Model Ferris Wheel

Name/Title

Model Ferris Wheel

Entry/Object ID

2022.72.2

Description

Painted wooden model of a Ferris wheel. The model is constructed from wooden dowels and thin plywood. It consists of an 8-spoked wheel with 12 hanging basket seats attached at the center to an A-frame base. Each spoke of the wheel is painted a different color: light blue, orange, red, green, white, brown, grey, and yellow. The edge of the wheel and the basket seats are painted in the same colors, with 6 baskets left unpainted. The frame is painted blue, red, white, and green.

Context

Made by Frederick A. Brice Sr. of Burlington, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2022.72

Source or Donor

Goldberg, Aaron, Goldberg, Rebecca London

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Brice, Frederick Joseph, Sr. (1917-1988)

Place

City

Burlington

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Wheel, Ferris

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Model

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Ride, Amusement

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Recreational Devices

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Material

Wood, Paint