GLADEWATER, TX (KLTV) - You just don't see them much anymore. They've nearly gone the way of the tube TV or 8-track tape: Kiddie rides. You know, the horse or car rides you put a quarter in to shake ...

Richard Alcala looks over his pair of 1950s mechanical pony rides every day before opening Alcala’s Western Wear on Chicago Avenue. They’re the coin-operated variety of horse-fl esh–“coin-op” in ...

A wistful trip back in time costs only a quarter in Rehoboth Beach. Consider it the deal of the century. Drop a coin into a metal slot at the Funland and saddle up Champion, a vintage, coin-operated ...

There was a time when outside many American storefronts, 25 cents could buy a child a two-minute ride on a stallion, an Indy racecar, or a giant rabbit. Though most did nothing more than jerk back and ...

A herd of vintage, coin-operated horses has been released into the southern Alberta landscape. The kiddie rides, which stood outside Woolworths, Woodward's, Kresge's and Kmart between the 1950s and ...

WEBVTT WAREHOUSE IN NORTHWEST BALTIMORETHESE ARE PICTURES OF THE STOLENA WHITE HORSE AND A HELICOPTERTHEY EACH WEIGH AROUND 400THAT IS WHY STEVE CANNING, WHO>> YOU HAVE TO BE A COLLECTOR TOIT’S NOT ...

Nervous parents may fret about dangerous-looking roller coasters with precipitous drops, or rusty Ferris wheels in traveling fairs, but it turns out that for young children, coin-operated rides in ...

Roller-coasters, carnivals and kiddie rides may be a staple of summer fun, but a massive study of hospital injury records shows there’s a downside to the thrill: 4,400 kids a year who get hurt. Most ...

FUZHOU (China) — A toddler has died after he was electrocuted by a coin-operated children’s ride in eastern China. The 11-month-old boy from Fuzhou in Fujian province touched an exposed wire on the ...