The Dolls of Matie Egermann
Matie Egermann became librarian of Naperville's Nichols Library in 1909, a job which she held for 41 years. Over the years, she amassed an enormous collection of more than 500 dolls and displayed them at the library. They were given to Matie by relatives and friends, who brought her dolls from all over the world.
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Baby Doll, with bisque head, cloth stuffed body and composition arms and legs, 1925 |
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Doll, Chinese, with wooden head and carved painted features, 1942 or 1943 |
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Baby Doll, German, with bisque head and cardboard body, 1924 |
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Doll, with china head, stuffed cloth body and bisque limbs, 1938 |
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Set of Matryoshka Dolls, painted wood, circa 1920 |
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Doll, with bisque head, mohair wig and composition body and limbs, 1929 |
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Doll, Japanese, with gofun covered composition head, hair wig, muslin stuffed body and paper, circa 1905 |
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Doll, Indian, with molded cloth head, mohair wig and cloth limbs, 1945 |
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Doll, “Skookum,” with composition head and mohair wig, 1923 |
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Doll, Greek, with composition face and straw stuffed cloth body and limbs, 1949 |
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