Merry-Go-Round Model

Unidentified · ca. 1890-1900

The mechanical merry-go-round appeared in 1850, when a patent was issued for the system that made the horses go up and down. Merry-go-rounds were very popular from the late nineteenth century until the Great Depression, and at one time, New York’s Coney Island offered twenty-four steam-driven carousels. This toy shows a cow and a goat along with the more traditional horses.