In this album you'll find some of the more beautiful carousel horses I've seen as well as a few photographs of vintage carousel horse photographs ( photographer unknown ). All photographs are available for purchase on gift items. To order Tiles, Magnets, Puzzles, Coasters, Playing Cards, Mugs, T-Shirts, Key Chains or Framed, Canvas and other Prints, Click Buy, "This Photo" and all the merchandise choices will be listed.

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History: A carousel (from French carrousel, from Italian carosello), or merry-go-round, is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The "seats" are traditionally in the form of rows of wooden horses or other animals mounted on posts, many of which are moved up and down via gearwork to simulate galloping, to the accompaniment of looped circus music. This leads to one of the alternative names, the galloper. Other popular names are jumper, roundabout, horseabout and flying horses.

Carousels are commonly populated with horses, each horse weighing roughly 900 lbs, but may include diverse varieties of mounts,like pigs, zebras, tigers, mythological creatures (such as dragons, sea monsters or unicorns), and deer, to name a few. Sometimes, chair or bench-like seats are used as well, and occasionally mounts can be shaped like airplanes or cars.