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MERRY GO ROUND

HISTORY

CAROUSEL

CAROUSEL

  • Manufactured by the Herschell Spillman Company, North Tonawanda, New York
  • Built in 1911, 3 row machine with menagerie animals
  • 2nd permanent machine built by Herschell Spillman for Oliver Davis, Redlands CA.
  • First installed in Urbita Springs, an amusement park built by the Pacific Electric Railway along its trolley line between San Bernardino and Corona, CA
  • 1916 Merry Go Round moved to Wonderland Park, Ocean Beach, San Diego
  • Sold in 1928 and moved to somewhere near Long Beach, CA
  • 1935 Oliver Davis reacquires the machine and runs it in Griffith Park, Los Angeles
  • 1937 Merry Go Round was dismantled and placed in storage
  • 1939 used in the Universal Studios film "So Ends Our Night"
  • 1948 Ross Davis and his son John moved it to TILDEN REGIONAL PARK

CAROUSEL

CAROUSEL

CAROUSEL

  • Explore inside the Domed carousel building, the history wall, historic machine & motor, 22 hand carved wood horses & 17 figures, 2 chariots, 17 aluminum horses, 2 Wurlitzer music organs, studio, cafe & gift shop.

​"YOU DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HUMAN NATURE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHY A CHILD ON A MERRY-GO-ROUND WILL WAVE AT HIS PARENTS EVERY TIME AROUND--AND WHY HIS PARENTS WILL ALWAYS WAVE BACK."

--WILLIAM D. TAMMEUS, PULITZER PRIZE JOURNALIS.

SCHOOL FIELD TRIP

History, Art & Memories

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Tilden Park Merry Go Round

Central Park Drive, Berkeley, California 94708, United States

5105591004

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