RARE: 1904 - Shooting Gallery / Carousel - Authentic Antique Card
"World's Largest Factories: C.W. Parker, Abilene, Kansas / The Man from Abilene"REVERSE: "International Conclave Of Knockers, Membership Ticket Season 1904-1905...... C.W. Parker / A. Knocker, Pres't / A. Hammer, Sec'y / Knock any Time / carry a Little Hammer
"Steam Mechanical Shooting Gallery" - Uncle Sam / Glass Ball"Patd. Oct. 1st, '95" - 1895 - Shooting Gallery Targets Include: "Glass Ball Fountain" / "Organ""Uncle Sam" + figure of Uncle Sam w/ sign: "Gold Bug" / Animals: Deer Rabbit / Birds, Elephant, etc.
Steam-Engine Carousel: "Steam Riding Gallery" - Horses, etc.Merry-Go-Round Circus Arcade Tent Canopy:"C.W. Parker, Abilene, Kansas, U.S.A." / Organ
C. W. Parker Amusement Company- Merry-Go-Rounds / Carnival Shooting Galleries - See Below !
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C. W. Parker Amusement Company - Wikipedia"Charles Wallace Parker (1864 – 1932), commonly known as C. W. Parker, was an Americanmanufacturer of carousels (merry-go-rounds). He was self-titled the "Amusement King".He also called himself "Colonel Parker" although he never served in the military.Parker's first venture into the amusement business was purchasinga traveling shooting gallery,a type of carnival game. After touring the area with the gallery,he constructed one of his own, improved, design.Parker bought his first carousel, an Armitage–Herschell Company track-style machine in 1892.After operating this machine for two years, he built his own machine and started theParker Carnival Supply Company in Abilene. He began manufacturing jumping carousels, firstpowered by steam, and later by electricity.The carving on the wooden carousel horses became increasingly elaborate.The company was renamed the C. W. Parker Amusement Company in 1896.The company also built shooting galleries and Ferris wheels,but its primary business was the production of carousels.By 1905, Parker was running four full-sized traveling carnivals.In 1911, he moved his company to a bigger factory in Leavenworth, Kansas.He built hundreds of traveling carousels (known as "Carry-Us-Alls")[ for the carnival circuit, as well asfour or five "Superior Park Model" carousels for permanent installation in amusement parks.The Jantzen Beach Carousel ("Superior Park Model #2") in Oregon is the only one still in existence.C.W. Parker supervised the installation of the carousel at Jantzen Beach Amusement Park in 1928.Around 1925, the company started producing carousels with aluminum horses rather than wood.
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