A Fine and Rare Carousel Ostrich, William Dentzel, Philadelphia, circa 1910

In running position composed of basswood, one wing tucked under the saddle blanket. Mounted on a black painted wood platform.

Maurice and Nina Fraley, 1979.

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The Ostrich was from the Grant's Park Carousel in Atlanta, Georgia.
Nina Fraley painted carousel figures at her Berkeley studios – called The Redbug Gallery. The name comes from one of the rides that the Fraley’s operated at the family’s amusement park in Seattle.