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The carousel features 35 hand-carved jumping wooden horses and two hand-carved chariots which serve as benches. The carousel is one of only four large carousels made by the Allan Herschell Company between 1915 and 1927; in addition, the horses on the outer rim feature gentle faces and detailed, deep woodwork, making them a rarity among the ...
Antique Carousel: 1921 Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Allentown, Pennsylvania 50 Jumpers, 12 Standing, 4 Menagerie, 2 Chariot Exposition Park (1921-1941) Lake Lansing Amusement Center (Pine Lake) (1941-1971) Cedar Point (1971-1994) Stoner Carousel: 1924 Stoner Carousel Association Lancaster, Pennsylvania 25 Jumpers, 8 Standing, 15 Menagerie ...
The carousel was acquired by the Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust in 1986 to prevent it from being dismantled and sold piecemeal to collectors of antique carved horses. [citation needed] Flying Horse Carousel: 1876: Watch Hill, Westerly, Rhode Island: Charles Dare Built in 1876 and listed as a National Historic Landmark. It is one of two ...
The 1928 carousel continues to be restored by artist James Hardison one horse at a time. His most recent accomplishment − the restoration the 53rd of the carousel's 66 equine figures − will be ...
The Carousel was but in place when the museum was built in 1994. 1929: West Endicott Park Carousel: Endicott, New York: 1930 (c.) Antique carousel: Private residence, Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania: Owned by Diane and Louis Enos. 1930 (c.) Allan Herschell Carousel: Private residence, Merritt Island, Florida
Pullen Park Carousel: 1900: Raleigh, North Carolina: Idora Park Merry-Go-Round: 1899: Youngstown, Ohio: delisted, restored as Jane's Carousel in Brooklyn, New York Herschell–Spillman Noah's Ark Carousel: 1913
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First, bids were taken on each individual horse. Then, when each individual horse had a sale price, bids were taken for the whole carousel. The opening bid was the sum of the price for all the horses plus ten percent, which came to $385,000. A buyer was found, and a great cry went up from the crowd because the horses would stay together.