The Carousel News & Trader 2009

COVER: Past and present meet as a restored horse from the Woodside Park Dentzel is set against a backdrop of Memorial Hall during the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, photos courtesy of the Please Touch Museum

CONTENTS:

• Dan’s Desk; New Brass Rings for Salem Riverfront’s Carousel, Solid Third-Quarter Earnings for Cedar Fair, Six Flags and other Parks in Down Economy

• Notes From Marianne: Good Carousel Friends Lost in 2008; Keeping Our Wooden Treasures at Home

• Scenes From the 2008 IAAPA Expo in Orlando

• Norumbega Band Organ restoration underway; Santa Visits the Paragon Carousel, Nunley’s Documentary, Always Special Events at Bryant Park Carousel in Manhattan

• Long-Lost Carousel Photos, PTC #34

• Euclid Beach Park Remembrance - Efforts to Bring Carousel Home

• Cover Feature: 1924 Woodside Park Dentzel Carousel Returns to Philadelphia at The Please Touch Museum

• Carousels at Munich’s Oktoberfest include 1830s Der Bemperlprater

• CNT Readers Go Round in Venice and New York City

• Book Review: The History of Cypress Gardens

• Product Review: Fasteners

COVER: Looff was said to have originally carved this carousel for Steeplechase Park in San Francisco, but when the earthquake destroyed the park it went to Seattle, it would find a home at Playland-at-the-Beach until the park closed in 1972, from there the carousel went to Long Beach and finally back to San Francisco at Zeum, now Children’s Creativity Museum, photo by Emily Bush

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Karl Bacon passing, Chavis Park, Midway Park

• Notes From Marianne: PTC #28 Carousel Auction thoughts

• Rose Parade Amusement Park Float a Fan Favorite

• New Developments for Eldridge Park Includes Paddle Boats

• Long Lost Carousel Photos: PTC #38

• Forest Park, NY, Carousel Seeks Operator

• Cover Feature: San Francisco’s 1906 Looff Menagerie Carousel Home Again at Children’s Creativity Museuem, sold back to the City by the Carousel’s Keeper, Marianne Stevens, in 1994

• Historic PTC #28 Rare Wagon Mount Carousel To Auction in Florida

• The Historic Strates Shows - Three Generations and Still Going

• Book Review: Willow Grove Amusement Park Carousels

COVER: A Dentzel-style giraffe and cat carved by W. P. Wilcox in 1990, the cat was painted by Lourinda Bray and the giraffe was painted by Marge Swenson, both figures are now in Lourinda’s collection, Lourinda Bray photo

CONTENTS:

• Dan’ Desk: A Visit to Gibtown; Saving Historic PTC #28 Carousel

• Notes From Marianne: Comments for the New Carousel Carvers

• Carousel of Happiness Ground breaking in Neverland, Colorado

• Book Review: “Us Carvers” by Gerry Holtzman

• Brass Ring Albany, OR, Carousel Update

• Southern Maryland - Marshall Hall Carousel Update

• Carousel Works Carves for KC Royals

• The Berkshire Carousel Carvers

• Chattanooga Zoo Carousel Unveiled

• Carvers at Ken Means Carving School

• MASTER CARVER - W. P. Wilcox

CARVERS:

• John McKenzie

• John Panozzo

• Alice Porter

• John Seeley

• Christine Rzeszotarski

• Diane Mogavero

• Elaine Ellis

COVER: A beautifully jeweled outside-row stander from the circa 1910 Looff carousel in Sandwich, MA, at The Heritage Museums and Gardens, this figure along with many others on the machine are thought to date closer to 1900, Rock Hopkins photo

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk; Travels east, to Gibtown and saving PTC #28

• Notes From Marianne; Cheers to the Carvers

• Silver Beach Carousel and Building Construction Progress.

