The Doll Directory is a detailed, state-by-state guide listing the museums and collections of antique, art, baby, contemporary, fashion, and miniature dolls, plus special category collections including the W.P.A. dolls found in museums, libraries, and historical societies, bed and breakfast inns, and other venues that have permanent quality collections of dolls for public viewing. The book includes listings of doll hospitals and their specialties, plus directories of national doll organizations and clubs and a guide to annual doll shows. Interviews with a doll museum curator, doll doctor, costumer, show director, and artist, plus in-depth articles on selected collections, will give readers a behind-the-scenes look at the doll world from many different perspectives. Doll 'dream destinations' will be included as well. The Doll Directory is the indispensable guide every doll lover/collector needs to find museums and collections to visit, hospitals for doll reconstruction and restoration, doll clubs and organizations to join, and doll shows to attend. This book is brought to you by Kathryn Witt, author of Contemporary American Doll Artists and Their Dolls.
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Cross Country Dolls,
By Researcher "carrieb" (Missouri) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doll Directory: A Guide to U.S. Doll Museums, Collections & Hospitals Plus Clubs, Organizations & Annual Shows (Paperback)
I LOVE this book! I bought it at on online bookstore that specializes in books for RVers and I have used it to find doll collections all over the west coast. I never would have found the wonderfully eclectic collection at the Eastern Oregon Museum without it. I enjoy this book so much, I bought Witt's other book, Contemporary American Doll Artists and Their Dolls, and am now reading it.
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Great Book, Great Buy,
By Judy Woodward Bates "Judy Woodward Bates, The... (Not too far from Birmingham, AL, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
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Witt's Doll Directory is beautifully presented, orderly, and informative. Whether a casual doll enthusiast or a serious collector, every reader is sure to find amid this well-written volume many new museums and doll-related places to visit. It's a keeper that will be referenced for many years to come. I highly recommend it. As a professional bargain hunter (www.bargainomics.com), I know a good buy when I see one. Other books of this type sell for $30 or more. This is an impressive book and deal.
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Doll museum gold mine!,
By Bookworm12 "JJ Covington" (JJ Covington) - See all my reviews
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I collect many different types of dolls and was thrilled when I saw this book. I had no idea there were so many doll museums and collections in the U.S., but now I have a way to see each and every one of them. I liked that there was information describing each collection and loved that some of these collections are at bed and breakfasts! Very enjoyable, informative reading.
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Home of the Alabama Baby (or the Alabama Indestructible Baby), made by seamstress Ella Louise Smith in 1899, this exhibit includes one of the molded cloth-faced dolls, an illustration of the doll's construction, and the background on what began as a cottage industry and became a factory employing dozens of employees and producing thousands of dolls until 1925. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
loll artists, loll collection, doll restoration, oldest doll, doll artists, china head dolls, doll museums, celebrity dolls, artist dolls, modern dolls, dolls date, doll repair, composition dolls, doll clubs, doll hospital, doll doctor, doll collection, bisque dolls, doll lovers, bisque head, toy museum, character dolls, art dolls, fashion dolls, doll collectors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Madame Alexander, Shirley Temple, Native American, Closed Monday, Kansas City, Main Street, Raggedy Ann, Armand Marseille, Eugene Field, Civil War, Closed Sunday, United States, Dream Doll Destinations, Terri Lee, American Indian, Memorial Day, World War, Dionne Quintuplets, Gone With the Wind, Heinrich Handwerck, Izannah Walker, Labor Day, Natural Bridge, North Chili New!
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Home of the Alabama Baby (or the Alabama Indestructible Baby), made by seamstress Ella Louise Smith in 1899, this exhibit includes one of the molded cloth-faced dolls, an illustration of the doll's construction, and the background on what began as a cottage industry and became a factory employing dozens of employees and producing thousands of dolls until 1925. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
loll artists, loll collection, doll restoration, oldest doll, doll artists, china head dolls, doll museums, celebrity dolls, artist dolls, modern dolls, dolls date, doll repair, composition dolls, doll clubs, doll hospital, doll doctor, doll collection, bisque dolls, doll lovers, bisque head, toy museum, character dolls, art dolls, fashion dolls, doll collectors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Madame Alexander, Shirley Temple, Native American, Closed Monday, Kansas City, Main Street, Raggedy Ann, Armand Marseille, Eugene Field, Civil War, Closed Sunday, United States, Dream Doll Destinations, Terri Lee, American Indian, Memorial Day, World War, Dionne Quintuplets, Gone With the Wind, Heinrich Handwerck, Izannah Walker, Labor Day, Natural Bridge, North Chili New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Wynken Blynken And Nod by Eugene W. Field on page 155, and page 175
- Holiday World (IN) (Images of America) by Pat Koch on page 37, and page 38
- Folk Art (Home Craft) by Simona Hill on page 131
- Russian Doll (Young childrens fiction) by Joan Smith on page 54
- Elvis Presley (Rock & Pop Stars) by Paula Taylor on page 25
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