The Carousel News & Trader 2004

COVER: 1890s Dentzel Stander restored to original paint by Tony Orlando - holiday cover

• Victory Ride; Visit to Martha’s Vineyard by Janet Shartle

• PBS Antiques Roadshow Make Major Antique carousel figure appraisal error

• Hillcrest Park Auction results

• Auburn, IN, Norton Consignment auction results

• Hempstead Lake, NY, Long Island Mangels-Illions carousel gets restored

• Auction Under the Big Top in PA, November 2003 auction results

• Pleasurelands UK Exhibition feature, by Brian Steptoe

• Jack’s Painted Ponies, Jack Youngquist

• Midwest Old Threshers carousel, IA, rebuilding chariots

• Great Danes ride carousel

• How Carousel Bug Bit Us by Joe and Melissa Vesce

• Tony Orlando photos of cover horse restoration

• Cover story, Feature on Carousel Collectors, Al and Peggy Rappaport

COVER: 1890 Looff stander from Seaport Village, San Diego, CA, Bill Manns photo

CONTENTS:

• Feature on Historic 1890s Seaport Village Looff carousel to be sold in San Diego, (formerly at Salisbury Beach, MA)

• Dave Norton elected Showmen’s League of America president

• NCA creates the Preservation Loan Program

• Four Carousel Figures sell at Bonhams San Francisco Auction, Illions stander nears $30,000

• A visit to Jane Walentas in Brooklyn and the restoration of Philadelphia Toboggan Co. #61, by John Caruso

• Memorial City Mall Italian double-decker carousel in Houston, TX

• Ca. 1912 C.W. Parker Carousel operating in Brenham, TX

• Feature: The newly carved Empire State Carousel Grand Opening; Gerry Holzman’s Dream Come True

• Pattern: Carousel Goat

• Eldridge Park Carousel Comes to Life with new carved figures for the historic 1900s mechanism

COVER: The New Riverfront Carousel in Salem, OR, Photo by Ron Cooper

CONTENTS:

• Full 1950s Allan Herschell carousel sells on eBay

• Carousel Ups & Downs; CNT reader’s column

• [A Carousel Friend’s] Identify Theft on the Internet

• Book Review - Unraveling a Carousel Mystery in Boulder Park: The Biography of a Carrousel, by Cyndy Hennig

• 2004 Colorado Carousel Society Meeting Success

• Carousel Workshop Open House

• Culbertson’s Zoological Center

• Carver Features:

• Dave Walker

• Art Palmer

• Custom Woodcarving, Joe Leonard

• A Horse Tale - Margaret Ruhlen

• Showme Wooden Carousels

• John Kolanach - Honey Bear

• Pattern, Muler-style Stander

• Spirit of America, Sandra Sheild

• Carousel Magic

COVER: Mexican Muller carousel, Cavalry Military Muller (The fifth CNT Mexican Muller cover), Steve Crescenze restoration, Photo: R.A.R.E

CONTENTS:

• Passing of Marion Roehl - memoriam

• Kenneth Melvin White memoriam

• ca. 1940 Allan Herschell, Herschell- Spillman, Eureka, CA

• Operating Carousel Directory listings

• Archive carousel photo [unidentified] from the Feerer Collection

• The “Mexican” Muller Carousel News & Trader Covers

• Stinson Organ Notes - Visit to Gibtown, FL show

• Pattern: Military Muller style

• 2004 Annual Buyer’s Guide Directory Listings

• Operating Carousels Directory

COVER: Rendering of the Eagle for the new carved Adirondack, NY carousel

CONTENTS:

• 1890 San Diego Looff Carousel sold intact, ties record auction price.

• Another Buyer Alert: Asian carvings

• Illons horses and Bayol menagerie donated to New England Carousel Museum

• Nadeau’s sells Dentzel giraffe in old paint for $105,000 record price

• Cover Story: A New Carousel in Process - Adirondack Carousel, Saranac, NY

• Book Review: Amusement Parks of NJ, Jim Futrell

• Book Review: Vacationing on the Jersey Shore, Charles Stansfield

• Ca. 1914 Wade carousel photo, Feerer collection archive

• Pattern: Looff-style leaf-eater giraffe

• Canadian Carousel Celebrates Centennial, Calgary, Alberta; Ca. 1904 Herschell-Spillman

COVER: Flying Manes C. W. Parker in the William Manns collection

CONTENTS:

• Mysterious Illions Sea Serpents over 10’ long discovered - Signature reads: “M. Illions-1904-N. Pierway Coney Island, Fabulous Feltman carvings”

• Carousel Pieces at Randy Inman auction in Allentown, PA

• Seaport Village, San Diego sells - Another Looff to replace it

• The story of Lake Contrary Amusement Park carousel in Pittsburgh, PA and a Dentzel “listener”

• 2004 NCA Tech conference in Salem, OR, visits the Perron’s International Museum of Carousel Art in Hood, OR, Riverfront Carousel, and Walter Studio

• Kissel Spring Auction at Strickers Grove in Ross, OH (results)

• Feature: Following Three Chicagoland carousels; PTC #17 5-row now operates at Six Flags Atlanta, GA; 1909 Dentzel moved to Libertyland and now awaits a new home in Memphis, TN; 1921 Exposition Dentzel moved to Lake Lansing Park in Haslett, MI, then on toCedar Point in Sandusky, OH, then to Dorney Park in Allentown, PA

• “Horsin’ Around” Carving School founded by Bed Ellis in Chattanooga, TN

COVER: Circa 1910 peek through the window of the D. C. Muller Co. shop in Philadelphia, PA showing ornate, but likely long gone horses

