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That frequent use and the passage of time create wear and tear on the basswood horses.
That s where restoration curator James Hardison steps in.
Since the early 1990s, Hardison has been painstakingly restoring the horses, the carousel s two Roman chariots and the scenery on panels that decorate the structure covering the ride s motor.
So far, he s restored 50 of the wooden horses, which were built in 1928 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Co. for Hull s Paragon Park, which closed in 1985. Probably the most thrilling thing is to watch three, even sometimes four generations of a family come through and talk about their experiences, Hardison said, and what it looked like when grandma was riding it as a kid and appreciative of what I ve been doing with it.