DOLL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- COMPOSITION, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19910030000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- COMPOSITION, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 55.0
- Description
- BLONDE FEMALE DOLL WITH BLUE WEIGHTED SLEEP EYES. ELASTICIZED JOINTS (NECK, ARMS, LEGS). PAINTED LIPS, EYEBROWS, FINGERNAILS. HAIR IS MAN MADE FIBRE (CELLULOID TYPE). BODY IS HARD, COMPOSITION. SMALL PINK PLASTIC DISK IN MIDDLE OF BACK INDICATED ORIGINALLY A TALKING DOLL (I.E. MA MA). LETTERS "A.V.A." UPPER BACK . HAIR IS DONE UP IN CURLS FIXED WITH BOBBY PINS AND ONE PEARL-STUDDED COMB. COSTUME DRESS WITH WIRED CRINOLINE, SLIP, UNDERWEAR, SOCKS, AND SHOES. SKIRT HAS 9 LAYERS OF SHEER BLUE AND PURPLE FRILLS; 2 LAYERS WITH SMALL PINK ROSE DECORATIONS. SOLID LIGHT BLUE BODICE. BLACK LEATHER SHOES.
- Subjects
- TOY
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- DONOR WAS GIVEN DOLL BY MARY MATKIN WHO RECEIVED DOLL FROM GLADYS HOLMES. ORIGINAL OWNER ACQUIRED DOLL IN 1928 OR 1929 AS A PRIZE AT A CIRCUS MIDWAY. COSTUME IS ORIGINAL. DOLL HANDED DOWN FROM HOLMES TO MATKIN, TO HER DAUGHTER DEBORAH WHEN SHE WAS 8. DEBORAH NEVER LIKED DOLL BECAUSE OF UNUSUAL EYES WHICH MOVE UP & DOWN AS WELL AS SIDEWAYS. AMERICAN OR CANADIAN MANUFACTURED. DOLL EXPERT CITES DATE AS 1945 - 1958.
- Catalogue Number
- P19910030000
- Acquisition Date
- 1991-05
- Collection
- Museum
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