• Pavilion Frame up in Nederland, CO

• Carousel Artists Sign on for SMILES

• Cover Feature: The Mystery of the ca. 1900-1910 Heritage Looff Carousel in Sandwich, MA

• Long Lost Carousel Photos: President’s Park in Carlsbad, NM

• George Pope Revives a Classic Allan Herschell Carousel 

• Rare Mangels/Illions Children’s Street Carousel from Coney Island Seeks New Home

• Carving “Boston Legal”, a horse for actor, William Shatner

• Pat Wentzel’ s Mini-Circus on display

• 2009 Buyers Guide Listings

COVER: This poster depicting the Spokane Looff Carousel was created using one of the 54 images in the “Carousel Odyssey” written by Nona Hengen, based on the view point of two carousel horses and their journey, Nona Hengen cover art

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk; on the road

• Ruth Illions Pease - Memoriam

• Notes from Marianne; The saga of PTC #31

• Conneaut Lake Amusement Park Returns for 2009

• George Nowack Carves SPIRIT for Wellness Program

• Waterloo, WI, Historic C. W. Parker Carousel Seeks Assistance

• Things Hopping at Paragon Carousel Easter Event

• Cover Feature: Centennial Celebration for Spokane’s Treasured Looff, by Bette Largent

• LONG LOST CAROUSEL Photos: T.M. Harton Carousel at West View Park Organ Restorations in Rochester, NY

Carousel Carvers:

• George Herczak

• Bill Hummel

• Bud Foreman

• Frank Lerose

COVER: After more than a decade in storage, the fully restored Nunley’s Carousel is back in operation on Long Island, now at its new home on Museum Row in Garden City, photo by John Caruso

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Alder Creek Pioneer Carousel Museum, Bickleton, WA; Midway Park, NY, joins National Registry; Joyland Park, KS; Grants Fram in IL; Pleasureland

• Notes from Marianne: Donating Figures to Museums

• HISTORIC FEATURE: Louis Bopp-Looff Carousel Rich History from Sulzer’s to Krause’s Halfmoon Beach

• SMILES Fundraiser Update: Artist Painting Along

• George Nowack donates horse to Relay for Life Raffle

• Cover Feature: Nunley’s Carousel Returns to Long Island on Museum Row

• Long Lost Parks: Nunley’s Amusement Park

• UPDATE: Waterloo, Wisconsin 1911 C.W. Parker Seeks Higher Ground

• Long Lost Carousels Photos: PTC #36 from Seabreeze, NY

• Kissel Spring 2009 Carousel Auction brings Healthy Sales (results)

• Circus World Historic Circus Wagon Parade Returns to Milwaukee after Six Year Hiatus

COVER: The “Uncle Sam”s chariot aboard the 1939 Allan Herschell mix carousel at the Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Chippewa Lake; State Fair of Texas; Ghost Town; Forest Park

• Notes from Marianne: Absent Carousel Friends

• USC Student Indy Carousel Documentary “Round and Round”

• “Prancing Carousels” Fundraiser in Wisconsin

• Remembering Walt and Mary Laurence Youree by Morgan Hughes

• Perani Antique Collection to Auction

• ACE Coaster Enthusiasts: Blue Streak Roller Coaster at Cedar Point

• NCA Tech Conference Visits Cedar Point 1921 Prior and Church Racing Derby, 1912 D. C. Muller and 1921 Dentzel, and the Merry Go Round Museum in Sandusky, OH

• Inside the Sandusky Merry-Go-Round Museum of Carousel Art

• PTC #15 Loses West Nyack Mall Location in New York

• A Century in Maine for Willowbrook Museums Armitage Herschell

• LOST CAROUSEL Photos: Tolchester Beach Amusement Park Dentzel menagerie

• Charles Hunt’s Amazing Miniature Carousel

• Carousel Postcards: Coney Island, OH; Midway, Venice Beach

COVER: A beautiful lion restored by Rosa Patton aboard the 1921 Dentzel menagerie carousel at Glen Echo Park in Maryland, photo by Bruce C. Douglas

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Midway Park, NY; Shreveport Park announced; Wisconsin fundraiser and more

• Notes from Marianne: Carousel West at Asilomar and a trip to her Looff in San Francisco

• Carousel Family & Friends; Pat Wentzel grandad, Luciers at Beach Boardwalk Looff

• A visit to Pueblo City’s 1911 Parker #72 with its 12 Stein & Goldstein Jumpers

• COVER FEATURE STORY: The Glen Echo 1921 Dentzel Carousel Spins on in Maryland

• CNT Forum - Rare large Allan Herschell stander

• HISTORIC FEATURE: Tribute to Bob Varga and his Oklahoma Carousel History

• Long Lost Carousel Photos: Beech Bend Park Dentzel in Bowling Green, KY

• Bushnell, CT, Carousel Photo Shoot

• New Home for Announced for Jane’s Carousel; PTC #61 in Brooklyn

• Three Rivers Band Organ Rally in Kennewick, WA

• In Memoriam: Martin Roenigk - 1941-2009

COVER: One of two Flag/Eagle horses on the Shelby, NC, 1920s Spillman carousel, this one has the National Bird, with spear and tassel, photo by Tommy Forney

