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Title: Obama Family Russian Nesting Dolls
Contributor: Ambassador Derek Shearer
David Hoffman, Former Moscow Bureau Chief Washington Post
Date Created and/or Issued: 1/1/2010
Publication Information: Los Angeles: Occidental College, 2010
Contributing Institution: Occidental College Library
Collection: Occidental College Barack Obama, U.S. President and Alumnus (1980-1981)
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: The Obama family Russian ""Nesting"" Dolls were purchased in the street in Moscow on January 2010. The largest figurine is of Barack Obama. The second largest figurine is of wife Michelle Obama. The third largest figurine is his daughter Malia wearing a ""Yes We Can!"" pin. The fourth figurine is his daughter Sasha wearing a "Yes We Will" pin. The smallest figurine is an image of the statue of liberty. They were donated by David Hoffman, former Moscow bureau chief of the Washington Post.
Type: image
Format: nesting olls
Extent: biggest: 5.25in H X 2.75in W X 3in D, second: 4in H X 2.5in W X 3in D, second: 4in H X 2.5in W X 2.5in D, third: 3in H X 1.5in W X 1.75in D, fourth: 2in H X 1.25in W X 1.25in D
Identifier: Obama_0103.jpg
Obama_0103
http://callimachus.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15008coll15/id/30
Subject: Nesting doll, Obama, president
Place: Moscow, Russia
Source: Occidental College
Relation: Obama & Popular Culture
Obama and the Issues, Politics 265, Spring 2010

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