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The Herschel-Spillman Two-Row Portable Menagerie Carousel, also known as the Story City Carousel, is a historic structure located in Story City, Iowa, United States.It was created by the Herschell Spillman Company of North Tonawanda, New York in 1913, and it has been owned and maintained by the Greater Community Congress of the City of Story City since 1938.
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When Coral Ridge Mall was planned, Iowa City business owners were concerned that the mall would take business away from them. While taxable sales in Coralville increased from $171.2 million in 1998 to $314.6 million in 1999, sales in Iowa City increased from $701.1 million to $733.3 million in that same period.
Celebrate the best Iowa has to offer at the Iowa State Fair Aug. 8-18 in Des Moines. This year’s grandstand entertainment includes Motley Crue, The Avett Brothers, Ne-Yo, Jelly Roll, Greta Van ...
The carousel has 30 "jumpers," 18 "standers," two chariots, and a Gebrüder Bruder Band Organ that provides the carousel’s music. Jane's Carousel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on February 6, 1975, the first carousel to receive such designation. [2] [3] The merry-go-round was delisted from the NRHP on October 29 ...
In 1928 a Herschell-Spillman menagerie carousel with intricate hand-carved animals replaced the PTC carousel. In 1920 John Miller–designed a figure-eight roller coaster featuring eight full dips that all went to the ground level for the park. In 1940, the Riviera Ballroom was added and provided big band dances throughout the 1940s and 1950s ...
A Pictorial History of the Carousel by Frederick Fried - 1964; Painted Ponies by William Manns, Peggy Shank, Marianne Stevens - 1986; Carousel Art - A magazine for people who love merry-go-rounds-PO Box 667, Garden Grove, California 92642; Art of the Carousel by Charlotte Dinger - 1984; A History of the American Amusement Industry by William F ...
The Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round is a menagerie carousel located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley and Oakland, in unincorporated Contra Costa County.It was built by the Herschell-Spillman Company of Tonawanda, New York in 1911, and it is one of the few antique carousels left in the United States.