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Woodside Park Dentzel Carousel
Please Touch Museum
Philadelphia, PA
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| Carousel Name: | Woodside Park Dentzel Carousel |
| Park: | Please Touch Museum |
| Description: | G. A. Dentzel/W. H. Dentzel/Müller |
| Carousel Class: | Classic Wood Carousel |
| Last Update: | 2023 |
| Status: | Active |
| Model: | menagerie |
| Year Built: | 1902 - 07 |
| Type: | 3 rows, Park, All Wood composition |
| Figures: | 24 Jumping Horses, 16 Standing Horses, 12 Menagerie Animals (4 Cats, 4 Rabbits, 2 Pigs, 2 Goats), 2 chariots |
| Music: | No Band Organ: |
| Notes: | Received the NCA Historic Carousel Award - 2013 |
| Comments: | Carousel rebuilt by W. H. Dentzel in 1924 with new-style scenery. Animals include a mix of Dentzel and D. C. Müller & Bro. figures. Some newly carved wood figures including the flirting rabbit. Carousel opened October 2008 after a full restoration. |
| History: | Woodside Park, Philadelphia, PA, 1902 - 07 to 1955
Rockaways, NY, 1955 to 1961
Fred Fried, 1961 to 1963
St. John Terrell's Music Circus, Lambertville, NJ, 1963 to 1966
Smithsonian Institution (storage), Gilbertville, MA, 1966 to 2002
Restoration, Marion, OH, 2005 to 2008
Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2008 to present
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| Directions/Hours: | The carousel is located in Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park. Open every day except New Year’s, Thanksgiving and Christmas Days. Hours vary. |
| Mailing Address: | 4231 Avenue of the Republic, Philadelphia, PA, 19131 |
| Telephone: | 215-581-3181 |
| Website: | www.pleasetouchmuseum.org |
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