Carousel horse named Scampering Dawn
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1989 and 1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Keith Jamieson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; copy print ; 10.1 x 15.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- White carousel horse, Scampering Dawn, before restoration. Horse is white with white mane and tail. Saddle is dark blue with red patterning. Saddle blanket is red swag. Horses neck, flanks, and hindquarters are decorated with green leaves and red and yellow flowers. Breastplate has red bow.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Keith Jamieson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; copy print ; 10.1 x 15.1 cm
- Material Details
- Printed label in scrapbook beneath photograph read: "SCAMPERING DAWN".
- Scope and Content
- White carousel horse, Scampering Dawn, before restoration. Horse is white with white mane and tail. Saddle is dark blue with red patterning. Saddle blanket is red swag. Horses neck, flanks, and hindquarters are decorated with green leaves and red and yellow flowers. Breastplate has red bow.
- History
- From Scrapbook vol III "Parker Carousel Volume III- The Story in Photographs Continues". In 1989, Ms. Venus Solano and Mr. Doug McCalum and other local people came together to "Save the Carousel" and formed the "Friends of the Vancouver Carousel Society". In May 1989, Burnaby Village Museum agreed to provide a home for the carousel and the "Friends", led by President Don Wrigley, set about raising the $350,000 to purchase the machine. Keith Jamieson, a carousel expert, was brought in to coordinate the rebuilding project. With a lot of hard work, the help of the Government of British Columbia and the support of the Municipality of Burnaby, the carousel was purchased. Funds were also raised to pay for the restoration, and Burnaby agreed to build a new pavilion for it as a Centennial project.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Names
- Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel
- C.W. Parker no. 119 Carousel
- Accession Code
- BV015.41.61
- Date
- [between 1989 and 1999]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 17-Sep-18
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- The photograph was removed from the scrapbook titled, "Parker Carousel Volume III- The Story in Photographs Continues" (BV015.41.3) . The scrapbook is a photograph album providing a detailed account regarding the restoration (before and after) and reassembly of the Parker #119 carousel.