Experts estimate that as many as 3,500 wooden carousels were built at the turn of the 20th century. Only 150 have survived.

As many as 3,500 wooden carousels were built at the turn of the 20th century, but only 150 have survived, like the one in California's Santa Cruz.

As you stroll along the sand, you will spot eager children queuing up in smaller lines to hop onto the carousel horses that go round and round. The men operating the carousel horses say that ...

As the instructor at the nation's only full-time carousel-animal carving school, Larry Ridge, 75, is keeping a centuries-old tradition alive — one at risk of being forgotten. Mason Edwards ...

This column on the art of the carousel is in response to readers who asked how volunteers actually carved the horses on the Berkshire Carousel. Figure carving for carousels became a lost art in 1930.

"Seokjin was waving & smiling for ARMYs despite being dizzy, and had to lean down against the pole & carousel horse. When he thought he was away from sight…He said for ARMYs he can work non-stop ...

PITTSFIELD — The Berkshire Carousel’s horses may yet run again. The City Council has been asked to accept Berkshire Carousel's donation of the attraction, at 50 Center St., which has sat still since ...

That means getting rid of the carousel’s vintage iron horses. “Times change, and our understanding of animals has greatly evolved over the past few decades,” PETA President Ingrid Newkirk ...

For each donation, a plate with the name of a donor or a loved one was affixed to the carousel platform beside the selected horse, and on a plaque on the wall of the pavilion. About 10 horses are ...

Andrew Garfield has seen all the memes of the carousel horse in We Live in Time, and he’s here for them. The Oscar-nominated actor stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ahead of the film ...

By Christy Piña Associate Editor Andrew Garfield has seen all the memes of the carousel horse in We Live in Time, and he’s here for them. “I see this image, and I think, ‘Maybe I’m the ...