Tuesday, September 10, 2024

1950s Doll with Bun

1950s doll with bun hairstyle


This little girl arrived in September 2023. I reconnected with her recently while looking for other dolls. I searched the blog to see if I had written about her, but I had not. I did install her in the virtual museum with a taller, similar doll. 

After she arrived "wearing" her original molded-on underwear which is the same color as her vinyl complexion, I found the perfect yellow print dress for her to wear. I photographed the preview photo and the photo below for this blog post before she was returned to her display shelf. 

1950s rubber doll with a bun hairstyle

Isn't she adorable?


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4 comments:

  1. Michelle BogartSeptember 12, 2024 at 12:16 PM

    Oh she's too cute! Love the look on her face. One way it looks shy, another way it looks like she is mischievous.

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    1. Black Doll EnthusiastSeptember 12, 2024 at 2:08 PM

      Thank you! She's a doll I might have owned as a child if it had been available in my area.

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  2. TylerSeptember 30, 2024 at 12:01 AM

    My (white) grandmother had a very sweet story about wanting the black version of this doll and a shopkeeper trying to instead steer her to white alternatives. I looked every year for a replacement to give her as a birthday or Christmas gift but never did find a genuine one for her before her recent passing. This was around the time of Gordon Parks' well known photo essay about segregation in 1950s Mobile, Alabama (where my family has lived since the 19th century) and I just love to imagine her as a counter to the extreme racism around her. Just an innocent kid who thought she was a beautiful doll. I sure miss her.

    (I so appreciate all you've done in this space across all of these years — keep it up!)

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    1. Black Doll EnthusiastSeptember 30, 2024 at 5:28 PM

      Hello, Tyler. Thank you for sharing your grandmother's sweet story about this doll. I'm so sorry you were not able to find a replacement for her before she passed. It is very honorable that you wanted to do that for her. Maybe you will eventually find one to keep for yourself as tangible reminder of her.

      Thank you for appreciating the work involved in keeping this blog online (since 2008!). With so many instantaneous social media outlets, blogging has almost become a thing of the past except for diehards like me. :-)

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