Doll phace biography of abraham
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Feeling cute. May move across the room later.
It’s #SpookySeason and we’re featuring some unique dolls found in park collections.
First up, over at Thomas Edison National Historical Park, one of Thomas Edison's early inventions was a Talking Doll (1890) that used a miniature phonograph to give the doll a voice. Only on the market for one month, the phonograph proved to be too fragile for children to play. Edison subsequently had the device removed to allow for the remaining dolls to be sold. (This doll certainly doesn’t wander the shelves each night looking for a new voice box.)
The next feature is part of a late 19th century bisque porcelain doll head found during excavations at the Narbonne House of Salem Maritime National Historic Site. Normally she stares blankly out of a display case in the Narbonne House, but while renovations are being done, it’s resting in museum storage. We think?
Also at Salem Maritime is a mid-19th century wax doll that was donated to the Derby House in the 1940s. This photograph was taken shortly after her donation. (Sometimes I frown…but when I do it’s because you won’t go to sleep.) This doll lives in museum storage, where it definitely does not climb out of the drawer and run around museum storage giggling in the middle of th
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a little man, and his little friend.
We are very honoured to introduce to you our guest blogger Laura, mother of sweet Amos, a boy you would find impossible not to fall in love with. Laura and her beautiful family are local on the Island with us, as well as new friends of ours! We were first brought together through a photo she posted on Instagram a couple months ago (oh, how we love the power of social media) and her blog ‘Little Feet in my House’ and story touched us so much we had to learn more. She wrote a gorgeous entry about her son and his special bond with his Little Buddy friend…
Thank you Laura, from the bottom of our hearts. We’re blessed to start to get to know you and your family and to have you open our eyes up to the world of your darling son Amos.
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A few years ago, our lives were turned upside down and inside out with the birth of our special little guy. Amos Abraham was born o
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