Image: The first carousel and amusement ride at Coney Island was hand-carved and built by Danish carver, Charles I. D. Looff and installed at Mrs. Lucy Vanderveer's Bathing Pavilion in 1876

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Description: This is a photo of Charles I. D. Looff's carousel which was the first amusement ride to be installed at Coney Island.
Title: The first carousel and amusement ride at Coney Island was hand-carved and built by Danish carver, Charles I. D. Looff and installed at Mrs. Lucy Vanderveer's Bathing Pavilion in 1876
Credit: "A Pictorial History of the Carousel" by Frederick Fried. Published 1964 by A.S. Barnes & Co., Inc. Library of Congress number 64-17409. Page 62
Author: Helen Looff Simmons, my grandmother
Permission: Arthur Simmons, my father, gave permission to the author.
Usage Terms: Public domain in the United States
License: PD-US
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