The G.A. Dentzel Company was an American builder of carousels in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Dentzel Carousel Company
The Woodside Amusement Park Carousel, now at the Please Touch Museum
Lead horse on the Woodside Amusement Park Carousel
Maker's mark on the lead horse on the Woodside Amusement Park Carousel
A carousel or carrousel, merry-go-round (international), Galloper (international) or roundabout is a type of 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 gears to simulate galloping, to the accompaniment of looped circus music.
A French old-fashioned carousel with stairs in La Rochelle
Carousel feast at the Grand-Place in Brussels in 1565 to mark the wedding of the Duke of Parma
The Carousel organised in the courtyard of the Tuileries Palace by Louis XIV in June 1662 to celebrate the birth of his son and heir apparent
Pictured in Margate, England in the 1880s, Savage's amusement ride, Sea-On-Land, where the riders would pitch up and down as if they were on the sea. His "galloping horse" innovation is seen on carousels today.
