| 词条 | Gustav Dentzel |
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| name = Gustav Dentzel | image = Gustav Dentzel.jpg | alt = | caption = Gustav Dentzel | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1846|08|03}} | birth_place = Kreuznach, Rhine Province, German Confederation | death_date = {{Death date and age|1909|01|20|1844|08|03}} | death_place = | resting_place = | burial_place = Northwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | monuments = | residence = Germantown, Pennsylvania | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Carousel builder | years_active = | known_for = Founded the Dentzel Carousel Company | notable_works = | spouse = {{unbulleted list|Alma (married 1874)|Mary (married 1881)}} | children = {{unbulleted list|Augusta|William H. I.|Margaret|Helen|Charles|Edward P. (w/Mary)}} }} Gustav Dentzel was a German immigrant who built some of the earliest carousels in the United States. Born in GermanyGustav Dentzel was born in Kreuznach, Germany, on August 3, 1846.[1] As a child, Gustav, would travel around southwest Germany during the summer from fair to fair with his father, Michael, and the rest of his family, setting up a small, portable carousel ride.{{sfn|Dentzel}} Gustav learned the art of woodworking, carving carousel animals and making wagons during the off-season, from his father.{{sfn|History}} CareerMichael sent Gustav, and his brothers, to the United States, in 1864, along with a carousel, which may have been the first carousel to come to the New World.{{sfn|History}} Gustav first opened a cabinet making shop and hired many German and Italian immigrants, like himself, that had learned woodcarving in the "Old Country".{{sfn|Dentzel}} After building a small carousel and touring the countryside with it he found that people were eager to ride it. Gustav founded the Dentzel Carousel Company (also spelled Dentzel Carrousel Company, among other variations)[1] in 1867, in Germantown, Pennsylvania.{{sfn|History}} Dentzel has been credited for introducing the first steam powered carousel and introducing the use of menagerie animals, such as cats, lions, tigers, deer, in addition to horses and chariots.{{sfn|Dentzel}} MarriageGustav married his first wife, Alma, in 1874. Together they had five children, Augusta, William H. I., Margaret, Helen, and Charles. However, Alma died in 1880, and Gustav remarried Mary. They had a son, Edward P.{{sfn|History}} DeathGustav died in 1909, his sons William and Edward, took over the company and ran it until 1928, when William died.{{sfn|History}} References1. ^1 {{Cite book|title=Dentzel Carousels: a Photographic Compilation of the Classic Carousels of the Dentzel Carrousel Company|author=Richard A. Gardner|publisher=Richard A. Gardner|year=2015|isbn=9781364395339|pages=14}} Bibliography{{refbegin}}
|url= http://www.historyofcarousels.com/carousel-history/gustav-dentzel-and-dentzel-carousel/ |title= Gustav Dentzel and Dentzel Carousel |accessdate= 27 September 2018 |ref= {{sfnRef|History}}
|url= http://www.dentzel.com/coloringbook/story/index.htm |title= The Dentzel Family Carousel Story |accessdate= 27 September 2018 |ref= {{sfnRef|Dentzel}}
|url= https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137687897/gustave-adolph-dentzel |title= Gustave Adolph Dentzel (3 Aug 1846–20 Jan 1909) |date= 24 October 2014 |accessdate= 27 September 2018 |ref= {{sfnRef|Grave}}{{Refend}} External links
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