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Save Libertyland
At 10:30 a.m. on June 21, 2006, Memphis, Tennessee's famed amusement center is set to go under the gavel. Libertyland has been the fun center of the South for 30 years. The amusement park is home to a couple of historic treasures including a beautiful Dentzel/Muller carousel and the famous "Zippin Pippin" wooden coaster.
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Good bye, old friend
In 1985, Nancy Loucks published the first issue of the Carousel News & Trader magazine (originally called the Carousel Trader). It wasn't much...Just seven or eight mimeographed pages with recent info on happenings in the carousel world at that time. Due to Nancy's love for carousels and hard work, it didn't take long for the magazine to evolve into the number one source of carousel news for hobbyists and the carousel industry world-wide.
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Save Libertyland!
At 10:30 a.m. on June 21, 2006, Memphis, Tennessee's famed amusement center is set to go under the gavel. Libertyland has been the fun center of the South for 30 years. The amusement park is home to a couple of historic treasures including a beautiful Dentzel/Muller carousel and the famous "Zippin Pippin" wooden coaster.
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Carousel in a Cornfield - by Wendy Jones
Let me start off by saying that the title is somewhat incorrect. It was actually a hayfield but I used poetic license because I thought cornfield sounded better. Traveling to Marion, Ohio, to pick up a motorcycle we also decided to revisit Carousel Concepts and see what was new.
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Carve Your Dream - by Mae Barrena
You're driving along Tennessee Avenue, one block from the Lookout Mountain incline in Chattanooga, TN. Waiting at a traffic light, you look up; suddenly your eyes become fixed on the life-sized animal heads lining the windowsills of the old gray three-story building. Though they're wood and not brightly painted, you know you've seen them before; of course, it was on a carousel. Well, according to Bud Ellis, owner, many people do ride by, stop-back up-and look again. Some go upstairs and talk to Bud. He always finds time to share his love of carving and carousels...
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Help Save Nunley's!
In 1995, Nunley's Amusement Park in Baldwin, NY closed. It's beloved Stein and Goldstein carousel was purchased by Nassau County and put into storage. It has now been in storage for 10 long years. Pennies for Ponies is a program, developed by a 7 year old student at the Progressive School of Long Island, to restore the beautiful horses.
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Le Grande Carrousel by Vicki Stauffer-Freed
A woman sat on a bench at the amusement park. She watched her two young sons standing in line at the food pavilion, waiting to buy hot dogs and Cokes...
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Little Red Shoe and Ponies - by Dorothy Morgan
When I was 5 yrs old, my grandmother took me to a carniville. I had the prettiest pair of red patten shoes ever...
Posted in Fond Memories
The Reproducing Pantograph - by Jack Jacobsen
The reproducing pantograph has been around for centuries. Since its principals are based upon Euclidean geometry, it is possible that it has been around for millennia...
Posted in Carousel History
Miniature Carousel Builders Show
In attendance at the Miniature Carousel Builders recent show at HERSHEYPARK, were representatives of the FRIENDS OF THE ROCKY SPRINGS CAROUSEL...
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Safety in Restoration - by Bette Largent
The leaves are turning and Mother Nature has flung open her paint box. The country side is swathed in glorious colors...
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The Brass Ring - by Doug Engel
Call it a carousel -- call it a merry-go-round -- 'round and 'round, where she stops nobody knows...
Posted in Fond Memories
Save Tillie -by Bob Crane
Ever wonder if Charles I.D. Looff, the master crafter of late 19th Century carousels, got woozy riding his own creations? Well, okay...
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Hallmark of a Master Carver - by Jack Jacobsen
This article was inspired by a Philadelphia Toboggan Co. carousel horse which was wholly carved by John Zalar, probably in 1918....
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It's Always a Pleasure - by David Page
The lure of the Gallopers is still as strong as it ever was at the good old British coastal resort and Pleasure Beach at Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) plays host each season the the most immaculate of sets....
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THE CAROUSEL AT SUNSET PARK - by Kimberly Barrow
The Carousel at Sunset Park, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, has taken many journeys, given many rides and seen many changes since it was built in the 1920's....
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