Rubie
Named for its adoptive family, with tennis balls on the breast collar and carved dollars on its saddlebags representing the family's interests.
- Category
- Horses
- Sponsor
- Rubie Family
A Carousel for Missoula inventory.
Role: Permanent pony.
Design: John Thompson. Body carving: Bob Salo. Sanding: Ione Briedlander. Painting: Janet Potts, Marlies Borchers, Roberta King; priming: Ethel Diettert.
Video reading: seat 3C 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/Rubie.html
The NCA gallery includes photographs dated April 2004; current placement is not established by these captions.