Carousel Horse

After sketching at the Fireman's Museum, Suzala and I went over to Nunley's Carousel which occupies the next building in the museum area we were in. Nunley's Carousel was created in 1912 by the Sein & Goldstein Artistic Carousell Co, of Brooklyn, NY and installed in Garden City Park in Canarsie, on the Brooklyn Waterfront, where it operated for 20 years. In 1940, a parkway was planned in the area, and the carousel was moved to Baldwin, on Long Island where it operated from 1940 to 1995 as part of Nunley's Carousel and Amusement Park. In 1995 after 56 years in Baldwin, the owners closed the park, retired, and sold the land. The carousel eventually ended up in Garden City in a complex of unique museums called Museum Row.

Many of us on Long Island had fond memories of Nunley's Carousel when it was in Baldwin. It was a popular spot for families to stop on the way home from the beach, or spend part of the day, because the amusement park also had food and other amusements. 

Sketching a horse on the carousel is no easy feat because each time the carousel moves and then stops, a different horse is in front of you. Suzala and I only had about 40 minutes to sketch before the carousel was closing for a private party. When it stopped I would race around the perimeter, looking for the horse I had started sketching. I would like to go back another time (when I have a longer period of time to sketch) and try again. I've sketched carousels before but didn't concentrate on one particular horse.