Main office and factory on Sweeney Street, circa 1907.  The center building still exists at 184 Sweeney Street in 2005 and is the proposed future home of the North Tonawanda History Museum.  Photo:  Courtesy of Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum

Head and neck carvers, Herschell Spillman Company, circa 1907.  Photo:  Courtesy of Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum

Balboa Park in San Diego, California, with Allan Herschell carrousel horses still in use in 2005.  Photo:  Courtesy of Museum President Cynthia Fredricks

Produced by Allan Herschell Company in North Tonawanda, these animals are still in use in 2005 in Balboa Park in San Diego,  California. Photo:  Courtesy of Museum President Cynthia Fredricks

A Herschell horse at Balboa Park in San DIego, California, in 2005.  Photo:  Courtesy of Museum President Cynthia Fredricks