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African American Doll
African American Doll

African American Doll

Dateabout 1868-1870
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width across shoulders x depth at chest): 14 x 4 x 1 5/8in. (35.6 x 10.2 x 4.1cm)
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionMolded and painted rubber head and shoulders over a cloth body with leather arms, stuffed fabric torso, and knit leggings; wearing a cream silk swing coat with a red tie and a blue neck kerchief.

Object number2004.64.2
On View
On view
Miniature Overshoes
Goodyear Rubber Company
about 1893
Miniature Overshoes
Goodyear Rubber Company
about 1890-1915
Miniature Boots
Goodyear Rubber Company
about 1893
Girl's Overshoes
Goodyear Rubber Company
mid 19th-20th century
Gift of Mrs. George Leland Nichols, 1963.71.17 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Goodyear Rubber Company
about 1895
Given on behalf of Eva Kelsey Peck Smith, 2012.494.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society…
Caroline Wood
about 1880
Man's Overshoes
Wales Goodyear
about 1955-1965
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2014.100.6  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Unknown
after 1838
Hand Puppet
Albert G. Walker
1858
Museum purchase, 1995.36.1594  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
William G. Dudley
1916-1927
Gift of Stanhope F. Cunningham, 2013.182.11  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Phyllis Fenn Cunningham
1950-1979
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2006.47.0a-e, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Doma…
The Hartford Rubber Works Co.
patented 1895