Dolls Shoes, c.1930 -1950
These boots are made out of leather with small tight elastic bands as fasteners.
They were originally painted white but most of the colour has faded away with only small pieces of the original colour ...
Little Red Riding Hood Doll, 1953
This doll is made using a 'composite' material.
Composite dolls became more popular during the later half of the nineteenth century, as German doll makers in Sonneberg made a cheap material out of glue ...
Teddy Bear Tea Party
The teddy bear gained its name due to an story about the U.S President Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr Roosevelt was invited on a bear hunt by Governor Andrew H. Longino in 1902. After he was unable to kill ...
Wooden Doll
Wood has been used to make dolls for centuries.
This is a fairly modern doll made in the later half of the 20th century
World War II Evacuee's doll
Baby ‘John’ was an evacuee’s doll belonging to a little girl named Sheila.
She was evacuated to the area to escape the bombs at Tilbury Docks. She lived with a family in Blythe Bridge and went to a ...