Industry Carousel Builder Products Carousels Date founded 1867 | Founder Gustav Dentzel Defunct 1928 | |
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Formerly called G.A. Dentzel, Steam and Horsepower Caroussell Builder Key people Gustav Dentzel, William Dentzel Founded Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania | ||
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.
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