Parker Carry Us All (Leavenworth, Kansas)

Item

Identifier: MS 014- series MS 014-2- Container MS 014-2-02- item 1278

Staff Only

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copies of Materials

Dates

1857-1974

Extent

From the Collection: 10 Cubic Feet

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

C. W. Parker Amusement ride

General

Front: A Parker Carry Us All on any midway or place of public gathering is invariably the center of attraction and greatest money marker for it's owner. For description and prices write C. W. Parker, Leavenworth, Kansas. World's largest manufacturer of amusement devices. Parker's Jumping Horse Carry Us All The only successful portable Jumping Horse Carry Us All on the Market and teh Greatest Money Maker in the Amusement Line. 1 machine earned $15,850 in 28 weeks in 1904. 1 machine earned $17,943 in 29 weeks in 1905. 1 machine earned $16,092 in 25 weeks in 1906. 1 machine earned $16,617 in 27 weeks in 1907. 1 machine earned $12,862 in 27 weeks in 1908. 1 machine earned $16,812 in 25 weeks in 1909. 1 machine earned $18,521 in 28 weeks in 1910. Above figures will be verified to prospective customers. Machine stopped 45 seconds to take this photograph.