Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round - Los Angeles, CA
Posted by: silverquill
N 34° 07.972 W 118° 17.029
11S E 381623 N 3777632
This Spillman carousel was built in 1926 and has been entertaining families in Los Angeles's famed Griffith Park since 1937. It's Stinson 165 Military Band Organ plays over 1500 selections of marches & waltz music.
Waymark Code: WM5F7E
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/30/2008
Views: 23
From the park web site:
Located in Park Center between the Los Angeles Zoo and the Los Feliz park entrance, the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round has been a Los Angleles family attraction for over five generations. Built in 1926 by the Spillman Engineering Company and brought to Griffith Park in 1937, the Merry-Go-Round boasts 68 horses, everyone a jumper.
Each horse is finely carved with jewel-encrusted bridles, detailed draped blankets and decorated with sunflowers and lion's heads. A Stinson 165 Military Band Organ, reputed to be the largest band organ accompanying a carousel on the West Coast, plays over 1500 selections of marches and waltz music.
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