Associated PressThe wooden carousel horse, created by Armitage Herschell Co., would probably be worth about $2,000. Q. Enclosed is a photo of a wooden carousel horse. I was told it is circa 1902 ...

But, she explains, the endangered status of the antique wooden carousel — there are said to be fewer than 150 of them in operation today — is not simply a matter of dealer greed.

When Robert Timke bought an old wooden carousel horse 18 years ago, he had no idea what salvation the hand-carved beast would bring him in later years.Timke stored the horse — built in 1879 by ...

The side of the animal that faces outward is more ornate. Kalb and Caverly point to a wooden horse with a mane, carvings of feathers and a drum and an animal pelt. The inner side contains fewer ...

FO ( 2 photos) Inside the 15-foot gazebo, left, is a five-horse carousel that Steve Grabell, 56, built from scratch. Nine-year-old Marissa Teitelman, above, has ridden it three times and says ...

In this photo taken Dec. 3, 2019, artist Linda Luster stands in Rocky Ridge, Md., behind the carousel horse she recently painted. Some of her paintings hang on the wall. (Sam Yu/The Frederick News ...

It's become iconic thing here in Rexburg. It's the only wooden carousel in Idaho and is known as the Idaho Centennial Carousel." The carousel is just one of the 170 remaining in the United Staes.

A wooden horse sits on the 1911 Looff carousel on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, on July 3, 2008 in Santa Cruz, California. The merry-go-round is the oldest ride on the Boardwalk.© Stephen Dunn, Getty ...

It is a brand-new wooden carousel, custom-designed for its particular location (Extell, the development company that commissioned it, chose an ocean theme), hand-painted and hand-carved the way ...

In this photo taken Dec. 3, 2019, artist Linda Luster stands in Rocky Ridge, Md., behind the carousel horse she recently painted. Some of her paintings hang on the wall.