Dentzel Carousel Company
 from the Weona Park Carousel | |
Formerly called | G.A. Dentzel, Steam and Horsepower Caroussell Builder |
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| Industry | Carousel Builder |
| Successor | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters |
| Founded | 1867 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Founder | Gustav Dentzel |
| Defunct | 1928 |
| Headquarters | Philadelphia, United States |
Key people | Gustav Dentzel, William Dentzel |
| Products | Carousels |
The G.A. Dentzel Company was an American builder of carousels in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its founder, Gustav Dentzel, had immigrated to the United States in 1860 from Germany. Having carved carousels for his father before immigrating he opened a cabinet making shop on Germantown Ave. in Philadelphia. He soon tired of the cabinet making business and decided to try his hand at building a small portable carousel that he could travel with around the country. After finding that people had a great enthusiasm for his carousel he decided to go into the carousel building business full-time in 1867.[1][2]
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The Woodside Amusement Park Carousel, now at the Please Touch Museum
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Lead horse on the Woodside Amusement Park Carousel
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Maker's mark on the lead horse on the Woodside Amusement Park Carousel
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Row of giraffes on the Broad Ripple Park Carousel
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Horse on the Woodside Amusement Park Carousel
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Giraffe at the Pullen Park Carousel
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Tiger at the Pullen Park Carousel
References
- ↑ "Carousel History". casscountycarousel.com. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ Hix, Lisa (26 August 2013). "Where Have the Carousel Animals Gone?". Collectors Weekly. Retrieved 10 September 2015.