The_first_carousel_and_amusement_ride_at_Coney_Island_was_hand-carved_and_built_by_Danish_carver,_Charles_I._D._Looff_and_installed_at_Mrs._Lucy_Vanderveer's_Bathing_Pavilion_in_1876.jpg

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Description	English: This is a photo of Charles I. D. Looff's carousel which was the first amusement ride to be installed at Coney Island. Other information My family has been in the amusement business since my great-grandfather, Charles I. D. Looff began manufacturing carousels in 1876. Various members of my family have owned amusement parks at various locations around the country.
Date	1876
Source	"A Pictorial History of the Carousel" by Frederick Fried. Published 1964 by A.S. Barnes & Co., Inc. Library of Congress number 64-17409. Page 62
Author	Helen Looff Simmons, my grandmother
Permission ( Reusing this file )	Arthur Simmons, my father, gave permission to the author.

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