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This map: view. talk. edit. The Central Park Carousel, officially the Michael Friedsam Memorial Carousel, [1] is a vintage wood-carved carousel located in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, at the southern end of the park, near East 65th Street. It is the fourth carousel on the site where it is located.
Santa Barbara, California. Santa Cruz Looff Carousel and Roller Coaster. 1911. 36°57′53″N 122°0′56″W. / 36.96472°N 122.01556°W / 36.96472; -122.01556 ( Santa Cruz Looff Carousel and Roller Coaster) Santa Cruz, California. Elitch Gardens Carousel. 1905. 39°18′36″N 102°16′10″W.
October 29, 1985 [1] Jane's Carousel (formerly Idora Park Merry-Go-Round) is a carved wooden 48-horse carousel in Brooklyn, New York City, built in 1922 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC) for the Idora Park amusement park in Youngstown, Ohio. [2] It was carved by John Zalar and Frank Carretta, each of whom is attributed with carvings on ...
Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum. / 43.02944°N 78.87333°W / 43.02944; -78.87333. Herschell Carousel Factory Museum is a historic carousel factory building located at North Tonawanda in Niagara County, New York. The factory complex was constructed between about 1910 and 1915 and consists of six primary structures and five ...
History. Glen Echo Park carousel, Montgomery County, Maryland. Glen Echo Park carousel building. Its founder, Gustav Dentzel, had immigrated to the United States in 1860, from Germany. Having carved carousels for his father before immigrating he opened a cabinet making shop on Germantown Ave. in Philadelphia. He soon tired of the cabinet making ...
Carousel. A French old-fashioned carousel with stairs in La Rochelle. A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English ), [1] merry-go-round ( international ), Galloper ( international) or roundabout ( British English) [2] is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders.
The Pullen Park Carousel is a classic wood carousel at Pullen Park in Raleigh, North Carolina. Built in 1900, the carousel contains 52 hand-carved basswood animals, 2 chariots (or sleighs), 18 large gilded mirrors and canvas panels and a Wurlitzer #125 band organ made in 1924 by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of North Tonawanda, New York .
The Allan Herschell 3-Abreast Carousel is a carousel built in 1916 by the Allan Herschell Company. 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 ...