Monday, October 31, 2011

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Talking Dolls (1930)

G.R. Mills and Zaida Nelson in collaboration with Anne Stoddard. Illustrated by Tony Sarg, Talking Dolls (New York: Greenberg, 1930).

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Crying Doll (1922)

"Doll That Cries Audibly and Sheds Actual Tears," Popular Mechanics 37 (April 1922).

Friday, October 28, 2011

Doll Wedding (1921)

Belle Bacon Bond, Drusilla and Her Dolls (Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1921).

Thursday, October 27, 2011

The Story of Live Dolls (1920)

Josephine Scribner Gates, illustrations by Mabel Rogers, The Story of Live Dolls (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1920).

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Rag Dolls (1919)

Katherine Saunders, "The Making of Dolls," The School Arts Magazine 19 (December 1919).

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Remarkable Mechanical Doll (1918)

"Mechanical Dolls Aid Airmen's Benefit," Popular Mechanics 30 (November 1918).

Monday, October 24, 2011

Mr. Wolsen Gazed Stupidly (1916)

Mr. Wolsen gazed stupidly into space, an image from Marjorie's Literary Dolls by Patton Beards
Patton Beard, Marjorie's Literary Dolls (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1916).

Sunday, October 23, 2011

The Promised Land (1913)

William Byron Forbush, Guide Book to Child Life (Philadelphia: American Institute of Child Life, (1913).

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Friday, October 21, 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Edward Buttoneye (1908)

Cyrill F. Austin, Edward Buttoneye and His Adventures. Illustrated by Hilda Austin. (London: Ernest Nister, 1908).

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Patriotic Spirit (1908)

Laura B. Starr, The Doll Book (New York: The Outing Publishing Company, 1908).

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Spanish Doll (1908)

Laura B. Starr, The Doll Book (New York: The Outing Publishing Company, 1908).

Monday, October 17, 2011

Ms. Maude Brewer's Collection (1908)

Laura B. Starr, The Doll Book (New York: The Outing Publishing Company, 1908).

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Lemon Pigs (1906)

Margaret Coulsen Walker, Lady Hollyhock and Her Friends: A Book of Nature Dolls and Others (New York: Baker and Taylor Company, 1906.)

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Friday, October 14, 2011

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

"Little Folks" For All Children (1896)

The Publisher's Circular Newspaper, Magazine, and Periodical Supplement 64 (January 18, 1896).

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

The Revenge of the Doll (1894)

"Série aux armes d'Epinal. N° 143, Histoires & scènes humoristiques, contes moraux, merveilleux. Le rêve de Mlle Massacre ou La revanche de la poupée : [estampe]" (Imagerie Pellerin, 1894).

Monday, October 10, 2011

Sunday, October 9, 2011

German Wax Dolls (1884)

Clara L. Matéaux, The Wonderland of Work (New York: Cassel & Company, Limited., 1884).

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Friday, October 7, 2011

The Bride (1879)

Bertha H. Buxton, More Dolls with four illustrations by D.T. White (New York: George Rutledge & Sons, 1879).

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Ventriloquial Champions (1879)

"Dialogue For a Pair of Ventriloquial Champions" The Original & Only Punch & Judy Direct From London (New York: W.J. Judd, 1879).

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Doll World (1872)

Eleanor Grace O'Ryan, Doll World, or, Play and Earnest w/ eight illustrations by C.A. Saltmarsh (London: Bell and Daldy, 1872).