#140

American Composition
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$200
sold
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14"(36 cm.) Composition head with sculpted short brown hair,painted blue eyes,closed mouth with smiling expression,muslin body with composition hands,over-sized feet with boots. Condition: generally excellent,costume has a few repairs. Marks: Uneeda (head). Comments: circa 1927,the doll was likely supplied for custom order to celebrate the 1927 flight across the Atlantic by Charles Lindbergh. Value Points: the doll wears its original khaki green aviator costume and oil-cloth helmet,with original paper label "Lucky Lindy"and with "Welcome Lindy"photographic badge.