Saralee doll designed by Sara Lee Creech
date: label: Date
content: 1951-1953
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Ideal Toy Corp. Inc., 1907 - 1997
label: Designed by
content: Sara Lee Creech, American, 1916 - 2008
label: Designed by
content: Shelia Burlingame, American, 1894 - 1969
label: Designed by
content: Maxeda Von Hesse, American, 1913 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Zora Neale Hurston, American, 1891 - 1960
label: Subject of
content: Loïs Mailou Jones, American, 1905 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Ralph Bunche, American, 1903 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, American, 1894 - 1984
notes: label: Description
content: A Saralee doll designed by Sara Lee Creech, Maxeda Von Hesse, Sheila Burlingame, and manufactured by the Ideal Toy Corporation. The infant doll features a vinyl head, vinyl limbs, and the soft torso of the doll is constructed with brown cotton fabric and filled with padding. She is wearing a white organdy dress, bonnet, chemise, baby bloomers, shoes, and socks. She has sleeping eyes that are bright light brown when opened. She also has thick black lashes, thin brown eyebrows and pink lips and tongue. Her hair is represented by molded swirled curls painted a dark brown. The baby doll’s hands are open with the fingers splayed and slightly curled. Her slightly yellowed, white, empire waisted, organdy dress is gathered at the waist. The dress has puff short sleeves gathered at the arm holes, a small satin bow stitched to the center of the waist, and it is embellished across the chest, waist, and near the hem with white embroidered bands. The dress fastens at the back with two white pearl buttons. Underneath the dress is a plain, white, cotton chemise with cotton lace trim that also fastens at the back. The baby bloomers are plain white cotton with cotton lace trim around the pant leg hems, and a thin elastic waistband. The white rayon socks are plain and the Mary Jane-style, imitation leather shoes are also plain white with ties over the bridge of the foot and thick paper soles. The bonnet is white with lace trim. The bonnet visor is shaped with a fabric covered metal wire and has a satin tie at the front that ties under the doll's chin.
place: label: Place made
content: Queens, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Play
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Toys and Games
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Barbara Marshall-Bailey and her children; Bianca A, Jason Q, and Aliana Grace
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.51
objectType: label: Type
content: toys (recreational artifacts)
label: Type
content: dolls
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: vinyl with cotton (textile) , metal , paper (fiber product) , imitation leather , rayon and satin
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 18 7/16 × 14 5/16 × 3 13/16 in. (46.9 × 36.4 × 9.7 cm)