Description
Water Merry Go Round Installed at Munro Park.jpg
English:
O L Hicks of
Humber Bay
,
Ontario
invented this carousal known as "The Flotilla". Boats were inspired by replicas of Columbus's
ships
travelling to 1893
Chicago World's Fair
. Name Pinta is visible on bow of right hand boat. Location is Munro Park,
Toronto
which was third site where this attraction was installed.
Date
circa 1899
date QS:P,+1899-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source
e-mail from John Hicks {[email protected]} ; great grandson of O L Hicks
Author
Octavius Laing Hicks
Licensing
Public domain
Public domain
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public domain
in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the
copyright term
is the author's
life plus 70 years or fewer
.