Linda
Doll Set
1960s (manufactured)
1960s (manufactured)
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This hard plastic doll is dressed as a rather glamorous nurse. She wears very high heels and has red painted nails. She comes with two twin babies to look after. This Linda doll is an example of a cheaply made, mass produced toy. It is still in its original unopened packaging, a plastic bag with cardboard label and would have hung on a peg in a shop, rather than more expensively produced dolls more commonly housed in their own boxes.
After the Second World War there were great manufacturing opportunities brought in by moulding techniques and newly developed types of plastics, producing a boom period in the toy industry and many companies began to produce toys in East Asia, and in this case in Hong Kong.
After the Second World War there were great manufacturing opportunities brought in by moulding techniques and newly developed types of plastics, producing a boom period in the toy industry and many companies began to produce toys in East Asia, and in this case in Hong Kong.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Linda (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Moulded plastic |
| Brief description | Doll set, 'Linda' regd. durable plastic doll dressed as a nurse, with two twin baby dolls, packaged in plastic with a printed cardboard label sealing the top, made in Hong Kong, ca. 1960. |
| Physical description | Hard plastic group of three dolls sealed in a transparent plastic bag, sealed at the top with a printed cardboard label with product details. The main doll is dressed in a nurses outfit. a white dress with a small red cross on the left chest. She has moulded hair and wears white high plastic high heels and a nurses headdress. She has a 'voice' box mechanism implanted in her back that is meant to say 'mama'. but now just squeaks. She has large blue eyes and red painted toe and finger nails. The set comes with two twin baby dolls with similar facial features and wrapped in white blankets. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'A Linda REGD. / DURABLE PLASTIC DOLL / I SAY MAMA / MADE IN HONG KONG' |
| Credit line | Norah Chambers Kensey bequest |
| Summary | This hard plastic doll is dressed as a rather glamorous nurse. She wears very high heels and has red painted nails. She comes with two twin babies to look after. This Linda doll is an example of a cheaply made, mass produced toy. It is still in its original unopened packaging, a plastic bag with cardboard label and would have hung on a peg in a shop, rather than more expensively produced dolls more commonly housed in their own boxes. After the Second World War there were great manufacturing opportunities brought in by moulding techniques and newly developed types of plastics, producing a boom period in the toy industry and many companies began to produce toys in East Asia, and in this case in Hong Kong. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.637-2010 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2011 |
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