Carousel horse from Riverview Park
- Image
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- Created Date
- circa 1908
- Description
Carved and painted wood horse with glass eyes. Horse is black and white with sculpted gray mane and tail. Sculpted feathers with red and blue tips around neck. Sculpted golden-yellow pelt (with head, legs and tail) saddle; brown leather strap/reins attached at mouth with metal hardware. Horse in galloping pose with legs bent up towards body.
- Creator
Zoller, Leo (artist)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Components (objects)
Carousels (rides)
Riverview Amusement Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Amusement rides
Amusement parks
Carousels (amusement rides) - Location
- United States
Chicago (Ill.) - Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height: (51 in)Width: (17.5 in)Depth: (70 in)Wood (plant material)Glass (material)LeatherMetal
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Zoller, Leo (artist). Carousel horse from Riverview Park. circa 1908. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1739. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Zoller, Leo (artist), (circa 1908) Carousel horse from Riverview Park. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1739
- MLA citation style
- Zoller, Leo (artist). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1739>.