The Carousel News & Trader 2005

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 15

• 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

COVER: Gavioli band organ figures from the Marianne Stevens Collection. Restored by Rosa Patton, Bill Manns photo

CONTENTS:

• Guest Editor’s Message: Sharing Knowledge and Archives, Marianne Stevens

• Mr. Yount’s 1926 Mangels-Illions portable carousel

• Showmen’s League of American, (founded by Buffalo Bill Cody in 1913), honors their 2004 President, Dave Norton

• Marianne’s list of Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC) Carousels still in existence

• Carousel Trivia; Other makers’ machines still operating

• Roswell Mystery; Looff and Dare carousel horses emerge from old trailer

• Forest Park Muller carousel added to National Register of Historic Places

• Missing Looff horses mystery solved as figures original to Playland Looff wound up on Santa Cruz Looff

• A look at the beauty of Band Organ Figures

• CENTER PHOTO: Marianne’s prized Looff “Gamebird” horse from Ocean Park, New London, CT, Pam Hessey restoration

• Ongoing Restoration of the Pullen Park Ca. 1912 Dentzel Menagerie Carousel in Raleigh, NC, by Lisa Parr

• Spread - Looff Pullen Park Carousel by Lisa Parr

• The Astroworld Carousel; Originally a Dentzel menagerie machine, later added amazing outside row Muller figures

• Euclid Beach Park Nuts release DVDs

• Story of the purchase of the Ocean Grove Dentzel Menagerie Carousel

• Pattern: Looff hunter-jumper

• Carousel Carving Mishaps by William & Sandra Sheild

• Morphy Adamstown, PA, carousel figure auction results

COVER: Moose from the Great Alaskan Carousel in Soldotna, Alaska, on the Kenai Peninsula

CONTENTS:

• Marines discover Iraq Carousel-Amusement Park

• Cover feature: Update on the new carved Great Alaskan Carousel

• Showme Wooden Carousels F

• Free at Last - Elisabet Stacy-Hurley carousel art

• Cliff Gray memoriam

• Ken Smith memoriam

• Pattern: Looff-style greyhound

CARVERS:

• David Salser

• Daniel Graham

• Showme Wooden Carousels

• Barry Smoler

• Dave Gwinn

• Keith Hargrove

• Norman Filkins

• Emil Schiller

• James Curtin

• Wilson Gilinsky

• Howard Anderson

• John McKenzie

• Cherot Family

• Joe Leonard

• Doug Harris

• Alan Kramer

• Susan Walker

• Mark Taddonio

• Dick Abbott

COVER: Ca. 1917 C. W. Parker pelt saddle stargazer, with feathers, jewels and canteen, restored by Steve Crescenze

CONTENTS:

• April 2005 Book Review: Cleveland Amusement Memories

• Final Accounting and Disbursement of ACS funds

• NCA 2005 Convention info; Trains, Trolleys and Ethnic Picnics in Pittsburg, PA

• Charles Wallace C. W. Parker: The Amusement King, by Steve Crescenze

• C. W. Parker Carousel Museum to Open in Leavenworth, KS

• Feature: Restoring the Rocky Springs-Stoner Dentzel Menagerie carousel, by Lisa Parr

• PTC from A-Z exhibit at the Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH

• Dinger Collection Exhibit at UBS Building in New York City

• Gibtown 2005 - Organ Notes

• 2005 Buyer’s Guide Listings

• Current Operating Carousels Directory

COVER: Early 1900s Abiline style C. W. Parker jumper, paint by Sue Pisoni, from the Janet Berwin collection

CONTENTS:

• Euclid Beach Park Nuts become Now

• Philadelphia Toboggan Co. 1929 Advertorial; PTC #51, #60 archive photos

• NCA 2005 Convention to visit Historic Del Grasso Amusement Park; 1924 Herschell-Spillman carousel and Wurlitzer 146B band organ, in Tipton, PA

• Cover Horse: Restoration and painting of a special Abiline Parker

• The Carousels at Knoebels Grove; 1912 Kremers Carousel Works-Carmel; 1910 Stein & Goldstein 2-row, and a growing carousel figure museum

• 2005 Kissel Carousel and Collectible auction results

• Mysterious Robinson’s Cave Carousel, United Mine Workers, New Straitsville, OH

• Conneaut Lake on NCA 2005 tour

• Stinson Organ Notes; Rich Sherer retires

• Pattern: C. W. Parker style jumper - hunter

COVER: Roached Mane Dentzel from the Glen Echo carousel restored by Rosa (Ragan) Patton

CONTENTS:

• Jubilee Park, Carolina Beach, NC, to auction

• Minister turned Carousel Carver, Fred Dilworth

• 2005 NCA Tech Conference to Maryland, visits to: Wheaton Regional Park, 1915 Herschell-Spillman menagerie; Watkins Regional Park, 1910 Dentzel menagerie; Glen Echo Park, 1921 Dentzel Deluxe menagerie

• Western Mass, archive carousel photos: Carousel info sought; Berkshire Park, Pittsfield, MA

