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The Philadelphia Doll Show is the main event of the Philadelphia Doll Museum, used to bring doll collectors, in particular black doll collectors, together with doll makers in order to create a market and place value on black dolls. [6] The Museum offers lectures on the history of black dolls, and the black doll as a teaching tool. It also ...
An Antique toy show is one of several toy shows held throughout the United States (and around the world), usually on an annual basis, that is devoted to the exhibition, for sale, of antique toys, dolls and collectible paraphernalia. Toy shows are generally regional in nature, and cater to a certain geographic area of the country.
The York State Fair is a ten-day fair held in July/August in York, Pennsylvania. Formerly known as the York Fair and held in September, it was renamed and rescheduled for 2020, though it was canceled that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] [3] It is one of the oldest fairs in the country, tracing its roots to 1765.
Ideal produced over 200 variations of dolls throughout the composition era. [2] In 1914, Ideal had a boy doll launched named the Uneeda Kid, after a biscuit company. [29] [28] It was patented on December 8, 1914. [30] The 15-inch boy doll wore a blue and white bloomer suit and held a box of Uneeda Biscuits under his arm. [31]
How to Collect French Fashion Dolls (1987) How to Make Money with Dolls (1987) Doll Costuming: How to Costume French & German Bisque Dolls (1990) German Children Dolls (1990) Judging Dolls: For Collectors, Doll Shows, Investment, Insuring, Appraising, Auction Buying, and Fun (1991) The Doll Makers Work Book: Lady Dolls (1991)
Here are the details of some of the larger events. Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh RV Show, billed as the longest running indoor RV show in the nation, is Jan. 6-14 in the David L. Lawrence Convention ...
Meier and Frank Co. was delighted and the dolls were soon on their shelves and on the shelves of other department stores. [1] [4] [5] Hattie Bartholomay with her Alkid doll (front) and two of her wax dolls. During the 1920s and 1930s Bartholomay's work was exhibited at numerous doll shows where she received widespread recognition.
The Schoenhut Piano Company is an American manufacturer of toy pianos, dolls, and other wooden toys. It was founded in 1872 in Philadelphia as the A. Schoenhut Company by German immigrant and woodcarver Albert Schoenhut, who had begun making toy pianos during his youth in Germany. [1] Both his father and grandfather had been toy and doll-makers ...