50. SUMMER MEMORIES: RI’s Historic Carousels

Weird Island

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