austin_dern | Oh, come, take my hand

Back to my mathematics blog, recently featuring writing such as this:

Now to the Carello's carousel, at Sylvan Beach but not part of the amusement park. The carousel has been around since the 1890s (they claim 1896), although the animals are modern replacements. Still, I'm getting a lot of pictures because when do you ever see an amusement park ride from Grover Cleveland's time?

The first row we came across. bunnyhugger notes that dog seems haunted, very likely by the demonic rabbit beside them.

That reindeer in back is the twin of ones we've seen at several Santa-themed amusement parks.

Relatively normal row of horses here. Note that none of them go up and down; the ride predates that innovation.

Looking forward from the camel now.

Zebra looking good on the ride. I notice how there's no saddle on them.

Somewhere around here I noticed the animals have numbers and those numbers are kept in order, which seems remarkable.

That's a tiny button of a tail for the rabbit there.

Nice big mane on this horse, though.

The seats are basic enough, although at least they have clowns painted on them.

And here we're back to where we started already!

Let's fill in other animals. The rooster's an always-interesting figure.

It only feels like every second-row horse has that bullseye blanket.

Trivia: On the 31st of December, 1908, Wilbur Wright flew two hours and eighteen minutes, some of it through freezing rain and sleet, to win the 20,000-frac Coupe Michelin for the longest flight of the year. The closest competitor was a 44-minute flight Henri Farmin had made in October. Source: To Conquer The Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight, James Tobin. (Wilbur was in France at the time, postponing his return in order to secure the prize.)

Currently Reading: High-Speed Dreams: NASA and the Technopolotics of Supersonic Transportation, 1945 - 1999, Erik M Conway.

Oh, come, take my hand

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How about one from 1894?