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backdrop and adding more seats to the carousel (a plan to generate more income from the carousel by allowing more people to ride it, done by one of the carousel's theme park owners). When the carousel was bought by the museum, Horse #38 underwent restoration, adding a backdrop to it, making it a chariot once again.
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agreed to provide a home for the carousel and the "Friends", led by President Don Wrigley, set about raising the $ 350,000 to purchase the machine. Keith Jamieson, a carousel expert, was brought in to coordinate the rebuilding project. In 1990, the carousel was purchased. Funds were also raised to
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There were originally two chariots on the carousel. One has since gone missing while the carousel was under the ownership of a theme park. The ponies which now form Horses #39 and #41 were added to the area where the other chariot was originally placed. Horse #38 was also cut in half, removing the
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It is believed that the machine was rebuilt by the factory. Some fancier horses and heavier rounding boards may have been added. Some of the horses were built in 1917 and some in 1920–1922. The history of the carousel from 1915 to 1936 is unknown. The carousel was purchased by Happyland, an
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and was not restored, as a reminder to visitors of the sorry state the carousel was in when the museum first acquired it. The horse was named for the "old paint" that was originally on the carousel before it was restored. The horse is currently in a display case next to the carousel.
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Some of the carousel's horses are not actually horses, but are listed as such for the purpose of creating a list on the carousel's horses. Examples of this are Horse #38, "Gold Heart Chariot" and Horse #40, "Wurlitzer Band Organ".
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Horse #41 is really two small ponies. While originally on the carousel with Horse #39, they were removed to make room for Horse #39's wheelchair and placed, one each, at the museum's two entrances.
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who owned the C. W. Parker Company, and was the 119th one made by them. It was sold in 1913 for $ 5,886.00. The carousel toured
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The carousel remained at Happyland until the amusement park was demolished in 1957. It was moved to the new small pavilion in
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pay for the restoration. People who donated money could sponsor a horse and later name it. The museum agreed to build a new
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This section notes horses that are not actually on the carousel and horses that are not really horses.
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located at one of the museum's two entrances, earning the entrance the name "Carousel Entrance".
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for two years with the Lone Star Circus. In 1915 the machine was shipped back to the factory.
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In 1989 it was announced that the carousel would be sold off horse by horse at an auction in
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From 1972 to 1989, Parker #119 was operated outdoors, and was put away each winter.
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Row 6: Outside: #6 Scampering Dawn, Middle: #18 Bingo, Inside: #30 Royal Warrior
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Row 9: Outside: #9 Mignonette, Middle: #21 Centennial, Inside: #33 Happy Marie
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Row 2: Outside: #2 Royal Burnaby Belle, Middle: #14 Mr. Ed, Inside: #26 Meg
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Row 1: Outside: #1 Captain Julius, Middle: #13 Nipoti, Inside: #25 Pisces
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Row 12: Outside: #12 Nareena, Middle: #24 James, Inside: #36 Royal George
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Row 8: Outside: #8 Treasure, Middle: #20 Twister, Inside: #32 The Colonel
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Row 10: Outside: #10 Valiant, Middle: #22 Tommy D., Inside: #34 Shannon
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Row 4: Outside: #4 Firefly, Middle: #16 John Ernest, Inside: #28 Guppy
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Row 3: Outside: #3 Champion, Middle: #15 Allegro, Inside: #27 Wheeler
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Row 5: Outside: #5 Phar Lap, Middle: #17 Betty B., Inside: #29 Rebel
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Row 11: Outside: #11 Vivian, Middle: #23 Rose B. Inside: #35 Annie
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Row 7: Outside: #7 Vanessa, Middle: #19 Dyck, Inside: #31 Venus
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Not really a horse, but considered one of listing purposes
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was completed in 1993. The carousel was then named the
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Horse #37, known as "Old Paint", was sponsored by the
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Rose Bancroft Sr., George Bancroft, and Rose Bancroft
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Marie and Fred Donatiello and Mary (Lily) McCormack
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