Fairfield Folk Art rag doll with embroidered features, c. 1940s-1950s

Manufactured Doll

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Alameda Museum & Meyers House and Gardens

Name/Title

Fairfield Folk Art rag doll with embroidered features, c. 1940s-1950s

Entry/Object ID

1994.42.7

Description

Acc. No. 94.42.7 Subject Category: Toys Date or Period: c. 1940's - 1950's Object: Doll Description: Interchangeable "Mammy" and caucasian doll dressed in floral pattern cotton with embroidered features. Printed label attached to hem of dress states, "Fairfield Folk Art". Size L-12 1/2" History of Object: Ragdoll that belonged to Ida Clinton, early African-American resident of Alameda, as an adult. Acquired from: Albert Stefani, Date: 11-19-1994

Interpretative Labels

Label

7/12/2020 MvL: current label in display cabinet: EARLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESIDENTS OF ALAMEDA Photographs and other objects from the Clinton family that settled here in 1889. In 1912 they purchased their own residence on Morton St.