The All Hallows Guild Carousel, or simply the Traveling Carousel, is a historic

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housed at the

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since 1963. Previously, it operated as a "

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" carousel under Clifford Sandretzky as part of a

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based in the northern Virginia area.Carousel History
, accessed May 2, 2015. The carousel, constructed primarily of wood, is a rare piece believed to have been built by the Merry-Go-Round Company of Cincinnati in the 1890s. It features a unique caliola with brass pipes that was built by the

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in 1937. The original operator, Clifford Sandretzky, sold the carousel to the All Hallows Guild of the National Cathedral in 1963, and they have owned it ever since. It was used multiple times per year at fund raising events and then disassembled and stored. However, in recent years, the carousel has been assembled and used only once a year at the Guild's Spring Flower Show. There are 24 animal figures on the carousel, along with two chariots. The animals are arranged into 12 pairs. The collection includes a single lion, zebra, and elephant, pairs of goats, camels, and deer, as well as four standing horses, and nine jumping horses. All of the figures are brightly painted and hand-carved in the European tradition.National Carousel Census
accessed May 2, 2012. A gasoline engine, situated near the 16-foot (4.9 m) center pole, drives the carousel. The structure is covered by a yellow and white canopy, which is topped with a small flag. The All Hallows Guild Carousel is one of only two carousels listed on the National Carousel Census in the District of Columbia. The other, the Smithsonian Carousel on the

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, is a larger, non-traveling carousel with 60 wood and metal composition figures built fifty years after the All Hallows Guild Carousel. File:All Hallows Lion.JPG, Lion figure File:All Hallows Mitt.JPG, Elephant figure File:All Hallows White Horses.JPG, White horses File:All Hallows Goat.JPG, Goat File:All Hallows Brown Horse.JPG, Brown horse File:All Hallows Black Horse.JPG, Black horse File:DC Carousel top.JPG, Interior of the carousel top

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All Hallows Guild
official website

from All Hallows Guild
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from the National Carousel Association {{National Register of Historic Places Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Amusement rides introduced in 1890 Carousels on the National Register of Historic Places Washington National Cathedral

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