East Providence, RI. Home to one of the Looff Carousels! Ours is the most elaborate, as it was used for selling. It has at least one of EVERYTHING, so buyers could see what the horses, chariots, etc. looked like and pick what they wanted. It even has a camel! 62 hand carved wood figures and 4 chariots.

As you go around, there is a place where you snag a ring. If you get the gold one, you get a free ride. If not, there is a place where you toss your ring (into a Clown's mouth) and then you try again.
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Looff, one of the earliest and foremost carousel designers, built the Crescent Park Carousel in 1895. Looff's trademark was the overall richness of effect and the Crescent Park Carousel gives full interpretation to that spirit. Elaborate embelishments of decorative panels, beveled mirrors, faceted glass jewels, electric lights, colored sandwich glass windows, and its orginal band organ music surround the flying steeds to create Looff's "Total Carousel Experience".

The Crescent Park Carousel, nationally recognized as a true masterpiece of wood sculpture, was rescued in the 1970's by a handful of East Providence residents. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Sites and Places in 1976. In 1985 the Rhode Island General Assembly proclaimed the carousel as the "State Jewel of American Folk Art". In 1987, the Department of the Interior's National Park Service designated the carousel as a National Historic Landmark.

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Here is a link to the carousel web site. This link takes you into the photo gallery, so you can see the horses and camel. You can explore the rest of the site if you wish.

http://www.crescentparkcarousel.com/...usel/index.htm