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Merry-Go-Round Model
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The mechanical merry-go-round appeared in 1850, when a patent was issued for the system that made the horses go up and down. Merry-go-rounds were very popular from the late nineteenth century until the Great Depression, and at one time, New York’s Coney Island offered twenty-four steam-driven carousels. This toy shows a cow and a goat along with the more traditional horses.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMerry-Go-Round Model. ca. 1890-1900. Unidentified. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Edith Gregor Halpert. CC0.
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