I am, in fact, a devoted carousel geek. Thankfully, our immediate area is as thick in antique carousels as, I imagine, anywhere in the country. San Francisco alone has four: The Hershall-Spillman machine in Golden Gate Park, a truly gorgeous Dentzel menagerie at the zoo, a PTC at Zeum museum downtown, and a French machine on Pier 39. The pictured machine is in Berkeley/Oakland. A little farther afield, you have the Loof at the Santa Cruz boardwalk and the modern solar carousel at Real Goods up at Hopland. It's worth mentioning that Disneyland and Knotts Berry Farm in SoCal each have a very fine Dentzel, but the ride at Great America in San Jose is a Frankenstein made from fiberglass replicas from many machines (pretty, though).
Dancer says: "aren't my faces the reason you pulled out the camera?"
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Date: 2009-06-27 03:21 am (UTC)Dancer says: "aren't my faces the reason you pulled out the camera?"