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Glen Echo Park: A Story of Survival
by Richard Cook and Deborah Lange
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Captures the can-do spirit of Glen Echo Park...filled with delightful anecdotes, fascinating historical nuggets, and extraordinary photos that will be treasured by all who love Glen Echo Park.
- Connie Morella, US House of Representatives
An excellent blend of important local history and nostalgia...wonderful memories of the Spanish Ballroom, where I used to announce the big bands.
- Mac McGarry, NBC Television Host of "It's Academic"
Brings back precious memories of days gone by: going to Glen Echo Park with my mom and dad - a childhood highlight, and later as Bozo the Clown for another generation of Glen Echo Park kids.
- Willard Scott, NBC Television Reporter for "Today"
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Over 100 historic photos of Glen Echo Park from the Richard Cook collection, including 26 photos from the Chautauqua era and 62 photos from the amusement park era - the most comprehensive history of the park available.
COASTER ENTHUSIASTS:
Over ten different photographs of Glen Echo roller coasters including the famous Coaster Dips.
TRANSIT FANS:
Six photographs of trolleys at Glen Echo, including a rare view of the Glen Echo Electric Railroad car barn.
LOCAL HISTORY BUFFS:
See Glen Echo as few ever have, including a photograph of the original stone front of the Clara Barton House that has not been seen in print for over 100 years.
GLEN ECHO LOVERS:
Many never before published photographs Glen Echo in its HEY-DAY. Recall those fun filled days gone by.
Available for $29.95 plus tax and postage and handling.
$29.29 per copy
$ 3.50 postage and handling (for 1-10 copies)
$ 1.50 tax if shipped to a Maryland address
Contact Richard Cook by e-mail to order.
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Restoring the Glen Echo Park Carrousel
by Deborah Lange
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This book is a visionary work that will assist the future of our antique and new carousels....It is a superb tool for any restorer of original or obscured paint details.
- Bette L. Largent, President, National Carousel Association
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BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Restoration artist Rosa Ragan spent 20 years, from 1983 to 2003, restoring the Dentzel menagerie carousel in Glen Echo, MD. The full story of her work is now captured in Restoring the Glen Echo Park Carousel by Deborah Lange, with over 500 beautiful full-color photographs showing the methods Rosa used on the animals, chariots, drum panels, ceiling panels, rounding boards, and band organ. Her methods are carefully explained, with detailed descriptions of how she finds original colors, removes park paint, makes repairs, cleans the animals, traces designs, protects the original paint, applies leaf, paints the animals, applies pin striping and designs, and applies a finish coat. The inpainting methods she uses on the drum panels and ceiling panels are also fully described, as are the bronze powder methods she uses on the Wurlitzer band organ.
Also included is a chapter on repair techniques, which describes filling voids, tightening seams, and shaping and attaching new pieces, and a chapter on painting techniques, which covers surface preparation, leafing, glazing, bronzing, blending, creating dapples, pin striping, varnishing, and other topics. A complete materials list and photographic catalog of all finished animals and chariots makes this book an excellent aid for anyone considering a restoration. This book, however, is more than a restorer's guide. It is written for the general public to explain how a much-loved but abused ride was restored to become once again the magnificent functional art it was when it arrived at the park in 1921. This book is an excellent gift for anyone who loves carousels.
To order, or for more information see the book's website.
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