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A Carousel for Missoula

Red Ribbons

Horse

Figure history

Decorated with red ribbons and a newspaper behind its saddle, recalling the ribbon-adorned team that brought Missoula's first printing press to town in 1870.

Category
Horses
Sponsor
Missoulian

A Carousel for Missoula inventory.

Role: Permanent pony.

Design: John Thompson. Carving: head and neck, Steve Weiler; body, Jim Evans. Sanding: Ione Briedlander, Ethel Diettert, Jerry Diettert. Painting: Marlies Borchers, Vanelle Nurse, Cyndi Joslyn; priming: Ethel and Jerry Diettert.

Video reading: seat 10A in footage dated June 29, 2024. View this section. This is a source-era best reading, not a verified current placement.

Historical description and credits: https://carousels.org/psp/Missoula/P4240462.html

The NCA gallery includes photographs dated April 2004; current placement is not established by these captions.