• C. W. Parker Museum Celebrates Grand Opening in Leavenworth, Kansas

• Pattern: Dentzel style roached mane military stander

COVER: Dentzel Rooster from the Rocky Springs Lancaster, PA, carousel, Lisa Parr restoration

CONTENTS:

• Feature: Coney Island’s Last Wooden Carousel - The B&B Carousel (Bishop & Brienstein) being offered for sale by Guernsey's

• Cover Story - Lancaster, PA, StonerDentzel carousel - Restoration of the rooster and hunting hound

• Sothebys May 2005 auction results include $51,000 1919 Allan Herschell giraffe

• Charles Jakubowski memoriam

• Spring clean up at Conneaut Lake Park carousel

• Carousel Artist Feature: Edward Lupper

• Coney Island Hall of Fame Grand Opening

• Interview with Arlon Ettinger on the B&B

• Kennywood Dentzel gets restoration.

• Brian Steptoe planning 2006 German Carousel Tour

COVER: Orton & Spooner English carousel mirror panel restored by Tony Orlando

CONTENTS:

• Trail of Painted Ponies National Art Competition

• B&B Carousel Sold Intact to City of New York

• B&B Carousel Lost History

• Jubilee Park, Carolina Beach, NC, Auction results

• CN&T 20th Anniversary thoughts from Walter

• Lake Quassy Amusement Park Refurbishes 1927 Carousel Building

• Lake Winnie, GA, Spring Band Organ Rally

• English Centaur at $13,750 tops Great Midwest Auction (results)

• Madame Ganna Wolska, Lotusland and Carousel animals in the garden

• A Carousel Reunion; Julie Adams and her childhood Parker

• Ray Barber recalls his Dad’s portable C.W. Parker

• Book Review: Conneaut Lake Park

• Fairground Exhibition at Namur by Brian Steptoe

• Bayol Donkey Restoration at MGR Museum in Sandusky, OH

• Lyle D. “Smokey” Drollinger memoriam

COVER: Carousel art by James Barkley, “Indian Princess” featuring the Carmel lead horse from Rye Playland

CONTENTS:

• Empire State Carousel Gifted to the Farmer’s Museum

• Six Flags Announces Astroworld, Houston, Closing in 2005

• City Park Carousel New Orleans and Katrina Update

• Wayne Sawyer Collection Auction results

• Feature: Carousel Artist, James Barkley

• Conservation of the Westerly, RI, Atlantic Beach Herschell-Spillman-Illions carousel

• MSBI Band Organ Rally to Sandusky, OH

• CENTER PHOTO: Original paint Carmel outside row jumper

• Fran Farver memoriam

COVER: Barb Nelson Collection figures; Looff leaf-eater giraffe from Whalom Park; 1913 Herschell-Spillman deer from Riverside Park, Des Moines, IA, and a Looff strolling deer

CONTENTS:

• Preserving the B&B, Coney Island’s Last Carousel

• 2006 German Carousel Tour Update

• Organ Notes: The Big E to Aid with Disaster Relief

• 2005 NCA Convention;

• Albion Boro Park, Albion, PA, 1890s U. S. Merry-Go-Round Co. menagerie

• Del Grasso’s Park, Timpton, PA, 1924 Spillman carousel

• Conneaut Lake Park, PA, T.M. Harton-Muller (reproduction figures)

• Idlewild Park, Ligonier, PA, 1928 PTC #83 carousel

• Kennywood Park, West Mifflin, PA, 1926 Dentzel menagerie

• Cover Feature: From Equestrian to Carousel Classics, The Barbara Nelson Collection

• CENTER PHOTO: Barb Nelson’s Carousel Figure Display Room

• Don Hinde memoriam

COVER: Tony Orlando holiday cover with restored figures from the 1913 Herschell-Spillman in Greenfiled, MI, at the Henry Ford Museum; Herschell-Spillman carousel zebra, deer and stork

CONTENTS:

• Colorado Carousel Society’s 2005 Chicago-Milwaukee Carousel Tour Visits to:

• Restorers, Peggy and Rich Seehafer

• Elk Grove, IL, Chance and Allan Herschell kiddie carousels

• Sanfalippo Estate, Barrington Hills, IL, Eden Palais Salon Carousel

• Kiddieland, Melrose, IL, 1925 PTC #72

• Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, Fabricon menagerie

• Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, Carousel Works

• Old Parr’s, Lisa Parr restoration studio

• Fireman’s Park, Waterloo, WI, 1911 C. W. Parker carousel

• Little A-Merrick-A, Marshall, WI, 1950s Allan Herschell

• Ella’s Deli, Madison, WI, 1927 Parker frame, metal horses

• House on the Rock, Spring Green, WI

• Circus World Museum, Baraboo, WI, 1917 Herschell-Spillman

• Post Katrina visit to the historic City Park Carousel in New Orleans, by Nancy Webb

• 1918 PTC #45 to Spin Again Soon at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA

• Restoration of a Tidman Gallopers in Melbourne, Australia

• Guntown Mountain, KY, Norton Auction results

• Band Organ Rally in Findlay, OH

• Kelley’s Camp and Norton Consignment auction results