Vintage Carousel Photos
The vintage photos section has pictures of carousels that are not in the Carousels by States section.
Collecting vintage, vernacular photos has been made easy, thanks to Ebay. There are photos of every topic under the sun and then some. There are around 2,500,000 on a daily average. In and among them are wonderful old photos of carousels, carousel scenes, studio portraits, and perhaps my favorite – pictures from a different perspective – unintentionally abstract, which makes the pictures more interesting.
By Location – The photos are in order by State, City, Location and dated, where known.
Unknown Location – The photos are In Random Order. The newest photos are at the end.
A Different Perspective – No order
All pictures from the B. Williams collection.
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Catalina Island, Herschell metal kiddie carousel, 1939 (Carl Wollner photo) |
Newport Beach, Balboa Beach, The Fun Zone, Stein & Goldstein, no date |
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San Diego, Exposition 1913, later to Playland, San Francisco (Fred Freid Archives, BW collection) |
San Francisco World’s Fair, 1939, Spillman, to Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (Carl Wollner photo) |
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San Luis Obispo, Herschell-Spillman track carousel, |
San Luis Obispo, Herschell-Spillman track carousel, |
Bellview, West View Park, Dentzel, no date
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Bellview, West View Park, Dentzel, no date |
Bellview, West View Park, Dentzel, no date |
Dover, Lakeside Park, Dentzel/Muller, no date
McKeesport, Rainbow Gardens, Herschell, no date
Phoenixville, Bonnie Brae Park, Dentzel, no date
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Somewhere in PA, E. Joy Morris, no date
Puyallup, Western Washington State Fair, 1950, Philadelphia Toboggan Company #43
Press Photo – “GROOMING JOB – Merry-go-round horses require almost as much attention as real-life animals that the Western Washington Fair at Puyallup, where children and adults alike find delight on the wooden mounts. E. O. Douglas of Greater Shows, Redondo, polished the white “king” horse of the 37-year-old carousels he bought 20 years ago, in 1913, another buyer paid $22,000 for it.”
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Girls in summer dresses pose with an Armitage-Herschell, no date |
Large-headed early Carmel horse, no date |
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A fashionable woman poses with a traveling Herschell,no date |
Waiting to ride the Herschell carousel, no date |
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An unknown Herschell carousel in an unknown location with no date. |
Here is the carousel on the left in operation. |
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Herschell-Spillman 20th Century Model with the attached canopy, no date |
Parker with very nice details, no date |
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A unusual set-up with two rows of Baby Parkers, no date |
Traveling Parker with flaps to keep off freeloaders, no date |
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Parker with flaps still in use, no date |
Parker, “At the Municipal Pier, June 24, 1924 – Frederick on the bucking broncho” |
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Magnificent Stein & Goldstein with young, outfitted cowboy rider, no date |
Dentzel prancer and goat on a modified carousel at a barren location, no date |
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A 2 row stationary carousel with a PTC 11-like horse, no date
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Seaside scene, sunbathers, Bill and Marie, and a Herschell-Spillman menagerie carousel, 1918 |
Girl on Carmel.
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Probably man-powered at Nahant, MA, no date |
Possibly the same primitive seen at Nahant, here at Salisbury Beach, MA, no date |
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“A flying Dutchman” in a County Fair |
These are like the Watch Hill, Rhode Island Dare horses, a man-powered carousel, no date. |
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Culver Pictures, “The Merry Go Round” |
US Merry Go Round Company carousel. The chicken wire in the foreground obviously did not keep everyone out. |
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A pretty lady rides a pretty Carmel |
Dad and son whiz by on a fancy, armored Stein & Goldstein |
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“Dodo and me”, early 19th century fashion and a bucking Spillman
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Jacksonville, Florida, August 1944”, nice rim, outside row stander, inner row jumper
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Headless Morris horse and headless woman, Photography 101 failure |
Grandpa and grandkids, cokes, snacks and a little Parker carousel – what more could you ask for? |
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Mom, don’t step backwards! |
Patiently (or impatiently) waiting in line to ride the carousel |
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Owner poses with his Herchell carousel? |
It’s a Parker! |
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A Parker rabbit? |
The carousel in the eyes of a child, Dorney Park, June 1972 |
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A little daredevil – look closely! (Illions carousel) |
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Dare and Illions, I wonder where? |
Future Prom Queen, Herschell carousel |
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Down below, a mirrored rim, perhaps the next ride. |
Carousel operators, possibly in Ohio, Dentzel carousel |
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Say Cheese! Valencia, Magic Mountain, Philadelphia Toboggan Company #21, no date |
Memories in the making! (kiddie Herschell) |
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Disneyland – How not to photograph a carousel! |
Disney World – A surreal image of the carousel and Sleeping Beauty’s Castle |
