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Edith Flack Ackley Wengenroth (6 June 1887 – 28 November 1970) was an American writer and doll maker and designer. She was born in Greenport, New York. She made her first dolls for her daughter. [1] [2] When her daughter, Telka, was older she did water color paintings that were portraits of Ackley's dolls. [2]
A corn husk doll made in traditional design. A corn husk doll is a Native American doll made out of the dried leaves or "husk" of a corn cob. [1] Maize, known in some countries as corn, is a large grain plant domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. Every part of the ear of corn was used.
Little girl conversing with a Campbell Kid doll. Campbell’s soup offered an avenue for the consumption of an American product, and in 1909 the company had a new product on the market: the Campbell Kid doll. The first Campbell Kid doll was a stuffed velvet character, but the more well-known dolls emerged in 1910, made by the E. I. Horsman company.
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Although largely unknown in modern England, the kitchen witch was known in England during Tudor times.. The will of John Crudgington, from Newton, Worfield, Shropshire in England, dated 1599, divides his belongings amongst his wife and three children, "except the cubbard in the halle the witche in the kytchyn which I gyve and bequeathe to Roger my sonne."
For nearly a decade, with the smells of fresh manure and homemade shoofly pie in their nostrils, GOP operatives have worked diligently to register an under-courted voting bloc — the Amish.
The word poppet is an older spelling of puppet, from Middle English popet, meaning a small child or a doll.In British English it continues to hold this meaning. Poppet is also a chiefly British term of endearment or diminutive referring to a young child, [5] much like the words "dear" or "sweetie."
The spoon would be inserted into its mouth, and a lever on its back pushed to have it chew the food. The food would move through the doll and end up in her diaper as plastic waste. The doll was intentionally designed to simulate the challenges of infant care. In the early 1980s, Baby Alive achieved popularity, selling up to 1 million dolls each ...