September Sandwiching in History: Over-the-Jumps Carousel

Name: September Sandwiching in History: Over-the-Jumps Carousel
Start: 2024-09-06T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-09-06T13:00:00-05:00
Location: Little Rock Zoo

Schedule

Fri Sep 06 2024 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Little Rock Zoo | Little Rock, AR

Join AHPP at the entrance to the Little Rock Zoo for a tour of a very special attraction:
Celebrating a century since its debut in 1924, the Herschell-Spillman “Over-the-Jumps” Carousel is the last one of its kind today. Made by one of the most important historic carousel companies in America as a transportable model for the small-carnival circuit, this carousel is distinguished by its horses that ride along an undulating wooden track. From the 1940s until its closure in 1991, it entertained children at War Memorial Amusement Park. A campaign by Friends of the Carousel, Inc. rescued it from being sold out of state, and after painstaking restoration, this nationally significant carousel reopened to the public in 2007 at the Little Rock Zoo.