Carousel
The Bushenell Park Carousel was up and running, offering rides for a buck a person, so we handed over our two dollars and took a couple of horses for a spin.
This carousel was designed and manufactured in 1914 by Stein and Goldstein--who evidently were big deals on the carousel scene--and is one of only three Stein and Goldstein carousels still running. It has 48 hand-carved horses and two "lovers chariots" spinning around a Wurlitzer band organ, and it still sounds really, really cool. A carousel seems a simple thing in this era of complicated entertainment, but these things are an astounding amount of fun, especially when you didn't expect to be riding one.
Carousel
The Bushenell Park Carousel was up and running, offering rides for a buck a person, so we handed over our two dollars and took a couple of horses for a spin.
This carousel was designed and manufactured in 1914 by Stein and Goldstein--who evidently were big deals on the carousel scene--and is one of only three Stein and Goldstein carousels still running. It has 48 hand-carved horses and two "lovers chariots" spinning around a Wurlitzer band organ, and it still sounds really, really cool. A carousel seems a simple thing in this era of complicated entertainment, but these things are an astounding amount of fun, especially when you didn't expect to be riding one.