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DESCRIPTION:
Three black fabric dolls: Female doll [.1] wearing a blue and black checked dress. Male doll [.2] wearing overalls and a red shirt. Child size doll [.3] wearing a red print dress.
dolls
cloth
Doll
Doll
1299.168
Unknown
20 (H) (inches)
Gift of the Joan Pearson Watkins Trust
2015.62.168.1-.3
Possibly Maine (United States)
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