CONTENTS:

• Ravina Music Festival celebrates 100 years in Highland Park, IL

• Guest Editor’s Message

• ACS/NCA Partnership Report

• Perron Historic Looff carousel heading to San Diego’s Seaport Village

• Teenager donates savings to Tacoma Zoo Carousel project

• Question of the Month: Carousel experts asked who they would most want to meet from the “Golden Age”

• Identical carousel postcards shed light

• Carousel Historical Archives: where to go for information and what to do with your collection

• The Muller Hydro-Carousel of Atlantic City, NJ. The greatest carousel never built

• Center photo: Allan Herschell display horse with rifle and canteen

• Restoring and 1879 Dentzel prancer, by Lisa Parr

• Rocky Springs Dentzel Carousel fundraiser brings adoptions in Lancaster, PA

• Landmark Palace Amusements building demolished in Asbury Park, NJ

• In depth history of Carousel Paint, by Pam Hessey

• Historical photo: Ronald Coleman and Loretta Young on an early Armitage-Herschell ride in 1934 in the movie “Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back"

COVER: Muller prancer restored by Lisa Parr of Old Parr’s Studio

CONTENTS:

• Red Grooms at Frist Center

• Another old post card - same carousel

• From Salvatore Cernigliaro, A Rare Letter, Part 1; From Palermo, Itay to US in 1902. First carved for E. Joy Morris, then Gustav Dentzel

• William “Bill” Stenning memoriam

• Columbus, OH Zoo Mangels-Illions carousel greets one millionth rider in new location (4 years)

• Response to “Greatest Carousel Never Built” by Jim Abbate

• Pompano Beach Norton Auction results

• Restoration by Wolf Open House

• Cover Story: Restoration of an 1890 Muller prancer, by Lisa Parr

• A Rare Find - 1879 Dentzel Prancer; Part 2

• Center Spread: Tilden Park Ca. 1911 Herschell-Spillman menagerie carousel, Berkley, CA

COVER: English Anderson double-seater galloper [carousel] horse restored by Tony Orlando

CONTENTS:

• Merry We Go Around - Steven Shark Artist

• From Salvatore Cernigliaro, A Rare Letter, part 2; Working inside the Dentzel factory with Gustav, and the Muller Brothers

• Billy Joel supports Nunley’s Carousel restoration

• 1962 Chance C.P. Huntington train sets auction price record at $102,575

• Bonnie’s Carousel; Davis-Dentzel, III, hand-crank carousel

• A look at Mall Carousels by Marlene Irvin

• Cover Feature: Restoring an English Anderson double-seater, by Tony Orlando

• Feature on the Carousel Art of Arlene Landers

• Artist Susan Peters PTC #18 carousel art

• Medina, Ohio, Mid-America Band Organ Rally

• Resurrecting and restoring a PTC Goat, by Dean Schallen, John Hughes and Pam Hessey

COVER: Looff Sea Dragon, Minerva” who once rode in Whalom Park, Fitchburg, MA

CONTENTS:

• From Salvatore Cernigliaro, A Rare Letter, part 3; Final installment, Life after Dentzel and carousels

• Cover Story: Purchase and restoration of the Whalom Park Looff Sea Dragon

• California Amusement Parks, Bonfante Gardens and Manteca Park and Campgrounds auction results

• Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum opens gift shop online

• Bushkill Park in Easton, PA, suffers flood damage to 1920 Allan Herschell carousel

• Naudeau’s Auction Gallery sells Dentzel giraffe in old paint for $69,000

• Last Ravinia carousel horse mystery solved, by Jim Abbate

• CENTER PHOTO: Looff “Sneaky” Tiger; one of three known, from the John and Cathy Daniel Collection. Last operated at San Souci Park, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Pam Hessey restoration

• John Caruso pre-convention tour to Rye Playland, Hempstead Lake, Pen Argyle, Jane’s PTC #61, Bushkill Park and the Dinger and Palanchi homes

• 1950s Allan Herschell traveling portable, a [Wheelock] Family Affair

• Pattern: Prancing tiger

• Sugarcreek, OH, COAA Band Organ Rally

COVER: Children on a carousel from the 1914 music sheet titled, “Down on the Merry-Go-Round”, from the Tony Orlando archives

CONTENTS:

• Tammy Steamer-Mondschein wedding photos at Peddler’s Village

• American Carousel Association to disband, make final donation to carousel

• Charlotte Dinger Carousel art on display at UBS Gallery in NYC

• Crossraods Village in Flint, MI hosts COAA band organ rally

• Eldridge Park Carousel Society presents Carousel Showcase

• Photo essay of the NCA Convention visit to New England

• Carousels Included:

• Bushnell Park, Hartford, CT, 1914 Stein & Goldstein with Wurlitzer 153 band organ

• Crescent Park, East Providence, RI, 1895-1910 Charles I.D. Looff 4-row with Ruth & Sohn band organ;

• Heritage State Park, Holyoke, MA, 1927-29 PTC #80 with Artizan C-2 band organ;

• Lake Compounce, Bristol, CT, 1911 Murphy/Carmel/Looff with Wurlitzer 153

• Six Flags/Riversdie Park in Agawam, MA, 1909 M. C. Illions menagerie

• Battleship Cover, Fall River, MA, 1920 PTC #54 with Wurlitzer 150

• Slater Park, Pawtucket, RI, 1895 Looff 3-row menagerie

• The New England Carousel Museum and restoration shop

• Center Photo: Circa 1925 photograph of the M. C. Illions Monarch 1 carousel made for Rutheford Greater Shows