The key Coney Island carvers included Marcus Illions, Charles Looff ... after unique horse breeds (hackney and saddlebred), which are not found on any other carousel. This volunteer created carousel ...

EAST PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is renowned, among carousel aficionados, both for its current offerings and for what has been lost. But how did Rhode Island come to have such a strong connection ...

Moreland Carousel. Moreland, 81, who lives in nearby Ortley Beach, uses a walker these days, so he stood next to the prancing carousel horse emblazoned ... and Charles I.D. Looff were pioneer ...

A 2007 exhibit at the American Folk Art Museum explored the ways that Jewish woodcarvers, gravestone cutters, and paper cut artists became carousel horse carvers, embellishing them with rich ...