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Barbie Celebrates More Role Models
New Barbies are on the horizon to celebrate high-achieving women.In the following video, Nicola Adams shares her enthusiasm for the Barbie made in her likeness.See them all here. Will all be mass...
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Mrs. Which - Oprah Barbie from A Wrinkle in Time
Image of Oprah Winfrey in the role of Mrs. Which from the movie, A Wrinkle in Time, appears on the back of the box of Mrs. Which Barbie.The movie, A Wrinkle in Time, starring Oprah Winfrey as Mrs....
View ArticleTears for Mina and other Leo Moss Dolls at Auction
In this 22-minute video, "Tears for Mina"-- Leo Moss Dolls at Auction, Florence Theriault, provides a preview of this upcoming auction of dolls made by the 19th century doll maker, a black man, who was...
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Third Tuesday
Tuesday is a 16-inch wax doll with brown cloth body by Gladys MacDowell shown in an auction-photo screen snapshot.I was on eBay searching for something else when I stumbled upon a thumbnail photo of...
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Dr. Lisa Live, New Fresh Dolls and Fresh Squad Preorder
Fresh Dolls new editions, Aria, Aleyna, and Victoria. Dressed in new fashions, the original six Fresh Dolls (Gabrielle, Jacqueline, Indigo, Tamra, Lynette, and Mia) will be part of the second wave as...
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CoCo - Creations by Ba'ucham
CoCo by Ra'chel Ba'ucham of Creations by Ba'uchamIn early January 2018, Facebook friend of a few years, Ra'chel Ba'ucham, began posting photos of her newly created crocheted dolls. I initially...
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Queen Mother Before, After, and After
Queen Mother was made by Carolynne White, circa 1998. She is a 37-inch paper clay with cloth body woman dressed in Afrocentric attire, matching scarf, and coordinating beaded earrings, necklace, and...
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Margarette Jane and her Children
Margarette holds two babies. The one she holds in her right arm is a baby girl wrapped in a lace blanket. She clings to her son with her right arm.Last year, I won this bottle doll by folk artist,...
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Brains and Beauty Malia Review
Brains and Beauty Dolls MaliaRecall this guest post where the creator of Brains and Beauty Dolls, Niya Dorsey, introduced the 18-inch doll, Malia, that speaks positive affirmations of empowerment....
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Pedlar Doll by I. Roberta Bell
Pedlar Doll by I. Roberta Bell, 1986.Purchased in March 2014, this 15-inch doll with hand-sculpted porcelain face was made by I. Roberta Bell in 1986.Named "Pedlar Doll" by the artist, she has...
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Bertabel's Mary McLeod Bethune Found Me
Mary McLeod Bethune, a Bertabel's Doll by I. Roberta Bell, 1969Made in 1969 by I. Roberta Bell, this 17-inch portrait doll of Mary McLeod Bethune, entered the collection in February of this year. The...
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Presenting Leontyne Grace by Frantz Brent-Harris
Doll box for 2018 WLBDA Club Doll, Leontyne Grace by Frantz Brent-HarrisIn March 2017, my online doll group, We Love Black Dolls Anew, commissioned Jamaican-born Canadian doll artist, Frantz...
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...Black Doll Exhibition Explores Women’s Craft...
The image above and the text below are from the Culture Type article, "In Paris, Black Doll Exhibition Explores Women’s Craft, History of Childhood Play, and Dynamics of America’s Racial Structure"by...
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Black Doll Story Books and Other Favorite Doll Tales
Several years ago, I received a list of Black doll storybooks. I am not sure who compiled the list; therefore, I cannot extend credit. I wanted to share these titles here for others who might be...
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Circa 1950s Sock Doll Pair and Others
Circa 1950s Sock DollsThese 7-inch dolls made from brown sock material entered the doll family in March 2018. Both have sewn-on felt facial features with side-glancing eyes, and black yarn loops of...
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A Few New Things
Barbie Fashionista #80 (Cheerful Check) and Skipper Babysitters Inc.When placing a preorder for the Katherine Johnson Barbie at the Barbie.Mattel website in March 2018, I also carted the above two...
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In Loving Memory of Yvonne Peters
I became acquainted with Yvonne Peters, a fellow doll lover, after she was informed in 2009 by her local library of my first book, The Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls. Our first contact was...
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Barbie Fashionistas #90 and #80 Box Free
Barbie Fashionistas #90 (Rainbow Bright/Ryan) and #80 (Cheerful Check/CeeCee)The above two Barbie Fashionistas #90 and #80 have been deboxed. I was surprised to find that the back of Fashionista #90...
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WaMu Action Teller With Video
Washington Mutual Action TellerA recent acquisition found on eBay is the 11-1/2-inch vinyl Washington Mutual Action Teller shown above. Found for a price I could not refuse, the doll arrived in...
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CoCo's Eyelash Change
First seen here, CoCo is my first crocheted doll. Her original eyelashes were plastic craft doll eyelashes. After her arrival, I swapped the plastic eyelashes for the ones shown above, which are false...
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