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2008.23.1 - Diary
Scanned copy of the memoirs handwritten by Melvina Phinette (Mason) Bailey Rosa. Sweet recollections of her childhood on the family farm at 89 Old Litchfield Rd., the seasons, holidays, friends, and school days at Wykeham Rise School in Washington, CT. The photographic image of the shed behind 89 Old Litchfield Rd is mentioned by William Bader in his book, "the American Village," to have been a haven for slaves on the Underground Railroad. The ...
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D 010 - Doll
Tehuantepec woman doll made of soft stockinette, with embroidered facial features, black brows and eyes, red closed mouth, protruding nose with bulge between the eyes, and black cotton thread hair in long black braids tied with beige grosgrain ribbon. Her cheeks are blushed. Formed ears with pearl and pink beaded dangling earrings matching her two strand necklace. She is wearing native costume; a long, full, pink cotton skirt with large red cir...
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D 108 - Doll
Female peasant yarn doll in Native costume. Yarn head, white, with embroidered facial features, painted red cheeks. brown yarn hair covered by a floral scarf in colors of red, pink, green, and gold with a red yarn trim in the front, gold ring earrings. Balanced on her head is a reed basket filled with colorful yarn fruit and vegetables. Around her neck is a gold beaded necklace and five gold strands. Arms and hands are white yarn, the left b...
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D 112B - Doll
Lady-of-the-Greek-Court doll with a woven cloth body, molded and painted facial features; brown brows and lashes, brown eyes, small protruding nose, red closed mouth, and rosy cheeks. Her hair is auburn, silk thread hair worn back in a braided bun. Wearing a small pilbox hat, green velvet with gold braid atop and long pearl tassels hanging from the crown. She is wearing a green silk brocade skirt, a green velvet jacket with gold braid trim and ...
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D 119B - Doll
Woman doll in native costume of a tropical location. Her head and body is made of coconut fibers; she has no arms or legs. Facial features are embroidered; black and beige eyes, red ears, no nose, red closed mouth. She wears a black satin bonnet with tall brim, two strings of beads at her neck, one silver the other natural colored wood. Wearing a long dress of horizontal multi-colored cotton strips. Over the dress is a cape of green with a red, ...
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D 125 - Doll
Female French wool doll. Round wooden head with painted facial features; large blue eyes, two black dots for a nose and closed red mouth. Her hair is tan wool covered by a green wool felt hat with upturned brim and black trim. Green hoop earrings are fastened to her hair. Wood torso unattached arms with batting at the shoulders to allow movement. Wearing a long maroon wool dress, fringed at the bottom, with tan silk collar and black bow at the...
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D 136 - Doll
German or Austrian female doll standing on a green wood base. Doll is cotton jersey molded and covered in wax. Delicate facial features with painted dark blue eyes, slight brow, closed red mouth. Brown hair is in a long braid twisted in a back bun adorned on both sides with silver florettes and three hanging chains. Wears a black wide brimmed hat with gold beads and tassells atop. It is trimmed in gold with gold sequins and blue beads under th...
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D 145 - Doll
Carved wooden woman (Oriental) weaving on large wooden loom, collector doll. Wood is natural color. She is sitting at a loom & working - hands are on the loom working the shuttle. Her hair is carved into a bun, wearing a carved tunic and pants. Very nice wooden loom with black and tan thread in the loom; also shows feet on the bottom part of the loom.
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D 152 - Doll
German collector's doll, "Elsbeth", from the High Black Forest, with body and head of composition covered with stockinette in Native costume. Molded and painted face; black brows and lashes, large, brown, side-glancing eyes, small protruding nose, red, closed mouth, blonde hair in long braids. Wearing a high red straw hat with brim turned up on the sides and green beads over a black floral scarf tied with bow in the back and front. Wears a wh...
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D 153 - Doll
French collector's doll, "Marguerite" composition covered with fabric in Native costume representing Brittany in France. Molded and painted facial features; black brows and lashes, blue eyes, protruding nose, red, closed mouth with a blond curly wig. Wearing a high, white hat with floral lace trim wrapped around the hat and with two flaps attached to crown of hat. Blue silk ribbon streamers pinned to the crown hang long in the back, wrap the ...
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D 154 - Doll
Collector's fabric "Isle Doll," female in Native costume representing northern Italy. Doll has molded and painted facil features; black brow and lashes, big brwon eyes, side -glancing, protruding nose, pointed, and red open mouth with teeth exposed. She has long, straight auburn hair with bangs, under a straw sun-bonnet tied on with a green satin ribbon. Wearing a white blouse with puffy sleeves and black felt vest. Over her shoulders is a st...
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D 180 - Doll
Collector's Sicilian female doll in Native costume with papier mache painted face; large brown eyes, long lashes, thin brown brows, small red closed mouth and pink cheeks. Black hair is pulled back in a bun covered with a light blue flannel mantilla worn high, trimmed with gold braid and is draped over the shoulders in front and back. Head is tilted down at an angle. Body is beige stockinette with firm filling. Wearing blue satin dress with a...
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D 195 - Doll
Child's play doll, female, bisque head with delicate molded and painted facial features. Glass, moveable, brown eyes, painted brown wide brows and long lashes, rosy cheeks, slightly parted pink lips revealing 4 upper white teeth, and a dimple chin. Her head has no hair but is covered by an ecru lace trimmed bonnet with four pink bows. Neck, lower arms, and hands are bisque. Upper arms, body and legs are white kid leather filled with a fi...
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D 30B - Doll
Mexican peasant lady dressed in Native costume with molded and painted facial features, black brow and large eyes, protruding nose and slightly parted red mouth. Over her black yarn hair, center parted, is a white cotton kerchief with cutwork. She wears dangling white, black and wood beaded earrings matching her two necklaces. She wears a two-piece dress with a long, full, striped cotton skirt. The stripes are white, brown, tan, and beige and a...
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D 33A - Doll
Portugese peasant lady -play, tourist,or collector-doll. Filled cloth doll with round falttened head, emboidered facial features, brown brows, lashes, and large eyes, two dot nose, and red pursed lips. Brown, curly yarn hair frames her face beneath a red scarf with white dots tied in the back. Her face is sloped right beneath the eyes creating a cheekbone. Wearing a checked blouse with alternating blocks of flowers in colors of green, blue, r...
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