The Carousel News & Trader 2006

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

COVER: A restored horse ready to ride again on Philadelphia Toboggan Company’s #45 at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA, the horse is attributed to carver John Zalar, one of the most prestigious carvers of the “golden age of carousels”

CONTENTS:

• Fifth generation owner-operator of Seabreeze Park in Rochester, NY, Rob Norris, elected the 2006 Chairman of the IAAPA Board of Directors

• Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum in North Tonawanda, NY reports a good year

• William Nunley’s carousel still seeks new home in Baldwin, NY

• Astroworld Houston 1895 Dentzel/Muller menagerie saved intact from auction by Brass Ring Entertainment of Sun Valley, CA

• Carousels and the National Historic Register: How to qualify and register

• National Historic Register Carousels list and photos

• 1906 Zeum Looff in San Francisco announces fundraising campaign

• Woodland Park Zoo gears up to open PTC #45 in Seattle

• Trail of Painted Ponies announces winners of National Art Competition

COVER: Farm animals carved by Carousel Magic, Mansfield, OH, for a new carousel to operate in the Davis Mercantile Building, Shipshewana, IN

CONTENTS:

• Gold Leaf Galleries back in Business

• Family Funland in Farmington, NM goes to auction

• Grand opening approaching for Empire Carousel in Cooperstown, NY

• Carousel at Pottstown, PA receives grant for a building to house 1905 PTC #9 

• Farm animals and work horses to populate the Davis Mercantile Carousel in the popular Amish tourist destination of Shipshewana, IN – new animals will ride aboard a refurbished 1906 Dentzel frame

FEATURED

• Christine Rzeszotarski

• John McKenzie

• Keith Hargrove

• Ken Means

• Howard Anderson

• Everett White

• Ed Nienaber

• Ross Clark leads Carousel Magic! carvers

• Showme Wooden Carousels moves from Vermont to Marathon, NY

• Carving a Hedgehog, by Sandra Sheild

COVER: Carmel lion, restored by Steve Crescenze, once rode in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY

CONTENTS:

• Lake Compounce Carmel/Looff/Stein & Goldstein Carousel in Bristol, CT enjoys restoration - Wurlitzer 153B band organ provides the music

• Please Touch Museum in Philly a quires historic Dentzel carousel

• Pam Hessey and Hawk’s Eye Studio heading to AZ

• St. Joseph, MI hosts COAA band organ rally on the former site of the Silver Beach Amusement Park

• Modern day carvers creating a new Eldridge Park Carousel aboard historic frame in Elmira, NY:

• Lawrence Pefferly

• Oscar Pivaral

• Dave Albercht

• John McKenzie

• Frederick Dilworth

• John Kolanach

COVER: English Anderson carousel centaur depicting Captain Edward Smith from the Boer War period, carved in early 1900, restored and unrestored, photo by Brian Steptoe

CONTENTS:

• Libertyland, Elvis’s Amusement Park, set to go to auction, June 21, 2006; ca. 1909 Dentzel carousel will not be auctioned.

• Jungleland Park in Atlantic Beach, NC auctioned off

• “In the Arms of Katrina? The Rescue of an Angel,” carousel lovers tell of the trials of surviving the hurricane

• Cover feature: “Round About Relics” fascinating new book on the English fairground roundabout carvers from the late-Victorian and Edwardian era, by John Barker

• CENTER PHOTO: 1910 D. C. Muller zebra in original paint from the Merillat collection, the carousel zebra last rode on the Conneaut Lake Park carousel and wears the initials of the carousel maker, T.M. Harton

• Brian Rowly’s Metamora, MI carousel animal auction

• Phoenix Zoo, originally the “Maytag Zoo” in Papago Park, AZ welcomes new Chance Morgan carousel with funding assistance from Coca Cola

• A look back at Murphy’s Hippodrome and Carousel (1908-1920) Savin Rock, West Haven, CT

COVER: Illions horse on the Fleischaker Zoo Detzel-Illions carousel in San Francisco, CA, photo by Bill Manns

CONTENTS:

• A Thank You for 21 Years from retiring CN&T publisher, Walter Loucks

• Historic Dentzel, once operated at Woodside Park and in Lambertville, NJ, returns to Philadelphia’s Please Touch Museum Kissel Spring Carousel and Collectible auction in Lawrenceburg, IN (results)

• Coney Island band organ rally features Zorlenzan’s Amusement’s Wurlitzer 153

• “Carousel Window” by Maran Miller

• Richland Carrousel Park in Mansfield, OH set to celebrate 15th anniversary

• Early Carousel News & Trader memories, by Tobin Fraley

• Carving a Sea Dragon photo essay, by Susan and Bruce Walker

COVER: Restored 1927 Illions Supreme carousel horses, Bill Manns photo

CONTENTS:

• Message from the New CN&T Publisher, Dan Horenberger

• Eldridge Park Carousel Roars Back with Grand Opening in Elmira, NY

• Historic Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Looff Carousel Celebrates 95th

