Surprise carousel

[BobloLives]

Took my teen daughter to our local family entertainment center, Sonny's Place (Somers, CT). I was surprised that their carousel has some historical info setup in the corner courtesy of the New England Carousel Museum. Equally surprised that they are keeping up with maintaining this 1925 beauty! It has zero missing lights (it is indoors, of course), the paint is nearly all perfect with the exception of the bench which is in the process of being repaired, and it has a working (but electrically powered) Wurlitzer!! No piped in music here! Enjoy the pics. I was inspired by Bert riding carousels around the world.

^ The museum itself is near Lake Compounce. Sonny's Place is on the road from my house to SFNE.

^Cool little display of the actual scroll for the band organ.

^Anatomy of a pole dancer

^Nice little corner display. Can't believe no one messes with it!

^Carousel sits in a very nice specially constructed pavilion.

^Horsies

^A holdover control lever from yore

^Music

[bert425]

that corner display is fantastic!!

 

thanks for sharing.

[Nrthwnd]

Great set up and displays, for an obviously classic Carousel. Thanks for sharing all the info!

[Haymaker]

If you're a carousel fan, a trip to the Herschell Factory Museum in North Tonawanda, NY is a must do. NT is also the home of Wurlitzer but I dont think there's any public display for it, the Wurlitzer Factory Park is mostly a mixed use development.