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rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2475 Posts |
http://www.funcollector.com/pictures/amusement_park.html
That's a link to a photo gallery of cobbled-together carnival rides in Cuba. I can't swear they're made from Brill plans, but they very well might be. |
ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
What are "Brill plans"?
Things are more like they are today than they've ever been before...
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rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2475 Posts |
A little background from my book "On the Midway":
Aaron K. Brill drafted and sold plans for game joints, bleachers, trailers, food stands, magic tricks, fun-houses and more. His catalog, "A. Brill's Bible of Building Plans," was offered for $1 to readers of the classifieds in Amusement Business magazine, the leading carnival trade journal. The catalog itself is a classic item of carnival memorabilia, as are the plan sheets themselves. Some of the plans are usable today, others describe rides (etc.) that would never pass a licensing inspection. For more, search eBay listings for BRILL PLAN - several sellers have copies for sale. Or (ahem...) buy my e-book at http://www.goodmagic.com/websales |
Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Mr. Brill lived in Peoria, IL when I first moved there. I had a chance to talk with him by phone once. He was very old at the time, and did not live much longer. I'm sure somewhere here I have an article from the Peoria paper about him. I'll see if I can dig it out. He was quite well known among the fair and carnival people.
Online searches don't reveal much, but I did run across this: http://www.sideshowworld.com/bb.html
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
Doug Higley 1942 - 2022 7152 Posts |
It was finding a Brill Bible that was the epiphany of my life. The plans for the truck grind show and trailer grind show and especially an ad for Peter Hennen in the back started me off in 1971. We had many conversations on thje phone...he was quite a character. I've told this before but his plans were a bit less than accurate. What he would do in some cases was to extrapolate the overall measurements. In other words he would put the tape measure to a strut on a Ferris Wheel and then extrapolate the rest of the sizes of the parts from that single measurement!! He was basically a newspaperman with a love for the outdoor show biz...and he passed that love on to thousands of would be showmen...he showed us it COULD be done. I have tried to carry on with that goal and pass that to as many as I could...I owe it ALL to AK Brill. That beibng said...many of his plans were pretty much undecipherable (blurry old mimeographs) and unbuildable but the treasures they instigated and the dreams they put the foundation stone into, were legion.
AK Brill's BIBLE truly was for me.
Higley's Giant Flea Pocket Zibit
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