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Handmade doll and lapel button, early 1930s

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 16

Dates

  • Creation: early 1930s

General

Handmade wooden doll made by Malin as a gift for her mother. The doll is wrapped with a strip of fabric for clothing. A note with the doll: "For Dear You, Not the Dolls."

Lapel pin: Black with yellow sunflower and brown center. Black lettering: "Kansas State Board of Health" around "100%" in the center of the sunflower. On the petals of the flower are the words: "Teeth, Throat, Diphtheria T.A.T, Small Pox Vac, Typhoid vac, Posture, Vision, Hearing, Weight." Printed on verso: Trapp print shop novelties Topeka (Kansas).

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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