CHRISTMAS 1949

The anonymous little girl at age 6 with the same wonderful tree in her bedroom.


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Tattered and Lost: Forgotten Dolls

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Snapshots from the last 100+ years of children and adults with dolls. 

The Secondary CHRISTMAS TREE

The little girl from the 1940s I've recently featured seems to have had two Christmas trees each year. One tree was most likely in the living room; there are shots of her with adults at this tree. Then there's the little tree below. I think she might have had her own little tree in her bedroom. How cool would that be? This one even has bubble lights!


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Tattered and Lost: Forgotten Dolls

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Snapshots from the last 100+ years of children and adults with dolls. 

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The DOLLS UNDER THE TREE

This is page 23 in Tattered and Lost: Forgotten Dolls.


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JINGLE BELLS?

I can imagine the sound of this whistle. I'm guessing she was not playing a soft rendition of Silent Night. No matter what she was playing I believe she was loved.


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Tattered and Lost: Forgotten Dolls

This one is for those who love dolls!
Snapshots from the last 100+ years of children and adults with dolls. 

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CHRISTMAS at Age 6-1/2

A blurred shot, but still rather fun. The unknown little girl at age 6-1/2.


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Snapshots from the last 100+ years of children and adults with dolls. 

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FIRST CHRISTMAS in 1943

I have a large box of slides that feature this little girl. They begin in 1943 when she was born and end in the late 40s. Though there is some writing on some of the slides, I have yet to find her name. So her brief life in slides will have to suffice without any identity.

This must have been her first Christmas.


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The image below of her with her doll collection is in my new book Tattered and Lost: Forgotten Dolls. There are three photos of her in the book.


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Tattered and Lost: Forgotten Dolls

This one is for those who love dolls!
Snapshots from the last 100+ years of children and adults with dolls. 

Perfect stocking stuffer for the doll collector on your list!

Lost AT SEA

The prompt for Sepia Saturday this week had me immediately thinking of this snapshot: Robinson Crusoe, lost at sea, saltwater no matter where you look.

If you've ever been to sea on something other than the behemoths that cruise today you'll know that feeling of watching the sea, watching the sky, watching the sea, watching the sky…. You'll also recognize the stance the fellow has taken. Just looking at this has me reaching for the saltine crackers.


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Tattered and Lost: Forgotten Dolls

This one is for those who love dolls!

Snapshots from the last 100+ years of children and adults with dolls. Okay, there are a couple of dogs too.

Perfect stocking stuffer for the doll collector on your list!

The FAMILY ON THE STOOP

This comes from an old tattered photo album. This appears to be a photo of when the kids came back to visit in Canada. I'm merely speculating about this. The woman on the first step actually lived in Northern California near Ukiah. I'm not sure how many of these people are related by blood or marriage.


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I have featured other vintage snapshots from this album, including this one of the kids when they were very young.


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Can you figure out which person in the first photo is the one in the second?

DOLLS, they're a category: Part 8

This is the final submission to this past Saturday's Sepia Saturday with the theme of dolls.

This image is from an old tattered album I purchased several years ago. The album features the life of the woman, shown here as a young girl second from the left, who began life somewhere in French Canada and ended in Northern California.

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The doll her sister is holding looks like it's possibly a Jumeau, but I can't be sure. Perhaps someone will be able to identify it.

To see paper dolls from 1920 by M. Emma Musselman visit my other site Tattered and Lost Ephemera. You'll see lovely little girls holding their own dolls. So a paper doll holding a doll. Sort of brings the past week of posts to a nice close.

DOLLS, they're a category: Part 7

Who knows what lurks in the shadows. Perhaps a black cat.

To see more images of little girls with dolls visit the previous entries this week, all part of my submissions to Sepia Saturday.

And if you have an interest in paper dolls take a look at Tattered and Lost Ephemera.

DOLLS, they're a category: Part 5

I know I'm stretching it here, but I've always looked at this little girl and seen the actor Paul Peterson. Peterson was one of the stars of the Donna Reed Show. Perhaps others won't see it.

I'm always fascinated by Time Traveling Celebrities.

This is another submission for this weeks Sepia Saturday.

And to see Hilda Miloche paper doll's visit my other site, Tattered and Lost Ephemera.

