Doll, Paper
- Object Name:
- Doll, Paper
- Object ID:
- 1966.041.11
- Creator:
- McLoughlin Brothers
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- circa 1875
- Description:
- Bertha Blonde paper doll set. Paper figure of a woman, with three dresses. Color printed in red, blue, green, and yellow. In paper folder (two separated sheets); front cover printed in red and green with image of a woman and text:, "DOLLY VARDEN DOLLS / BERTHA BLONDE / McLOUGHLIN BRO'S N.Y." Back cover printed with price list of available dolls.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.6 W-7.5 inches
- Provenance:
- McLoughlin Brothers produced three dolls in the Dolly Varden series: Baby Blue, Bertha Blonde, and Betsy Brunette.
Dolly Varden was a character in Charles Dickens' novel "Barnaby Rudge" (1841). Her name was applied to a popular woman's fashion of the 1870s. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Marie Busiel Plummer
- People:
- Plummer, Marie L. (1880-1971)
- Subjects:
- Paper dolls
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