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: 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: 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: 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