Black Americana Dolls & Ephemera
Large cloth doll length: 22 inches Small doll length: 11.5 inches Ceramic figurine height: 5.5 inches Hand fans length including handles: 10.5 inches. An assortment of Black Americana collectibles spanning the late 19th to mid-20th century. The collection includes two cloth dolls, a ceramic figurine, two books, and two advertising hand fans. The largest item is a handmade rag doll constructed from black fabric with hand-embroidered facial features, including large white oval eyes with black pupils, small nostril dots, and a red stitched mouth. The doll features dark, curly wool-like hair tied with various fabric scrap ribbons and is dressed in a yellow floral-print dress with a beige ric-rac trimmed apron and matching bloomers. The second doll features a molded composition head with painted features and molded earrings, joined to a cloth body with printed fabric limbs. It is dressed in a red floral headwrap and skirt, with a torso and feet made of a blue and orange geometric "eye" pattern fabric. A small, hollow-base ceramic novelty figurine depicts a seated figure in a white hat and robe holding a white object, resting on a red and white striped vessel. The collection includes a 1899 Houghton Mifflin & Co. edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom?s Cabin or Life Among the Lowly. The yellow cloth-bound cover features a central illustration of a young man holding a sign. The interior copyright page lists dates of 1851, 1878, and 1879, with printing credited to The Riverside Press, H. O. Houghton & Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Also included is a softcover health pamphlet titled Crude Black Molasses: A Natural 'Wonder-food' by Cyril Scott. Advertising ephemera consists of two cardstock hand fans with wooden handles. One fan features a caricature of a man in a tuxedo and red hat; the reverse side is printed with a full menu for Lou's Diner & Rib Shack, located at 1354 Market Street, Mobile, AL. The second fan displays a black-and-white photograph of the performers Jamup and Honey, identified as stars of WSM Grand Ole Opry.
[ translate ]Large cloth doll length: 22 inches Small doll length: 11.5 inches Ceramic figurine height: 5.5 inches Hand fans length including handles: 10.5 inches. An assortment of Black Americana collectibles spanning the late 19th to mid-20th century. The collection includes two cloth dolls, a ceramic figurine, two books, and two advertising hand fans. The largest item is a handmade rag doll constructed from black fabric with hand-embroidered facial features, including large white oval eyes with black pupils, small nostril dots, and a red stitched mouth. The doll features dark, curly wool-like hair tied with various fabric scrap ribbons and is dressed in a yellow floral-print dress with a beige ric-rac trimmed apron and matching bloomers. The second doll features a molded composition head with painted features and molded earrings, joined to a cloth body with printed fabric limbs. It is dressed in a red floral headwrap and skirt, with a torso and feet made of a blue and orange geometric "eye" pattern fabric. A small, hollow-base ceramic novelty figurine depicts a seated figure in a white hat and robe holding a white object, resting on a red and white striped vessel. The collection includes a 1899 Houghton Mifflin & Co. edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom?s Cabin or Life Among the Lowly. The yellow cloth-bound cover features a central illustration of a young man holding a sign. The interior copyright page lists dates of 1851, 1878, and 1879, with printing credited to The Riverside Press, H. O. Houghton & Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Also included is a softcover health pamphlet titled Crude Black Molasses: A Natural 'Wonder-food' by Cyril Scott. Advertising ephemera consists of two cardstock hand fans with wooden handles. One fan features a caricature of a man in a tuxedo and red hat; the reverse side is printed with a full menu for Lou's Diner & Rib Shack, located at 1354 Market Street, Mobile, AL. The second fan displays a black-and-white photograph of the performers Jamup and Honey, identified as stars of WSM Grand Ole Opry.
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