The Flying Horses weren’t open …
…but it didn’t mean I didn’t get a picture of them though. I positioned my camera close to the window and clicked…
I got the horses… I also got the reflection of the camera and the reflection of the building across the street. I think it’s pretty neat.
CLICK HERE to read about me and the Flying Horses the summer I was 5 years old.
(PS… I can’t believe this is my 900th post)
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Oak Bluffs ~ Martha’s Vineyard
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Oak Bluffs ~ Martha’s Vineyard
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Oak Bluffs – Martha’s Vineyard
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Any guesses as to where some of these are ?
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The Flying Horses, the oldest carousel in the United States, are housed in this building at the intersection of Circuit and Lake Aves in Oak Bluffs. They came to the Island in 1884 from Coney Island.
The Flying Horses are not a carousel, or a merry-go-round, they don’t go up and down just round and round. They are flying horses, like Pegasus, and fly to wherever you can imagine . They don’t actually have wings, but as you make the first circuit you feel like you’re about to fly out the open windows.
Look closely at the horse’s eyes, inside each one is a tiny hand carved animal.
(My picture didn’t capture the animal in the eye so I cheated just a little)
I flew on these beautiful horses every day when I was a little girl. The ticket taker was a young man who would never take my tickets ! We tried everything to get him to take them… we brought him candy and cookies and tried slipping the tickets in with them… nothing work. At the end of the summer I said I wanted to buy him a gift, so off my mom and I went to purchase what I thought was a novel idea .. a tie. I was 5 years old, what did I know about buying gifts for men… he, by the way was about 13 but in my eyes he was a grown up. We put the tie in the box with all of summer’s uncollected tickets. As he came around to NOT collect my ticket I handed him the box. He smiled. Ah ha, success… or so I thought. As we were leaving the Flying Horses he came over and thanked us for the tie and as we turned to leave he handed us the tickets. I won’t say who he is, just that he turned out to be an official in Oak Bluffs in later years… and someone I’ve never forgotten.
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- by Joan -
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RecentlyI found this little booklet of MV photos from around 1959.
Let’s take a look inside.
“The Basin, landlocked harbor of Menemsha fishing village on picturesque Martha’s Vineyard. Summer headquarters of the lobster and swordfishing fleet.”
Picture below is from 2013.
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“Ocean Park and Bandstand on the water front at Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard Island.”
Picture below is from 2010.
Ocean Park is beautiful any time of day and any season. I took the picture below around 6pm on an October evening.
Ocean Park 2013
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“Beautiful homes overlook the broad harbor in Vineyard Haven.”
Picture below is from 2012.
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“Edgartown harbor lighthouse in the beautiful whaling port of Martha’s Vineyard.”
Picture below is same area today.
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“Picturesque lobster gear at Menemsha.”
Below is picture from Oct 2010.
What do you think… much of a difference or not ?
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“Gay Head cliffs on beautiful Martha’s Vineyard Island. Bright clay souvenirs are made by the inhabitants of Gay Head Village, a link with the past that stirs the imagination.”
Below is picture from 2010.
The cliffs have certainly receded and lost some of their vibrant red and orange colors, and the houses are gone now. They still remain an awesome sight and one of the prettiest photo-ops on the Vineyard
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“Ferry Islander, of the Steamship Authority fleet serving Martha’s Vineyard with frequent and dependable schedules the year round. The Islander carries 50 autos and 700 passengers and has the most modern equipment including two-way radio phone and radar.”
Below is picture of Islander in 1998.
I see a few changes in the Islander…there are a lot more antenna’s and it looks like there used to be a door near the front.
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