collection

• Restoring horses for Cafesjian Carousel, PTC #33

• Chattanooga, TN carousel to feature Southern Bloodhound

• Cecil Woodward memoriam

• San Antonio Roller Works carousel restored at Hollywood Park

• Auction Results - Guernseys NYC 1992 Carousel Figure Auction - Rocky Springs Muller, “Grand Jubilee” Parker, Carmel-Borrelli lion top sellers, 42 PTC portable jumpers from Royal American shows also in sale

• 1936 Allan Herschell Sundance carousel visits Bowling Green

COVER: Watercolors of PTC #62 in Santa Monica and the Golden Gate Park Herschell-Spillman; carousel art work of Tom Brittain

CONTENTS:

• Auction Results - Jim Aten California Carousel Auction Extravaganza sets world record - $174,900 paid for rare PTC St. Bernard; $95,400 for Dentzel lion; $76,650 for rare Muller butting goat

• History of Bridgeport Murphy/Carmel-Illions carousel and P. T. Barnums Pleasure Beach by Bill Manns

• Norton auctions small rides at Conneaut Amusement Park

• 1939 Allan Hershcell to the Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH

• Artist Tom Brittain capturing carousels

• Profile of carousel preservationist, Charles Walker with PTC #53

• Volunteers work to open Lake Compounce carousel

• Miniature carousel builders visit Hampton, VA

• A dentist and his 1932 C. W. Parker in Georgia

• 1910 Dentzel hosts 6th Annual Carousel Festival in Burlington, NC

• “The Successor to the Band Organ” article by Harvey Roehl

COVER: Tony Orlando’s 5th holiday carousel cover features 1885 Dentzel stander, c. 1903 PTC ram with a snow maiden, dedicated to Nancy Lynn Loucks

CONTENTS:

• A look back at Boulder Park, Indian Falls, NY one-of-a-kind Allan Herschell

• Deer Forest Park, MI going to auction

• ACS Resignations include Knight and Dinger

• Waterloo, Wisconsin’s Carousel Tower

• 1915 Herschell-Spillman at Indian Walk in PA

• Jim Hennon, PJs large and small carousel collection

• 2nd Annual Dixieland Extravaganza Show & Sale in Jacksonville, FL

• Carousel Rounding Board exhibit in OH

• Santa Claus riding carousels

• NCA Convention visits PTC #85 Paragon carousel in Hull, MA, Canobie Lake and Whalom Park Looff among other New England carousels

• AUCTION RESULTS - MidWest Carousel Auction; Dentzel cat with bird and Illions goat from Boblo Island top sale

• Halloween at the Herschell Carrousel Factory museum

• Pattern: Leaf-eater giraffe