The Carousel News & Trader 2013

ON THE COVER: The 1890 Eden Palais salon carousel at the Sanfilippo estate, along with the carousel is an 89’ wide by 42’ tall facade with etched glass entry way and more, John Caruso photo

CONTENTS:

• Dan’s Desk; Scenes from IAAPA

• Riding With the Rabbit; Memories on New Machines and Old

• Cowboy Carousel Center Seeks Restoration Funds

• Australia’s Historic Carousels; Added Information: Bonhams Hollywood Carousel & Collectible Auction

• In Memoriam: “Bardo” J. B. Holdren (1919-2013)

NCA 2012 Convention to St. Joseph, MI and Silver Beach, Carousels Visited:

• Silver Beach

• Crossroads Village

• Greenfield Village

• Brookfield Zoo

• Eden Palais

• Grand Rapids

• Windmill Island

• Eden Springs Park

COVER: A beautifully restored Dentzel stander from the 1905 Watkins Regional Park carousel in MD, Ron Rozzelle photo, Dentzel Archive background

CONTENTS:

• Dan’s Desk: Schoenbach Collection to Auction In St. Joseph, MI

• Summits’ Orton and Spooner Peacock Restoration

• Color Planning for a Carousel Part 1: Collecting Color Information by Rosa Patton

• The Dirty Side of Restoration by Rosa Patton

• Long Lost: PTC #22 Asbury Park - center photo

• Figure Restoration, Pt. 1 - Removing Screws and other Fasteners Preparing Wood for Restorations by Ron Purdy with Lourinda Bray

• Dentzel Dog for the Goodales

• Albino Muller Tiger Auctions in PA

COVER: A Ken Means carved and painted lion, shown here during this winter’s carousel figure exhibit at the Coos Art Museum in Coquille, OR, Ken plans to have this figure on an operating carousel in Oregon sometime soon

CONTENTS:

• Dan’s Desk: Gears for PTC #17; New Carousel for Canada

• Letters: Compliments on the February Restoration Issue

• Running with the Rabbit: Rebuilding After Sandy

• News Briefs: Local Figures in Detroit Auction; A Granddaughter’s First Ride; 40 Horses on Semaphore

• Vean Woodbury’s Race to Build the Kids a Carousel

• Ken Means Carving From a Rocking Horse to Full Carousels

• 2012: A Year of Successes for Albany Historic Carousel and Museum in OR

• Center photo: PTC #26, Wagon Mount - PTC Archives

• Kingsport Carousel Looks Toward 2014 Opening in TN

• Carver: John Panozzo: Carving with Passion

• Berkshire Carousel Near Complete, Building Location Next

• Carver Mike Younkle: Parallel Worlds, Wood and Wildlife

• Crystal Beach Inspired in Rochester

ON THE COVER: 2nd row jumper from PTC #44, Richard Gardner photo

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk

• Feature Story: The History of PTC #44: Kings Dominions’ PTC #44 Carousel: A Masterpiece of Joy and Regret

• B&B and Euclid buildings near complete

• Bonhams Spring LA Auction

• Annual Safety Tips - Checklist

ON THE COVER: A beautiful peek-a-boo mane Carmel aboard the Knoebels Grove Grand Carousel, according to the NCA census, the machine was built by Kremer’s Carousel Works at North Beach in 1913, its earliest operating history is unknown, the carousel would move from Rahway, NJ, in 1941 to Knoebels, Roland Hopkins photo

CONTENTS:

• SPECIAL FEATURE: History of the Carousels of North Beach, Queens, Long Island, NY

• From Dan’s Desk

• CMMA to 2013 Convention to Logansport, IN, Dentzel

• Letter to Editor: Vean’s Carousel Dream

• Riding with the Rabbit - Look back at IAAPA

• Carver - Christine Rzeszotarski

• Euclid Beach Carousel Fundraiser Gathering

ON THE COVER: The carousel at Weona Park in Pen Argyl, PA, is one of just three stationary Dentzel carousels remaining, in fact, this carousel is on record as going back to the Dentzel factory in 1917 to be refurbished, and still no jumping mechanism was added, the circa 1900 stationary mechanism remains intact today, Roland Hopkins photo

CONTENTS:

Historic Carousels & the National Register:

• A Look at Why and How to Nominate

• Carousels Listed on the National Register

• Carousels Listed as National Landmarks

• Dan’s Desk: Willys Jeeps to Wurlitzer Organs

• In Mermoriam: John Fanelli; Joseph Kdan

• Riding with the Rabbit: Brochures

• Letter to Editor: PTC #44 Follow Up: Closer Look at RI Parks & PTC Carvers

• Pen Argyl’s Landmark, Weona Park Dentzel Still Stands

• Nominating the Perkasie (Menlo Park) Carousel in PA

• NCA Celebration to Leavenworth, KS

• On Display: PTC #70 Jumper at MGR Museum in Sandusky, OH

ON THE COVER: The famed “Circus Horse” on PTC #83 is one of three “Signature horses” aboard the machine, another is a beautiful armored horse, either figure alone would have been a fantastic lead horse on any other carousel, some think these horses were already carved and it was time to find them homes before carousel production stopped, Richard Gardner photo [Background courtesy of www.shelbyvilletnpolice.org]

