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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dave Helm, the namesake of Colton-based Helm and Sons Amusements, won Friday’s auction for the famed merry-go-round from San Bernardino’s now-shuttered ...

The city of Los Angeles’ Recreation and Parks Department is planning on buying the historic carousel that entertained children and celebrities for nearly a century in Griffith Park. On Thursday, Aug.

108-year-old merry-go-round's inner workings overhauled A recent Tuesday, 2:33 p.m.: After lying dormant in a storage unit for five months, the hand-carved wooden horses are almost ready to ride again ...

An iconic piece of San Bernardino’s past is being auctioned off to make way for San Bernardino’s future. The famed merry-go-round from which the Carousel Mall draws its name will be sold to the ...

Recession, inflation, debt default and a weakened currency. Argentina’s economic situation these days is rough But one small business that makes carousels – yes, merry-go-rounds – is thriving in the ...

The Richland Carousel Park has been in downtown Mansfield since 1991. The business that hand-carved the figurines has shut down. The heart of Mansfield, in north-central Ohio, isn’t a city hall or a ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — The Slater Memorial Park Looff Carousel is offering free rides on Tuesday to celebrate Merry-go-round Day. Park officials said carousel rides will be free from 11 a.m. to 8 ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jun 28, 2016) - The Pride of Canada Carousel, a 50-foot, one-of-a-kind merry-go-round featuring 44 rideable sculptures was unveiled at a private preview event, today, ...

The National Zoo's Conservation Carousel in Washington, D.C., features animals hand-carved by Carousel Works in Mansfield, Ohio. Wooden carousels with carved and painted animals seem like a relic of ...

"Unless something is done [the carousel] will turn the minds of people here, and no one would be surprised if in a few days, whole families… were chartering the machine for hours at a time." ...