Black cloth dolls growing in collector popularity – San Jose Mercury News
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Black cloth dolls growing in collector popularity
San Jose Mercury News The oldest of the black dolls on display was sewn about 1850, said curator Joyce Stamps of Framingham, Mass., who put together the exhibit at the federation's request. Because cloth is fragile, most surviving black cloth dolls date from about 1870 … Black cloth dolls, some dating to before Civil War, growing in popularity with … |
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