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Description
24" (61 cm.) dolls,10"l. elephant. A pair of matching lithographed
cloth dolls having dark curly hair and well-defined facial
features,printed undergarments,stockings and shoes,each labeled
"Copyrighted November 1899 by The American Rice Food and
Manufacturing Co,Matawan N.J." and "My Name is Miss Flaked Rice".
Along with stuffed lithographed cloth circus elephant with blanket
printed "Baby". Condition: generally excellent,some spotting on
dolls. Comments: the promotional dolls were commissioned by Cook's
Flaked Rice from Art Fabric Mills in 1900,available uncut for 10
cents with a coupon from the rice package. Value Points: the hard-
to-find lithograph models wear matching family-made toddler
costumes of the era.