San Francisco LeRoy King carousel at the children’s creativey Museum

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Ok, I finally watched your video you questioned me about earlier. Here's some more info and history for you. This Charles ID Looff carousel was built in 1905 and was designed to go to a new amusement park out at ocean beach in San Francisco, but because of the great earthquake & fire in 1906, Looff sent the carousel to Luna Park in Seattle,WA. The entire park burned down in 1913 so Looff then sent this carousel (the only ride to survive the fire in Seattle) back to San Francisco to what was then known as Friddles hippodrome, later to be renamed Chutes at the beach, and then finally Whitney's Playland in 1923. Originally this carousel ran at a speed of 26 mph, and had 4 working band organs operating on the inner riding platform of the ride. When the park was slated for demolition in 1972, carousel collector Marianne Stevens purchased the entire carousel (except the 4 band organs that were auctioned off separately) for $38,000. She restored the carousel and placed it at Shoreline Village in Long Beach, CA across from the Queen Mary. She didn't like the way it was being maintained in Long Beach, and she finally sold it back to San Francisco in 1991 where a carousel was needed for Yerba Buena Park near the Moscone convention center. She sold it back to the city of SF for over 1 million dollars, but kept the rare "sneaky Looff tiger" in her personal collection. I grew up loving this carousel along with the 1911 Looff carousel at the SCBB. 👍 Keep making your videos of different carousels that show the incredible workmanship of a lost era!!!! 👍🎠

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I have more amazing carousel videos make sure to watch them all!

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That carousel was first located at Washington due to the earthquake in San Francisco in 1906. And also this carousel would have been destroyed!

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I first been there May 7, 2022