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Norton photo of the Boblo Island Illions horses in the 1990 Auction Catalog.

Boblo Island Illions Carousel in 1989

The Boblo Island 1905-1906 Mangels-Illions carousel was famously celebrated, and professionally restored by renowned carousel artist, Tom Layton in 1987. 

Sadly, a year later the Boblo park was sold and the carousel offered for sale. In early 1990, the carousel was put up for auction. With no one to outbid the tally of the sale of the individual figure and save it, the carousel sold piece-by-piece. In 1993, the remainder of the amusement park went to auction.

Postcard of the Boblo Illions carousel.