Doll saved from the Great Chicago Fire, 1871
- Image
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- Created Date
- circa 1870
- Description
Female doll with ceramic head, arms and legs, blond wig of real hair, stuffed body and mechanical glass eyes; wearing brown and aqua floral print dress with four pearl buttons up back, white cotton drawers, two petticoats and shift; brown, black and aqua boots painted on the ceramic.
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Recreational artifacts (equipment)
Toys (recreational artifacts)
Porcelain dolls
Richardson, Elizabeth
Great Fire (1871 : Chicago, Ill.)
Disasters
Fires (events) - Location
- United States
Chicago (Ill.) - Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height: (19 in)HairCeramic (material)Glass (material)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Doll saved from the Great Chicago Fire, 1871. circa 1870. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1650. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (circa 1870) Doll saved from the Great Chicago Fire, 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1650
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1650>.