C.W. Parker Carousel and More
By Joyce Brite
I just returned from seeing the 1902 C.W. Parker carousel in Abilene, only 44 miles down the road. While paying my museum admission, I inquired about the carousel.
"Do you just want to take pictures of it, or do you want to ride it?"
Do _I_ want to ride the carousel??!! Yes, of course!! I paid the extra dollar for the ride, which I shared with a woman from Colorado who was a carousel enthusiast.
Besides the carousel, other mechanical music or music items of interest at the museum include:
1890 Kimball organ
1860's three-octave Mason & Hamlin organ
Concert Roller Organ
ca. 1885 German-made accordion
1895 Busy Bee graphophone, type O and wax cylinder recordings
Yankee Prince phonograph
Merrifield upright piano
Victrola
Also, the Museum of Independent Telephony, with a large collection of
antique telephones, switchboards, and telephone equipment
It was a very pleasant afternoon and well worth the drive. For more info:
Dickinson County Heritage Center
412 S. Campbell
Abilene, KS 67410
(913) 263-2681
Cheers,
Joyce Brite
brite@ksu.edu http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~brite/ |
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