doll

Untitled
1989

Typed on front: "Sound-activated Rockin' Boppers actually 'dance' to the beat of music. There are four different dolls each with a special, fun outfit, long hair that can be...

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From a piece of paper attached to the image, meant to be the caption for the photo: "Baby Talk delights and fascinates children from ages three to ten with her verbal interaction and life-...

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11/14/84

Image depicts a large pile of Rainbow Brite dolls, as well as Starlite and Twink sprite dolls in a toy store, various other toys on shelves in the background. From the Oakland Tribune Collection...

8/24/90

Handwritten on back, "Amber Peaslee with her doll (Ruth) and sack lunch". Image depicts many students eating lunch in a school cafeteria, Peaslee the only one in focus.

11/28/61

From the caption that ran with the image: "Santa's Baggage Depot at Rhodes Store is Loaded for Children 'Santa Claus Express' makes stop in window so St. Nick can talk to children". Image depicts...

9/10/84

Image depicts a Pursuit toy plane with steering wheel, prominently displayed on a glass case in a toy store.

9/10/84

Handwritten on back, "Black memorabillia [sic] is popular and in demand." Image depicts a hand holding a blackface doll and a miniature kettle with a blackface clown on it.

c.1885-1895|c. 1854-1915

Scrap book. Description: Scrapbook, ornate book cardboard cover with design paper cut-outs on surface of cover. Large assortment of business cards, greeting cards and postcards, relating to the...

1940s

This Storybook Doll is porcelain with movable arms and legs, painted peach color with blue eyes and red wavy, shoulder length hair wig. She's dressed in a red rayon dress, white eyelet...

1942-1945

A: Is the Storybook Doll, porcelain, with movable arms, painted peach colored with blue eyes and dark brown wavy hair wig. She's dressed in a red and white floral print dress, whitenylon apron,...

1959-1972

A greeting card in a box is a novelty. This one has a "cover" that reads: "Hope You Get Well Mighty Quick" on the outside, and "It's no par-'tea' being sick" on the inside. The illustration on...

c.1939-1944

A: Envelope for pattern pieces and sewing instructions; white paper with peach colored, pink, light blue and black inks. Illustration shows a doll with curly hair, wearing a coat and hat as well...

20-Apr-24

One mounted photograph. Description: Black and white glossy photograph, mounted on grey cardboard, of the high third class at Highland School, Oakland, Calif. 1924. 10" x 7". Remarks: Very...

1970

An exhibit of seven Japanese dolls in the Boys and Girls Room in the Oakland Public Library for its "Japanese Doll Day." Two Asian American children are in the photo, one on each side of a staff...

c.1899

A posed group portrait, perhaps of a family, on and near the steps of a residence. At the top, a man (minus a jacket) leans against a door jamb. On the top step, there is a woman wearing a dress...

1890-1920

This appears to be the interior of a large children's store or a toy department in a larger store. In the foreground there are samples of boy's coasters in the general shape of automobiles, and...

29-Nov-82

The Tribune photo, dated December 3, 1982, has the following caption on the back: "Kissie [l] Almanza, ,5, and Lisa Bradley [r], 11, play with doll." the children are palying with their dolls on...

Aug. 2, 1940

Menu, for luncheon aboard the S. S. Nitta Maru on Friday, Aug. 2, 1940. The cover has an illustration of two Japanese girls, dressed in kimonos, in front of a Girl's Day installation of dolls....

1976

This is a black and white photograph taken at an open air flea market. The photograph shows a man with a beard who is wearing plaid pants, a jacket over a button-down shirt, a necklace, and a...

1962

Small print with an image of a female rag doll. The doll has short black hair, white eyelet under garment, red socks, and black lace up boots. The doll's hair mimics small finger waves around the...

Untitled  (Girl with Doll)
1932
20th century

This is a mixed media doll in an animated pose made from brown hair wrapped around a fiber form. The doll has a braided tail and a long nose. Plastic beads are used for the eyes, and the doll...

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