North Star Voices: Cafesjian’s Carousel - History in Motion

The historic Philadelphia Toboggan Company carousel number 33 spent 75 years at the Minnesota State Fair from 1914 to 1989 and was saved from the auction block in 1988 by the nonprofit citizens’ group Our Fair Carousel Inc., which owns and operates the ride as a Minnesota treasure in Saint Paul’s beautiful Como Park.

Join Tracy Tolzmann for a review of the carousel's rich, colorful history, with a look at its 68 unique carved wooden horses, the mechanism that makes it all work, and the traditional “Voice of the Carousel,” the wonderful Wurlitzer 153 Band Organ.

Tracy M. Tolzmann is president of Our Fair Carousel, Inc. (ourfaircarousel.org), a collector of hand-cranked street organs and an 1883 vintage carousel organ, and the local chapter chairman of two antique automatic music collecting clubs - Snowbelt and Northern Lights.

Registration is recommended for this free program, but not required. If you're unable to attend, the event is also accessible virtually via Zoom: https://zoom.us/webinar/85889418286.

This program is made possible by the Maurice Stans Fund.

RSVP here: https://www3.mnhs.org/events/38039428683

You may also like the following events from Minnesota History Center:

• This month, 13th November, 05:00 pm, Power of the Press: Recipe Cards Workshop in St Paul
• This month, 15th November, 02:00 pm, North Star Voices: Becoming the Twin Cities in St Paul
• This month, 16th November, 02:00 pm, 200 Years of Norwegian Migration to North America in St Paul

Also check out other Workshops in St Paul, Music events in St Paul, Entertainment events in St Paul.