Two dolls are standing next to each other. One is a fabric doll with mismatched clothes and a hand-drawn face. The other appears to be a composition doll with movable arms and hands and blond hair. It may be a Little Colonel doll. Another Kate...
Two dolls are standing next to each other. One is a fabric doll with mismatched clothes and a hand-drawn face. The other appears to be a composition doll with movable arms and hands and blond hair. It may be a Little Colonel doll. Another Kate...
"Whilst implicitly acknowledging the Surrealism of [Joseph] Cornell, Arman possibly evokes [Roland] Barthes's mournful vision of commodified toys as expressed in the latter's book Mythologies (1957). Barthes wrote that in the consumerist era,...
Goodwill Industries of America; Charitable organizations; Women; Toys; Dolls
Women in the back of the room sit and stand at work tables and sewing machines, repairing dolls. Bins and tables in the foreground are filled with dolls. Title supplied by cataloger.
Goodwill Industries of America; Charitable organizations; Women; Toys; Dolls
Woman paints lips on a doll. The dolls behind her appear to be finished (they are clothed and have hair); the dolls in front of her on a table lack body parts and clothing. Title supplied by cataloger.
High school girls sit at large tables and sew clothing for dolls. Address: Shawnee High School, Herman Street west of 40th Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Title supplied by cataloger.
Sculpture; Mixed media; Symbols; Childhood & youth; Social aspects; Social values; Capitalism; Families; Gifts; Stuffed animals (Toys); Toys; Animals; Dolls
"The title of this work powerfully conveys the emotional blackmail tied up with certain instances of toy-making or giving. Alongside imagery relating to childhood, Kelley often explores adolescent subcultures, fads, and obsessions. His work...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. There are small portions missing from the side of each page of this issue.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. There are portions missing along the edges of each page of this issue.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. There is a tear down the center of each page of this issue.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 31. No. 49. but is actually Vol. 31. No. 41. The bottom half of each page of this issue is missing.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 31. No. 50. but is actually Vol. 31. No. 42.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 31. No. 51. but is actually Vol. 31. No. 43.
