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Carl Boettcher, a German-born woodcarver, worked six years in the University's buildings department in Chapel Hill. In 1948 he carved the redwood Circus Parade, nearly 25 feet long, from a William Meade Prince sketch, and his campus work includes the University seal in front of South Building and the Forest Theatre sign. He died in Carrboro in 1950.
Source: The Daily Tar Heel: Remembering Carl Boettcher, UNC carver and WWI emigre (March 9, 2025)
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Colourpicture postcard of the Circus Room, for many years a cafeteria at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. A long carved wooden circus parade runs along its wall, designed by William Meade Prince and carved by Carl Boettcher, and made for the Monogram Club. Undated.
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