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Description
22" (56 cm.) All-cloth doll with stockinette shaped facial features, painted brown eyes with pronounced eyelids, rounded nose, closed mouth, rosy cheeks, yarn hair braids, all-muslin body with gusset-jointing at hips designed to allow the doll to sit, stitch-jointed shoulders. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: WPA Handcraft Project #8591 Milwaukee Wisconsin Sponsored by Milwaukee County and Milwaukee State Teacher's College (body). Comments: 1930s from a series of dolls created during the Great Depression by members of the Milwaukee WPA project group; the project specifically called for the design of a 22" doll which would be washable, jointed to sit and stand, and dressed with removable clothes. Value Points: wonderfully preserved WPA doll with rare original costume including reversible coat and hat and with stamp on dress "Designed by Helen Clark, Sponsored by Milwaukee WPA group".