Tiny merry-go-round wind chimes danced from the ceiling as Douglas Dunham reached into a box and pulled out a wooden horse leg, bent at the knee. ”You see here, the original leg was missing; … ...

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 and among the oldest ...

What Esme didn’t know was the antique wooden carousel she rode is one of a rare group of merry-go-rounds built at the turn of the 20th century and still spinning more than 100 years later.

At least two people have gotten married on it. And on a hot summer afternoon, the wooden animals feel cool to bare legs, just as they have every summer since the carousel was installed in 1902.

The horse, which was carved by Charles Carmel in 1910 in Brooklyn, N.Y., was last used as the second-row jumper on a carousel in Myrtle Beach, S.C. It was restored in 1985-86 by Wayne Richardson ...

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 ...

The Flying Horses Antique Carousel is the oldest merry-go-round in the state. Built in 1912, and brought to Brenham in 1930, the 24-horse amusement ride can still entertain the youngest thrill ...

When he received it 18 years ago from a fellow carousel enthusiast, its paint was chemically stripped, pieces of its wooden body were rotted away and there were at least 250 nails holding it ...

After 60 years, a Carousel for Missoula is welcoming home an original horse to its herd. Supreme Court gives green light to law that could ban TikTok within days I spent the year after my divorce ...