Highlights : Children : Toys

Subcategory Toys contains 15 item(s).

	Doll "Diana" c. 1887 1971.14.02 Like many other toys in the 19th century, cloth dolls were generally not purchased but made at home by a family member or friend; in this case, an aunt made "Diana" for her young Medford, Massachusetts, niece.
	Doll "Chloe" c. 1900 1982.09.01 This cloth African American doll suggests that children like Eleanor Stevens of Greenfield, Massachusetts, to whom this doll named Cloe belonged, were made aware of racial differences at an early age.
	Bangwell Putt rag doll 1765-1775 1885.40.07 Clarissa Field of Northfield, Massachusetts, was born blind in 1765 and her doll's carefully constructed fingers suggest the importance of touch in Clarissa's world.
	"Children at Play" Quilt c. 1800 1983.12 This quilt depicting "Children at Play" illustrates how quilts served a decorative function as well as providing warmth in unheated bedchambers.
	"Olde Deerfield Dolls" 1919 L99.001 These "Olde Deerfield" paper dolls transformed the traumatic experience of English children taken captive in a French and Indian raid on the town in 1704 into a child's woodland adventure.
	Doll "Lilla" c. 1863 1957.01.01 This doll with a painted porcelain head, was made in Germany and was owned by Ella Childs of Deerfield, Massachusetts.
	Doll "Joel Ellis" 1873 1926.10.01 This wooden African American doll, from The Vermont Novelty Works, is dressed in clothes appropriate to the 1870s and seated in a chair.
	Bowling pins 1999.13.512 These bowling pins would have been known as "Nine Pins".
	Noah's Ark c. 1900 1999.13.503 This miniature model of Noah's Ark, complete with animals and a ramp for access, is a child's toy.
	Miniature Chest of Drawers 1792 1916.14.24 The miniature 18th century wooden tall chest from Maine is six inches high with a lift top and three working drawers.