Postcard: Amusement Ride Built by C. W. Parker

Authors

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Identifier

FLSC_TJPC_01272019_1278

Publication Date

1-1-1912

Description

This colorized photographic postcard features a carousel set up in a town. People fill the foreground and the carousel is in the center. Buildings line the left and right side. Red printed text and an illustration of the carousel are at the top of the card. Black printed text is towards the bottom of the card.

Physical Description

4"x 5" photographic postcard

Subject

Leavenworth (Kan.), Carnivals, Amusement parks, Merry-go-rounds, Parker. C. W. (Charles Wallace) 1864-1932, Advertisements

Rights

This item is in the public domain

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Collection

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

Repository

Forsyth Library Special Collections

Comments

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Recommended Citation

"Postcard: Amusement Ride Built by C. W. Parker" (1912). Tim Johnson Postcard Collection. 1277.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/tj_postcards/1277

Language

eng

Transcription

A Parker Carry Us All on any midway or place of public gathering is invariably the center of attraction and greatest money marker for it's owner. For description and prices write C. W. Parker, Leavenworth, Kansas. World's largest manufacturer of amusement devices. Parker's Jumping Horse Carry Us All The only successful portable Jumping Horse Carry Us All on the Market and the Greatest Money Maker in the Amusement Line. 1 machine earned $15,850 in 28 weeks in 1904. 1 machine earned $17,943 in 29 weeks in 1905. 1 machine earned $16,092 in 25 weeks in 1906. 1 machine earned $16,017 in 27 weeks in 1907. 1 machine earned $12,862 in 27 weeks in 1908. 1 machine earned $16,821 in 25 weeks in 1909. 1 machine earned $18,521 in 28 weeks in 1910.1 machine earned $20,138 in 52 weeks, 1911. Above figures will be verified to customers. Machine stopped 45 seconds to take this photograph.