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Carousel at entrance to Woodland Park, 1924
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| Title | Carousel at entrance to Woodland Park, 1924 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1924 |
| Caption | In June 1919, George (1874-ca. 1938) and Lucy Vincent (1893-1990) opened a carousel, Ferris wheel, and dance pavilion at 5501 Phinney Avenue, directly across the street from Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. Despite initial protests by neighbors and the Seattle Board of Park Commissioners, who objected to having the dance pavilion so close to Woodland Park, the Vincents operated the business through 1934, when it was destroyed by fire.
In the spring of 1924, the Vincents installed the new "Carousselle, " pictured here, probably replacing an earlier, smaller model. The carousel's 1, 100 electric lights illuminated hand paintings around the edge of the ceiling and on the panels of the giant Wurlitzer organ, and reflected from inlaid bevel plate mirrors. The sixty-two hand-carved, jeweled animals included lions, tigers and deer, as well as horses with tails of real horsehair, outfitted with leather bridles and saddles. |
| Notes | Caption information sources: www.historylink.org, essay #7881; Seattle Times, May 8, 1924, p. 12 |
| Subjects | Amusement parks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Merry-go-rounds--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.316 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS5, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
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