The C. W. Parker Carousel is a carousel built in 1912 that is currently operating in the Burnaby Village Museum at Deer Lake Park in Burnaby, British Columbia. The carousel was built by the C. W. Parker Company and is also known as the Parker #119 and the Burnaby Centennial Parker Carousel. The carousel was the 119th such machine built by the C. W. Parker Company, earning it its "Parker #119" nickname. The carousel contains 41 horses and operates at a pavilion known as the Don Wrigley Pavilion located at one of the museum's two entrances, earning the entrance the name "Carousel Entrance".
The carousel was built in 1912 at Leavenworth, Kansas by Charles Wallace Parker who owned the C. W. Parker Company, and was the 119th one made by them. It was sold in 1913 for $5,886.00. The carousel toured Texas for two years with the Lone Star Circus. In 1915 the machine was shipped back to the factory.
It is believed that the machine was rebuilt by the factory. Some fancier horses and heavier rounding boards may have been added. Some of the horses were built in 1917 and some in 1920–1922. The history of the carousel from 1915 to 1936 is unknown. The carousel was purchased by Happyland, an amusement park in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1936.
The carousel remained at Happyland until the amusement park was demolished in 1957. It was moved to the new small pavilion in Playland, (another amusement park in Vancouver) until that too was demolished in 1972.
From 1972 to 1989, Parker #119 was operated outdoors, and was put away each winter.
In 1989 it was announced that the carousel would be sold off horse by horse at an auction in New York. Local residents came together to save the carousel and formed the "Friends of the Vancouver Carousel Society". It was at this time that the carousel was nicknamed the Parker #119.
In May 1989, the 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. In 1990, the carousel was purchased. Funds were also raised to pay for the restoration. People who donated money could sponsor a horse and later name it. The museum agreed to build a new pavilion to house the carousel. The pavilion, named the Don Wrigley Pavilion was completed in 1993. The carousel was then named the Burnaby Centennial Parker Carousel.
Carousel horses
The carousel's horses are listed here:
#
Name
Sponsor
Color
Style
1
Captain Julius
Don and Dorothy Wrigley and Family
Grey
Jumper
2
Royal Burnaby Belle
Burnaby Area Royal Banks Staff
Sorrel
Jumper
3
Champion
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
Brown black
Hunter's Pride
4
Firefly
Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society Local 323
Black
Stargazer
5
Phar Lap
Magaret Mitchell
Red chestnut
Cowboy
6
Scampering Dawn
Dennis and Cice Brown
Yellow-white
American Beauty Rose
7
Vanessa
Parkland Ventures Ltd.
Palomino
Jumper
8
Treasure
Elsie T. Gordon
Dark bay
Stargazer
9
Mignonette
Ethel and Faye Stebner, and Ken Diamond
Grey-white
American Beauty Rose
10
Valiant
Paula V. Tanchyk
Blue-black
Armored Horse
11
Vivian
Barbara Becher
Yellow-white
Lillie Belle
12
Nareena
Gary, Umeeda and Nareena Switlo
Brown roan
Stargazer
13
Nipoti
Bill and Ruth Copeland
Bay Ovaro Pinto
Flag
14
Mr. Ed
Ethel Stebner
Palomino
Jumper
15
Allegro
Harry and Hazel Sumner
Light bay
Jumper
16
John Ernest
Ernie and Pat Beaucamp
Chestnut Sorrel
Cowboy
17
Betty B.
The Beedie Group
Brown black
American Shield
18
Bingo
Gordon Robson
Chestnut
Hunter's Pride
19
Dyck
Margery M. Robinson
Dark liver chestnut
Jumper
20
Twister
Dennis and Flory Bosa
Strawberry roan Appaloosa
Flag
21
Centennial
Burnaby City Council
Palomino
Jumper
22
Tommy D.
Mayor Bill Copeland and Burnaby MPs
Cream white
Stargazer
23
Rose B.
Rose Bancroft Sr., George Bancroft, and Rose Bancroft
Not really a horse, but considered one of listing purposes
Is really four small metal ponies and a wheelchair
Has many sponsors
Is really two small metal ponies
Carousel horse notes
This section notes horses that are not actually on the carousel and horses that are not really horses.
Some of the carousel's horses are not actually horses, but are listed as such for the purpose of creating a list on the carousel's horses. Examples of this are Horse #38, "Gold Heart Chariot" and Horse #40, "Wurlitzer Band Organ".
Horse #37, known as "Old Paint", was sponsored by the Burnaby Village Museum and was not restored, as a reminder to visitors of the sorry state the carousel was in when the museum first acquired it. The horse was named for the "old paint" that was originally on the carousel before it was restored. The horse is currently in a display case next to the carousel.
Horse #39 is really four small ponies and a wheelchair. This was placed to make the carousel accessible to toddlers and disabled people.
Horse #41 is really two small ponies. While originally on the carousel with Horse #39, they were removed to make room for Horse #39's wheelchair and placed, one each, at the museum's two entrances.
There were originally two chariots on the carousel. One has since gone missing while the carousel was under the ownership of a theme park. The ponies which now form Horses #39 and #41 were added to the area where the other chariot was originally placed. Horse #38 was also cut in half, removing the backdrop and adding more seats to the carousel (a plan to generate more income from the carousel by allowing more people to ride it, done by one of the carousel's theme park owners).[citation needed] When the carousel was bought by the museum, Horse #38 underwent restoration, adding a backdrop to it, making it a chariot once again.
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