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk; Busy Summer Travels

• Notes from Marianne: From Idora to Brooklyn for Jane’s PTC #61 - Restored and ready

• Looff Family Decendents Unites in Spokane, WA, for Carousel’s 100th

• Feature: The Rare Allan Herschell Large Display Standers

• Norman Rockwell NY Saturday Evening Post with the Allan Herschell Stander He Owned

• A Carousel and the Pumpkin Patch - A Perfect Match

• St. Catharines Historic Looff/Illions Carousel Restoration Complete

• Cover Feature: 1920s Spillman Traveling Carousel Finds Permanent Home in Shelby City Park

• Restoring a Lincoln Park Spillman “Crispy Critter” Jumper, by Lourinda Bray

• Book Review: “The Merry-Go_Round is Worn” by Warren Deasy [late Griffith Park Carousel owner]

• COAA Rally to Dutch Village, Holland, MI

• ACE Coaster Enthusasts: Celebrating Geauga Lake’s Big Dipper

COVER: The inner workings of the 1897 Diamond Jubilee Gavioli band organ owned by Roger Wiegand of Wayland, MA, photo by Ron Gustafson

CONTENTS: 

• From Dan’s Desk: One of a kind Green building for Butchart Gardens carousel

• Letter to the Editor: Playland Carousel recognition due

• Notes from Marianne: Corona Park Illions could use some care

• New England Carousel Museum New Carousel Exhibit

• Lourina Bray’s Running Horse Studio Open House

• Hanford, CA, Plans For Historic Pipe- Band Organ Rally

• Lost Carousel Photos: QuassyLake E. Joy Morris

• Quassy Amusement Park 2009 COAA Organ Rally

• Historic Ruth Organs Return to the coasts; Myrtle Beach and Santa Cruz

• Wurlitzer 148 Band Organ Restoration and PTC #9 Prancer at Mt. Gretna Museum

• Luna Park Miniature Meets Band Organ

• An Inside Look at Historic Band Organ Figures

• Arda Barber Rescues a Herschell Spillman in Michigan

• Historic Carousel Postcards from Lourinda Bray Collection

COVER: The Rare PTC #72 Carousel with 16 Signature Horses Goes to Auction Nov. 24 at Kiddieland in Melrose Park, Illinois, hoto by Dennis Towndrow

CONTENTS:

• Dan’s Desk: Butchart Gardens new wood carousel; New crown bearing for Lakeside Park carousel; Great Holiday fun at Tilden Park carousel; House on the Rock; Bud Ellis; Still Horsin Around

• Notes from Marianne: Time to save the few historic wood carousels we still have (Muller stander in pieces)

• Euclid Beach Celebration; 40th Anniversary of the Amusement Park’s closing

• Jerry Doring Tribute (1917-2009), a look at his Bruder Elite Apollo thanks to the COAA

• A Look at “Signature” Carousel Figures by Marianne Stevens

• Historic 1925 PTC #72 Carousel, PTC Little Dipper roller coaster and other classic rides and memorabilia to Auction at Kiddieland in Melrose Park, Illinois, Nov. 24, 2009

• Brass Ring Entertainment Gears up Roswell Zoo Spillman Carousel for another century

• Santa Cruz Giant Dipper Looff Roller Coaster Celebrates 85 Years on the Boardwalk

• An Introduction to Collecting Carousel Postcards, by Lourinda Bray

COVER: Large ca. 1900 Heyn stander on the Soupy Island Carousel in Thorofare, NJ, “Arlin Kramer is 84 years old and would have never dreamed his paint job would make a cover,” said NCA president Bette Largent, photo by Roland Hopkins

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: PTC #72, Libertyland Dentzel, Tilden Park, Eldridge Park Ornaments, Waterloo Parker Flood, Salem’s Riverfront

• Notes from Marianne: The M. C. Illions Lincoln Portrait Carousel Horses (Muller pageant stander together)

• Historic 1925 PTC #72 Carousel Saved Intact at Auction

• Carousel Family & Friends: From the World Series to the Magic Castle

• John and Cathy Daniel’s Beautifully Restored Mortier Minerva Dance Organ

• In Memoriam: Jerry Doring, by Wendy Doring