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Title
Child with Dolls
Creator
Reed (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Date Created and/or Issued
No date
Publication Information
Museum of Ventura County
Contributing Institution
Museum of Ventura County
Collection
General Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Outdoor portrait of a child with four dolls. Child wears a knee-length white dress, short hair, and a wide-brimmed hat. They hold a small ragdoll in one arm, and hold hands with the largest doll. Large doll is seated in a chair and wears a dress and bonnet. Small doll wearing checkered suit and bowler hat on ground to left of the large doll. To right of large doll is a nude ragdoll that appears to be a golliwog. Golliwogs are dolls that depict racist caricatures of African Americans.
Type
image
Format
Black and white photograph
8.2 x 8.5 cm
Portrait, Full
Identifier
8018
Language
English
Subject
Dolls
Golliwogs
Children--Portraits
Place
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Source
Nixon Estate

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