I remember riding the "Whip" on an oval shaped track on a truck while living in Oxford Circle in Philly in 1952. I'm rather sure that the music playing was "Davy Crockett."

Born and raised in Philadelphia, I fondly remember the truck carousel. The driver cranked a wheel to make it turn. The little horses all faced outward.

We were also visited by a truck with "The Whip" where you sat in the cars and it operated much like the Whip ride of today. We also had a man come around with a ferris wheel on his truck. What great memories!

George B. Marx was my great grandfather. I would love to get in touch with you.

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that is badass.. I want one!

Very excited to see photo of childrens Delight as we have one. How do we get in touch with Dave for further info about this photo.

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It would seem that the carousel rotates by turning the hand crank, as observed by padieg.

Peregrine, I remember them well, I grew up in South Philly

How was it operated? There's a small vertical wheel on the left but I think you had to make a big effort to turn it when the carousel was loaded (in case hand cranking that wheel was the method by which the carousel worked).

In the late 1950's a truck used to come around our Philadelphia neighborhood with a small carousel on the back of it. The truck itself was vintage 1954, but I can still hear it out on the street with all of the kids and moms running out to greet it.