50. SUMMER MEMORIES: RI’s Historic Carousels

Carousels are playful and whimsical, bright and colorful. They evoke memories of childhood and innocence. Here, in Rhode Island, they’re not only time capsules of happy summer moments, but museums of folk art from the golden age of the American carousel. To Visit: Looff Carousel | Crescent Park | 700 Bullocks Point Ave, Riverside, RI 02915 Looff Carousel | Slater Park | 825 Armistice Blvd, Pawtucket, RI 02861 Flying Horse Carousel | Westerly, RI 02891 Episode Source Material: Rhode Island: Looff Carousel (Local Legacies History | Crescent Park Carousel Crescent Park Looff Carousel - Wikipedia Flying Horse Carousel - Wikipedia Charles ID Looff - Wikipedia THE CAROUSELS OF CONEY ISLAND Charles ID Looff Historical Marker Charles ID Looff - A Level Above - Pier Rats When the Hippodrome Was Hip: The Looff Carousel and the Era of Seaside Amusement | KCET Carousel of Happiness The Dizzy History of Carousels Begins With Knights | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine Carousel - Wikipedia Crescent Park Carousel | Preservation RI Crescent Park | ArtInRuins A Horse is a Horse: FWMoA's Looff Carousel Horse "Life's just a merry-go-round": Exploring carousel animals in the museum's collection | National Museum of American History The History of the Carousel | Origins of the Carousel Carousel AKA Merry Go Round – The Vintage Lens Carousels, Roundabouts and Merry-Go-Rounds in Art | DailyArt Magazine Carousel Carvers Around the World of Carousel Art. Crescent Park (defunct amusement park) - Wikipedia Crescent Park The Coney Island of the East Coast - Reporter Today Brass Ring Flying Horses Carousel - Wikipedia The Watch Hill Flying Horse Carousel - WESTERLY RI Andrew Christian and Charles W.F. Dare - Part 1 Brooklyn Daily Eagle | July 31, 1899 Trolley park - Wikipedia https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/6974427c-b4f4-49ae-8ca2-05d79c1f90b8 Pawtucket Slater Park Looff Carousel