A carousel 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 by 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 100 lbs (45 kg), but may include diverse varieties of mounts, like pigs, zebras, tigers, or mythological creatures such as dragons or unicorns. Sometimes, chairlike or benchlike seats are used as well, and occasionally mounts can be shaped like airplanes or cars.
A carousel greeting card does not always have spinning parts as does the one shown in the video above. However most carousel cards are actual depictions of literal merry-go-rounds even though the term "carousel" is not always used to describe a merry-go-round. Sometimes the term is used to describe a spinning mechanism.
Any rotating platform may also be called a carousel. In a playground, a roundabout
or merry-go-round is usually a simple, child-powered rotating platform
with bars or handles to which children can cling while riding. At an airport, rotating conveyors in the baggage claim area are often called carousels.
Various photographic slide projectors, notably those made by Kodak
until 2004, used rotating trays or magazines called carousels to hold
the slides and were often known as "carousel projectors".
Carousel cards have been popular for over a century. You can find rare examples of these in museum collections or in collections belonging to enthusiastic individuals. I have include below: card samples of carousels and links to actual carousels that you may wish visit in order to develop your own unique designs.
Examples of Pop-Up Carousel Cards:
- A Classic Carousel Pop-Up from Any Occasion Gift Cards
- A Christmas Carousel from Arrowfile
- Pop-Up Sight 'N Sound Carousel Card
- A Carousel Storyteller Book
- How to Make A Carousel Pop-Up Card
- Allan Herschell Carousel Factory
- Carousel of Progress — a novel theater that revolves a seated audience around central stages
- C. W. Parker Carousel
- Chair-O-Planes, aka a swing carousel
- Charles I. D. Looff
- Crescent Park Looff Carousel
- Philadelphia Toboggan Company
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