tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #2000 - From 1968 to 1971 the C.W. Parker Carousel #118 was placed in storage until purchased by the Frese’s of North Liberty, Iowa for $5,600.00. Jerry bought it for Delores and operated it in his front yard. After the Freses moved to South Bend Indiana they contracted #118 to the Circus Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin (with the understanding that the circus museum would restore and operate the carousel, which they never did.
In 1989 Jerry Frese loaned the C.W. Parker Carousel to the Leavenworth Kansas Historical Museum Association with the understanding the museum would restore the carousel and operate it in a permanent building. Despite many efforts and fund raising, the project wasn’t completed and returned to Jerry Frese in the mid-1990’s.
Photographed here is 'Harriet' and the the Chariot sette.
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