tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #2002 - Carousel #118 remained in poor condition and all components were disassembled and stripped of old paint. Nails, screws, bolts, strips of tin and bondo were removed. Below layers of paint the horses, rabbits, chariot chairs and the love tub still had their original paint designs.
Any parts that were too badly damaged to repair were replaced and recarved in the C. W. Parker style. The figures were all reassembled using wood dowels and glue instead of nails. Shims and wood epoxy were used to fill cracks and holes. All the original pony’s tail were, and remain real horses hair.
The grand opening of the C.W. Parker Carousel occurred on April 30, 2005 in Leavenworth Kansas and was operated for fun-timers for the first time in over 25 years.
The C.W. Parker Carousel #118 is ‘One of the 8 Wonders of Kansas’
Photographed here are the pair ‘Classy 47’
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