Doll

Title:

Girl Doll (bather or water skier)

Object Name:

Doll

Object ID:

1999.040.105 a-d

Creator:

Annalee Mobilitee Dolls, Inc.Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Meredith, NH

Date:

1940-1950

Description:

10" Girl Doll (bather or water skier), 1940s, with pair of water skis and tow rope. Felt body, felt-wrapped neck. Simple painted face, large blue eyes, smiling closed mouth. Black yarn hair tied with yellow ribbon into 2 bunches at top of head. Wearing a yellow strapless open-weave one-piece bathing suit, with floral arrangement (lavender and purple flowers, green leaves) across the top, and wearing rubber-soled sandals. White cotton woven label with red lettering glued to bottom of right sandal: "Annalee / MEREDITH, N.H." Signature on doll's back, "Annalee". Water skis are wood, light color on top and painted red on their bottoms. Each ski has a metal slip-on binding; and is signed "Annalee". Tow rope consists of white cotton string and a thin wooden grab bar.
.A Doll. 10.25" high, 4.5" wide, 2" deep. (Insect damage on left leg).
.B Water Ski. 8.1" long, 0.9" wide.
.C Water Ski. 8" long, 0.9" wide.
.D Tow Rope. 1.75" grab bar, 30.75" long string.

Material:

Textile
Felt
Rubber
Cotton
Wood
Metal

Credit Line:

Gift of Annalee Davis Thorndike

People:

Thorndike, Annalee (1915-2002)

Subjects:

Dolls, Skiers, Bathing suits, Skiing