• Libertyland Amusement Park Auction Ends An Era in Memphis, TN

• Feature: Eldridge Park Carousel Animal Carvers - Lawrence Pefferly, Oscar Pivaral, Dave Albercht, John McKenzie, Frederick Dilworth and John Kolanach

• Eldridge Park Timeline

• 1911 Looff Carousel: Fun Facts

• SOMD Carousel Group to Replicate Marhall Hall’s historic Ride

• COAA Spring Rally at Lake Winnepesaukah

• Great Midwest Carousel Auction (results)

• C.W. Parker Museum Hosts NCA Tech Conference

COVER: Historic Philadelphia Toboggan Co. Carousel #45 at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Myrtle Beach Pavilion historic carousel and band organ will not be sold; New roof for Weona Park historic Dentzel carousel; Visit Bryant Stove & Music Museum in Thorndike, ME

• Carousel Carving Tips and Tricks: Making your own pattern

• Knoebel’s Grove Amusement Park 2006 Flood update

• Cover feature: 1918 PTC #45 Carousel Rides Again at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA

• Historic Glen Echo Park and Glen Echo Dentzel carousel Documentary

• Glen Echo Park Dentzel Carousel Historical Facts

• Final summer for Erieview Park, Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH

• 20 Carousel figures in Long Island estate auction by Guernseys

• Salt Lake, Utah, Saltair Looff carousel mechanism to Nederland, CO

• New Chance carousel for Philly Square

• Trail of Painted Ponies Awards Ceremony in Scottsdale, AZ

• Knoebel’s Band Organ Rally

• Surreal Carousel Art

COVER: Ca. 1906 Bartholomew Murphy/Looff/Carmel Menagerie Carousel, New Orleans City Park, LA, Beau Bassich photo

CONTENTS:

• Carousel Carving Tips and Tricks: Making your Pattern

• Cover Story: New Orleans’ prized Historic 1906 City Park Carousel returns from Hurricane Katrina damage

• Feature: After Two Decades, The Empire State Carousel in Cooperstown, NY, Dream Comes True

• Century-old Annual

• Redford Picnic and Herschell-Spillman steam carousel rides in upstate NY

• European Carousel tour photo essay includes Salon Carousel at Ecomusee, Wilhensbad carousel, Children’s Carousel at the English Gardens in Munich, Heyn and Poeppig and Hubner factories in Molbitz

• Carousel Horse Carving Tips, by Larry Pefferly

• Santa’s Village Dundee, IL, Going to Auction in October

• H.T. Cole Shows to Auction Rides in November

COVER: PTC #33, Cafesjian’s Carousel in St. Paul, MN, Photo by Mike and Noreene Sweeney

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Dentzel carousel from Libertyland; Brenham, TX, adopt a horse, Video for Meridian, MS, Dentzel, Nunley’s Carousel update

• Carousel Carving Tips and Tricks: Selecting your Basswood lumber

• Guernseys Long Island “Gentleman’s Collection” estate carousel figure auction (results)

• Cover feature: 34th NCA Convention visits carousels in Minnesota and the Dakotas

• Cafesjian’s Carousel, Como Park, St. Paul, MN; 1914 PTC #33

• Valley Fair Amusement Park, Shakopee,MN; 1926 PTC #76

• Western MN Steam Threshers Reunion, Rollag, MN; ca. 1920 C. W. Parker steam portable

• Prairie Village, Madison, SD; 1900 Herschell-Spillman steam/track

• Red Fargo Zoo, Fargo, ND

• Diederich Carousel; 1928 Allan Herschell, Chahinkapa Zoo, Wahpeton, ND

• Prairie Rose Carousel; 1926 Spillman Eng.

• A Peek at Schenevus Fireman’s 1800s Steam Carousel

• Euclid Beach Carousel history

• Restoring a C. W. Parker carousel horse by Marlene Irvin

• Book Reviews: “Roundabout Relics” by John Barker

• A Nice Bayol Carousel Ride in Nice, France

COVER: Armored horse from the historic Herschell-Spillman Myrtle Beach Pavilion Carousel

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Haunted rides on Norman & Evans steam carousel in Mt. Pleasant, IA; Tilden Carousel seeks grant; Southpoint Pleasureland Park closed in UK; Sad Day at Santa’s Village

• Carousel Carving Tips & Tricks: Carving The Legs and Hooves

• Phenomenal carousel figure sales at Sothebys and Nadeaus Auctions

• Myrtle Beach Pavilion Landmark Amusement Park to Close. Historic 1912 Herschell-Spillman Carousel, Bruder band organ, and much more to remain nearby in Maryland

• After Decades In Storage, the “Christmas Carousel” is Restored

• Catskill Game Farm to auction (results)

• Historic Santa’s Village in Dundee, IL, by Phil Wentz 

• Remembering Santa’s Village in Sky Forest, CA

• Stolen Looff in West Virginia

• The Trail of Painted Ponies is announcing the theme of its second art competition: “America the Beautiful”

• Remembering the Sights and Sounds of Idora Park

• Erieview Park Auction (results)

• Santa’s Village Auction (results)