CONTENTS:

• 1910 Forest Park Muller Named NYC’s First Landmark Carousel - To Host Alzheimer’s Fundraiser Aug. 9

• Dan’s Desk: Carousels vs. Mother Nature from Seaside, NJ, to Orr Farm in OK

• CN&T Readers-Go-Round - Kyle’s First Ride

• Fete Paradiso French Carnival Ride Exhibit to NYC

• Marianne Steven’s Game Bird Looff to New England Carousel Museum

• Forest Park Muller Carousel Named NYC Landmark

• Knoebels Grove Kremer’s Carousel turns 100 in PA

• Branson Missouri’s Silver Dollar Carousel Restored

• PTC #83 At Historic Idlewild Park in PA Since 1931

• Annual Spins for Rare Steam Carousels

• Carousel of Happiness Launches Online Store

• In Memoriam: Ronald J. “Butch” Schimian

• On Display at the MGR Museum: 1894 G.A. Dentzel Deer

• Carousel Figure Cut-Outs Give Carvers a Head Start

COVER: One of the few remaining Karl Muller pig and clown figures, John Caruso photo

CONTENTS:

• Dan’s Desk: PTC #72 to Auction; Visits to Ontario Beach, Perkasie

• Riding with the Rabbit: B&B Returns to Coney Island

• Letters to the Editor: Remembering Butch; Carousel Day at Butchart Gardens

• Enthusiasts Embark on a Whirlwind European Carousel Tour

• A Visit to the Fête Paradiso in NYC - Photo Tour

• Australia Welcomes Two European Carousels

• On Display at the MGRM: Original Paint Dentzel Rooster

• In Memoriam: Warren Deasy, Griffith Park Carousel

ON THE COVER: The iconic resort’s last historic wooden carousel returned to Coney Island this season, the B&B Carousel was one of many carousels on Surf Ave. for decades, now it is the sole survivor, this Lincoln Illions, one of four known, revealed the M. C. Illions signature when the many layers of park paint were removed, John Caruso photo

CONTENTS:

• Dan’s Desk: 3 Carousels in Chicago Area Auction

• Notes From Marianne: Actual Notes

• FEATURE: A Look at the PTC Wagon Mount Portable Carousels, By Bill Hall

• Letter to the Editor: More European Carousel Information

• In Memoriam: Coney Island’s James McCullough

• The B&B Carousel Returns To Coney Island

• Marianne Steven’s Gamebird Looff at New England Carousel Museum

• PTC 72 Among 3 Historic to Carousels to Auction in Union, IL

• Chipping Away at Life With Gerry Holzman

• CNT Readers Go “Round: Velocipedes

• Book Review: Adirondack Carousel Antics

COVER: A large Charles Marenghi organ, now at the Thursford Collection in Norfolk, England, photo by Shane Seagrave

CONTENTS:

• Mortier first built this huge dance organ, now known as the Mortier “Minerva”

• Restoring a traveling band organ for the Drew Shows

• Dan’s Desk: 1922 Spillman Carousel to Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction

• In Memoriam: Gerard Cafesjian - PTC 33 and More...

• Long Awaited - The Seabreeze Band Organ Façade

• The Thursford Collection’s Rare Marenghi Dance Organ

• In Memoriam: Carousel Artist Tony Orlando

• Chipping Away at Life With Gerry Holzman

COVER: A recently restored outside row stander from the 1927 Illions Supreme, photo courtesy of Hawk’s Eye Studio

CONTENTS:

• Dan’s Desk: New CN&T ownership in 2014

• Note’s From Marianne: Signature Dentzel to Albany, OR

• Riding with the Rabbit: Seaside NJ Boardwalk Fire

• Little Known Carousel Carver and Builder O. C. Buck

• In Memoriam: Nina Fraley (1927-2013)

• Painting an Ed Roth Sea Horse, by Lise Liepman

• Kingsport Carousels’s 2014 Fundraiser

• 1922 Spillman Carousel to Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale

• The Case of the Purloined Pony by Leah Farnsworth

• A Peek into the CNT/Fraley Archives

• Nearly Lost Carousel Documentary to DVD

• At the MGR Museum: Bayol Donkey & Roth Wolf

• NCA 2013 Kansas Convention Paparazzi

• New Gear for PTC #17 at Six Fags GA

• Book Review: East Coast Carousels

• Chipping Away at Life With Gerry Holzman

• Please Touch Dentzel Awarded