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Works Progress Administration Handicraft Project Ethnic Dolls

Date: 1935
Description: Four dolls are dressed in costumes of unidentified origin. The dolls are wooden and do not possess facial features. The dolls have been posed as two pairs.
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Tuberculosis Patient Making Dolls

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Description: Tuberculosis patient sitting in a sanatorium bed making dolls.
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Four Dolls

Date: 1935
Description: Four dolls are posed together. Two porcelain dolls are seated on a small wicker chair, and the chair is flanked by two other dolls. A caption reads: "Doll ...
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Three Dolls

Date: 1935
Description: Three dolls from the collection of the photographer's wife, Alice Kent Trimpey, are posed seated at a small table with a tea set. The dolls date from the m...
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Making Dolls

Date: 07 17 1957
Description: A young woman helps a girl make toy dolls out of cloth.
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Girl with Dolls

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Description: Young Jennie Krueger, the photographer's daughter, sitting with her dolls on the porch.
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Hattie Pautz and Her Dolls

Date: 04 1901
Description: Hattie Pautz, sitting and posing with her dolls in front of the side of a building. On the ground next to her is one of the dolls in a doll-sized lawn swin...
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Three Girls with their Dolls

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Description: Three girls are posing holding their four dolls. A caption identifies them as: Marguerite H.B. Dennis, Bessie, Charlotte Zaninggers.
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A Girl and Her Dolls

Date: 1896
Description: Studio portrait of a young girl with two dolls.
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Dolls in Show Window

Date: 1930
Description: A nighttime view of dolls from the collection of Alice Kent Trimpey, arranged in the window of the Trimpey Studio and antique shop, 128 Fourth Avenue. The ...
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Mrs. Ruth Pochmann's Doll Exhibit

Date: 1961
Description: Three dolls are posed together. One is wearing a veil. Caption reads: "19th Century dolls owned by Mrs. Henry A. [Ruth] Pochmann, Madison, in an exhibit in...
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Studio Portrait of Dolls

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two dolls propped up in a chair on a stool.
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Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Farmer Stevens Doll Exhibit

Date: 1909
Description: Sixteen dolls are posed together, with some seated and some standing. The caption reads: "Dolls owned by Mrs. Breese J. [Mary Elizabeth Farmer] Stevens, 40...
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Doll Collection

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of dolls owned by Mrs. Breese J. Stevens, 401 North Carrol Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
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Group of Girls with Dolls

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Description: Studio portrait of a dozen young girls standing and looking down at dolls they are holding in their left hands. They are all wearing dresses and pointing a...
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Mrs. Ruth Pochmann's Doll Exhibit

Date: 1961
Description: Five dolls are posed together. The smallest — an African-American doll — is seated in a miniature chair. The caption reads: "19th Century dolls owned by Mr...
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Mrs. Ruth Pochmann's Doll Exhibit

Date: 1961
Description: Five dolls are posed together. Two are wearing veils and a third is wearing a hat. Photo caption reads: "19th Century dolls owned by Mrs Henry A. [Ruth] Po...
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Grace Episcopal Church Centennial Fashion Show Dolls

Date: 02 11 1958
Description: Leonora Courtenay and Marjory Bush stand behind a shelf upon which six dolls dressed in hand-made authentic costumes of 1858 are posed. The dolls were a pa...
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Middleton Woman with Her Doll Collection

Date: 12 06 1949
Description: Mrs. Otto Koberle of Middleton is standing next to her bookcase of dolls. Mrs. Koberle has collected between 200 and 300 dolls that fill the living room of...
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Isora Wilson and Turnip Dolls

Date: 03 07 1947
Description: Isora Wilson, 432 N. Murray Street, has a collection of turnip dolls that she has made to resemble Charles Dickens' characters Pickwick and Scrooge.

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