In 1909, Charles Looff built a 57-figure menagerie carousel for his daughter that was recently restored and still operates today at Riverfront Park in Spokane, WA.Ī few years earlier (1906), Looff had just completed a project that was part of a greater endeavor to install carousels at West Coast amusement parks. Charles Looff and his son, Arthur Looff, went on to build carousels, ferris wheels, and roller-coasters at his factory in Rhode Island. In 1876, Looff built Coney Island’s first carousel. Looff was born on in Bad Bramstedt, Duchy of Holstein, German Confederation. Animals carved in this style usually featured vibrant and animated expressions along with jewels and elaborate paint work. He is widely known for perfecting the Coney Island Style of carousel carving, which was originally pioneered by Carmel and Illions. Looff was one of the premier carousel builders in the late nineteenth - early twentieth centuries.
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