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I've always loved the painted ponies. As a kid I loved to ride the beautiful carousel in Central Park, New York City. My children rode the carousel in Prospect Park. I've photographed and documented the horses have loved at home and sometimes abroad.
Biggest Independent Circus, Sells. Source www.circushistory...
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150th Anniversary of Circus in Australia. May Wirth with her stepsister (Circus World Museum. Baraboo)_Australia Post. Source www.flickr.com/...
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May Wirth "Generally considered the greatest woman equestrian. Her daring and stamina have never been equaled."
by Amy Merrick
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Ringling Bros. Arenic sensation, May Wirth, World famous equestrienne. The greatest bareback rider that ever lived
Carousel Horses, stacked together waiting to be moved to a new home in Greenport NY. ©Liza Cowan
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WG on a carousel horse, Prospect Park Carousel, 1998. Painting by Liza Cowan.
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Painting on photo by Liza Cowan/CowanDesign. This is a carousel horse by Allen Hershell from the Greenport, NY, carousel. I made a photocopy of a photo I took, then painted in acrylics over the photocopy.
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WGrace on carousel horse in Prospect Park, NY. Charles Carmel Jumper.
Hand carved horse from the Museum’s 1902 Dentzel Carousel. Collection of Shelburne Museum which has a huge and beautiful collection of antique carousel horses. Shelburne Vermont.
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C.W.F. Dare horse owned by The Splendid Peasant, Ltd. Martin and Kitty Jacobs (their photo) who deal in beautiful antique American Folk Art. circa early 1900s (sold from their gallery). Anyone interested in American folk art antiques will enjoy browsing the pages, gallery, and archives of this Web site.
Photo ©Liza Cowan This turn of the century carousel is in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. The children can take sticks and try to spear the wooden hoops. This must hark back to when carousels were used to teach jousting to knights. It's as much fun for the children as grabbing for the brass ring. Notice how petite these horses are.
These horses are in the New York State Museum in Albany. Armitage/Hershell machine probably carved by Charles Dare in the 1890's.
Attributed to Charles Dare. Photo from James D. Julia Auction, Maine.
"Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses" Exhibition Catalog, American Folk Museum with Brandeis University Press. 2008
Allen Herschell horse, Greenport Carousel. Liza Cowan photo. @Katherine Smith
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