DOLLS, they're a category, Part 4

No idea who the little girl is or who manufactured her doll. Just another submission to this weeks Sepia Saturday.

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To see an antique Mother Goose CutOut Picture Book paper doll go to my other site Tattered and Lost Ephemera.

DOLLS, they're a category: Part 3

I bought a group of photos at an estate sale, all proofs, of a brother and sister. I do know the name of this young girl, but choose not to post it.

This was most likely taken in the late 1950s to early 60s.

Anyone know which Madame Alexander doll she is holding?

Drop by Tattered and Lost Ephemera to see an antique advertising paper doll from The Boston Herald in 1911, Polly's Paper Playmates.

DOLLS, they're a category: Part 2

Continuing this weeks Sepia Saturday theme, dolls, I give you two little girls who grew up in Northern California. I do not know their names, but have a large photo album their mother put together of her life. I also have several hundred negatives, of which this is one.

To see two antique advertising paper dolls for the Estey Organ Company visit my other site Tattered and Lost Ephemera.

DOLLS, they're a category: Part 1

I'm a doll collector and have been since I was a child. Years ago I had to stop because there was simply no room left in the cabinet. I have too many to count.

For awhile I was buying paper dolls because a small amount of space can accommodate a decent collection.

Now, I collect photos of little girls with their dolls when I see one that strikes my fancy. How fortuitous that this weeks Sepia Saturday is a little girl in a beautiful shot with two dolls. I can handle that theme, though I cannot match the beauty of the shot Alan has posted.

So for the next week I will feature a photo each day containing a doll. Stay for just this one or drop back in to see what others I show between now and next Monday.

And if you like paper dolls you might want to check out my post at Tattered and Lost Ephemera where this week I'll feature paper dolls.

CHRISTMAS: CAUGHT!

Ever open a gift before Christmas without letting anyone know? You know, you peel back the paper ever so carefully and then rewrap it, placing it EXACTLY where it had been. I did it once.

I knew there was a record album under the tree. I wanted Rubber Soul so badly that I was willing to break the tape seal to find out. What if my folks had given me something else? What if it was a Paul Revere and the Raiders album because my mother thought their outfits were cute? It had to be Rubber Soul. It just had to be. And it was. Phew! I ruined my Christmas surprise and had to walk around the tree for a week knowing John, Paul, George, and Ringo were waiting to regale me with historic tunes on Christmas. It was torture.

So did this little babe open her packages on Christmas or was she caught in the act?

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The joy of vernacular photography. Never really knowing the story, but being able to come up with many plausible alternatives.

CHRISTMAS JOY with Christmas Toys

This lovely little girl was found in the bottom of a box at an antique store. Who knows how long she had been there, smiling, waiting to be acknowledged. Who could resist her for only $1.00?

I'd say she dates back to the early 1940s, possibly late 30s. Leaded tinsel. Raise your hand if you remember it. Raise your hand if you have a box of it. Okay, my hand is raised. I'm looking around for the rest of you.

To see another image of a leaded tinsel Christmas tree check out this older post called "LEADED, not unleaded." You'll understand why I have a thing for the toxic leaded stuff.

And now the challenge I pass along to you. Can you name the four dolls this little angel has next to her? If you can let me know what you think.

And to see some past Christmas posts:

DECK THE HALLS with howls of Molly

ASSEMBLY LINE Santa

SERIOUS about tinsel

MERRY CHRISTMAS grandma and grandpa

PATIENCE is a virtue

All of this brought to you for another wonderful Sepia Saturday.

SECOND in line

Hand-me-downs. Sometimes it's clothes. Sometimes it's toys. Whatever it is, you just hope if you're second, third, or whatever in line is that what you get still has some resemblance to what it originally was. In this photo...ummm...not so sure.

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Body language can say a lot. I think a lot could be said here. The little girl on the right, with her pretty little new looking doll, is keeping her distance from the one on the left with the ummm...the ummmm...what is it that kid's holding? It has legs. It surely has legs, but I don't see a head. Could that explain the smile on that child's face? Does that child have a slightly maniacal laugh? I'm just asking? Me thinks somebody is getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

And yes, I also collect vernacular photographs of children with toys. It's usually little girls with dolls. Little boys usually are holding guns. I'm just sayin'.