National Carousel Association - Great Northern Carousel - Armored Horses are traditional favorites on carousels.

Great Northern Carousel
Armored Horses are traditional favorites on carousels.

© Gary Nance
Date of picture: April, 2004
The PTC style armored horse. All the colors for the figures were based on the vivid hues of the leaded glass used in the upper rounding boards. Quite often the armored horses, which honor the carousel heritage going back to medieval times, are selected as the Lead or King horse.

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