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Redford Carousel

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Identifier
NFAI.O.00023446
Repository
TAUNY
Summary

Photos and other materials documenting the Redford Carousel (Redford, NY), which TAUNY recognized as a Very Special Place.

Only one day a year do you get to see it, much less take an enchanting ride or two on it, for this is the treasured heirloom of the whole community of Redford–a once-bustling small mining town on the Saranac River–and it is well cared for.

The center of attention at the Redford Picnic–the annual church festival that once celebrated the mid-August Feast of the Assumption, honoring the patron saint of the village’s Catholic parish–is a rare antique Herschell-Armitage carousel, with its 24 original carved wooden horses and four sleighs (with room for several riders each), all brightly painted and well maintained by a small corps of volunteers. The local story is that the church was given the simple track machine over a hundred years ago, after a traveling carnival went bankrupt and abandoned the carousel in town. In the midst of a typical North Country summer festival–with games of chance, bluegrass music and lots of food–the lines of riders–from infants to octogenarians–wait throughout the day for their few minutes of nostalgia.

Language
English (Languages)
Other Subject Headings
Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT))
Geographic Coverage
Redford, Champlain Basin, New York (-)
Materials Designation
digital image files (JPEG)