Oilcloth doll with white bonnet and dress, yellow painted hair and blue eyes

From collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society - Dolls

Oilcloth doll with white bonnet and dress, yellow painted hair and blue eyes

Oilcloth doll with white bonnet and dress, yellow painted hair and blue eyes. "Chase Doll” made by Mrs. Chase (from Rhode Island) as play dolls . successful career through Boston store, and later used by nurses in training. At the turn of the century these were sold undressed, or for a dollar more . fully dressed. *The dress may be a christening gown that was donated separately; it has no accession or object number.

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Chase doll
Doll 
21"
Doll; Doll; oilcloth doll with white bonnet and dress, yellow painted hair and blue eyes. “Chase Doll” made by Mrs. Chase (from Rhode Island) as play dolls . successful career through Boston store, and later used by nurses in training. At the Turn of the Century these were sold undressed, or for a dollar more . fully dressed.