The Carousel News & Trader 2002

COVER: PTC stander; private collection, once rode PTC #13 in Willow Grove, PA and later in Ft. Wayne, IN, photo by William Manns

CONTENTS:

• ACS assists three carousel restoration projects

• Washington Antique Carousel Society to place carousel at Pt. Defiance Zoo

• Tragic event in the Fraley Family

• Custom Carving & Restoration (of a PTC stander), by Marlene Irvin

• Search for provenance and restoration of a Leo Zoller PTC Horse, by Lisa Parr

• Feature: PTC #30 Operating Down Under in Australia, by Patricia Mullins

• 1949 Allan Herschell at Crandon Park, Key Biscane, FL

• Fiberglass carousel at Dunn Field, Elmira, NY

• Gallopers return to Ironbridge Museum, by Brian Steptoe

COVER: Critters from the contemporary carved Legends of the Forest Children’s crank carousel

CONTENTS:

• Whalom Park Update

• Rol Summit Urges Carousel Community Outreach for Fraleys

• Allan Herschell kiddie carousel returns to Conneaut Lake Park

• BOOK: Carving a Dream; The Story of the Chattanooga Carousel

• Washington Antique Carousel Society history

• Legends of the Forest feature

• Captain John Leonard (1923-2001) memoriam

CARVER FEATURES:

• Dave Gwinn, The Carousel Woodcarver

• Golden Boy, Golden Retriever, Ed Roth

• Arnold Baker

• George Herczak

• Showme Wooden carousels

• Cherot Family

• Howard Anderson

• Cranky Cricket

• William Buckler

• Sue Smith

• Columbia Gardens

• Jane Vriesacker

• Charles Hunt

• Pottstown Giraffe

• Robert Morse

• Pace Leader/ Robert Bragiel

• Leo Cardelli

• Terry Morey

• Charles Wert and Robert Campbell

COVER: “Mexican” Muller restored by Steve and Kris Crescenze

CONTENTS:

• Pugh Carnival Norton Auction results

• Stinson Organs feature

• Cover Story: The Eyes Have It: Restoring a Mexican Muller, Restorations by Wolf

• Allan Herschell Little Beauty Turns 70 in Calgary

• Historic Cannery Row 1915 Herschell-Spillman carousel to be sold at auction

• News on West Coast Carousels

• Restoring the Dearth’s Crystal Beach PTC #12 stander, by Lisa Parr

• Replica carousel at Willow Grove Mall

• William Spears memoriam

• Jeanette Jones memoriam

• 2002 Buyer’s Guide Listings

• Operating carousels directory

COVER: Carousel zebra. Photo and artwork by Peggy Sue Seehafer

CONTENTS:

• $45,000 Muller Roached Mane stander appears at remote auction

• DeBence Museum gets small carousel

• Nashville’s Fox Trot Carousel could be moved

• Cover story: Feature on Peggy Sue Seehafer, Carousel Artist

• Craig Swanson carves PTC-style Saint Bernard

• Stars and Stripes, DC Commission on the Arts

• Pattern: Dentzel-style donkey

• International Carousel Achievement Awards

• IAAPA launches website

• Silver Beach Band Organ

COVER: Artist Roland Marin’s carousel watercolor

CONTENTS:

• Arnie Vix memoriam

• Seven years to settle the sale of Nunley’s Carousel

• Spring Kissel auction results from Strickers Grove in Ross, OH

• Artist Roland Marin’s carousel artwork

• The International Museum of Carousel Art’s school program in Hood River, OR

• The Ferry County, Washington, Ca. 1895 Armitage-Herschell Merry-Go-Round

• Restorations by Wolf open house in Welcome, MD; Steve and Kris Crescenze

• Carousel carver pattern: Looff-style giraffe

• Empire State carousel in Islip, NY

COVER: Patriotic Dentzel lion with George Washington and American flag carving in original paint

CONTENTS:

• Animal rescue group visits 1910 carousel at Casino Pier at Seaside Heights, NJ

• Tobin Fraley’s new book; “Carousel Animals: Artistry in Motion”

• The Looff zebra that was really a horse

• Follow-up on the Lakeside Park carousel at Port Dalhousie in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada Saratoga Springs, NY carousel to have “Grand Opening”

• Museum of Carousel Art and History in Sandusky, OH hosts exhibit of restorations by Tony Orlando

• Woodbine Center; Dave Bradley created carousel and indoor amusement park in Toronto, Canada

• News from the New England Carousel Museum

• National Carousel Association Technical Conference in Washington State

• Carousel carver pattern: Looff-style lion

• 1915 Herschell-Spillman carousel on Cannery Row in Monterey, CA, sells intact at auction

COVER: Circa 1905-1910 Muller carousel horse restored by Tony Orlando

CONTENTS:

• Tony Orlando feature; Restoring a simple Muller prancer back to original paint

• Auction Under the Big Top in Adamstown, PA, results; Top seller, Herschell-Spillman lion at $22,550

• American Carousel Society Convention in Colorado Springs, CO; PTC #6 Kit Carson carousel, PTC #51 at Elitch Gardens, Lakeside Parker and Pueblo Parker/S&G among the carousels on tour

• Saratoga Springs, NY Illions carousel finds home at Congress Park

• Party animals “Stars” the donkey and “Stripes” the elephant

COVER: The artwork of Shelley Schoenheer of Grosse Point Farms, MI

CONTENTS:

• Joe Leonard Griffin Horse and other carvings

• Carousel exhibit at Cornell Museum of Art in South Florida

• Bruce McDonald’s Allan Herschell carousel; follow-up to story, “From the Other Side of the Horse”

• Feature: The Dr. Floyd Moreland Carousel on Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, NJ

• Photo Feature: National Carousel Association carousel tour to England

• Paulette Walters carousel story; restoring a Dentzel roached mane military stander

• Carousel carver pattern

• Artist and carver Arnold Baker

• Artist Shelley Schoenheer of Grosse Point Farms, MI

COVER: Circa 1893 De Vos-Heyn carousel, Brian Steptoe photo

CONTENTS:

• 1924 Dentzel carousel of Rocky Springs, PA, out of hiding

• Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, MA

• Book Reviews: Vintage Funfairs: Amusement Rides, Carousels and Fairground Art by Brian Steptoe; Cincinatti’s Coney Island by Charles F. Jacques; Amusement Parks of Pennsylvania by Jim Futrell

• Whalen auction results from Neapolis, OH

• Millville, PA fire company ca. 1910 Herschell portable carousel

• Feature: National Carousel Association Europe Extension Tour

• Arlene Landers antique Pennsylvania Merry-Go-Rounds

• Band Organ rally in Franklin, PA, Report

• Carousel carver pattern: Anderson-style jumper

• The carousel horses of the ca. 1902-05 Illions 2-row at Congress Park, Saratoga Springs, NY

COVER: The 16th CNT December holiday card cover by Tony Orlando features a restored 1890 Dentzel

CONTENTS:

• Band Organ rally in Zoar, OH

• Carousel Store celebrates 1st year

• Rocky Springs carousel update

• Waltzing Victorian Band Organ figures of Custom Woodcarving

• NCA carousel convention to Chattanooga, TN; PTC #17 in Atlanta and PTC #39 among historic carousels on tour

• Carousel Memories exhibit at Cornell Museum in Del Ray Beach, FL

• Feature on carousel restoration artist Tony Orlando, by Linda Simons

• Arnold Baker memoriam