This artifact is a bridesmaid doll.<\/p>\r\n
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This little doll is from Gerri Laseur (Willms) and she wrote this about her little friend “I don’t recall the exact year I got this doll as a Christmas present from my parents Walter and Tina Laseur. My sister, Cathy, got a similar doll (brown hair\/pink outfit). We didn’t really play with the dolls that much. My doll lost her matching hat long ago. The dolls were usually “laid out” in their dolly bed. My doll stayed in storage until now (December 2022 – When she graciously donated it to us at the Museum) but my sister gave her doll to her own children who gave it a bath one day, sadly. I never gave my doll a name. The pink knitted jacket was handmade by Mrs. Ruth Inder (she and her husband Ray Inder lived on Park Road). Mrs. Inder was also a member of the Womens Institute, and she knitted items for sale at the craft table at the yearly “Turkey Dinner” fundraiser held in the basement of the Hall on Thanksgiving weekend.”<\/p>\r\n
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This doll is a Dee and Cee Doll named Nanette and was manufactured in 1956. Dee and Cee operated as a Canadian manufacturer from 1938 to 1964. The company was founded by Max Diamond and Morris Cone, which is where they got the name Dee (D from Diamond) and Cee (C from Cone). They made fine-quality composition dolls and were eventually bought out in 1962 by the Mattel company, the name was used on dolls until 1964 when Mattel ceased production with that name. Composition dolls continued to be manufactured until 1955 but their popularity declined with the introduction of newer and better plastics.<\/p>","SEO_LINK":"bridesmaid-doll","VIDEO_LINK":"","SOUNDCLOUD_LINK":"","IMG1":"1718922636_main_bridesmaid-doll_1.jpg","IMG2":"","IMG3":"","IMG4":"","IMG5":"","IMG6":"","IMG7":"","IMG1_THUMB":"1718922636_thumb_bridesmaid-doll_1.jpg","IMG2_THUMB":"","IMG3_THUMB":"","IMG4_THUMB":"","IMG5_THUMB":"","IMG6_THUMB":"","IMG7_THUMB":""}X
Bridesmaid Doll
This artifact is a bridesmaid doll.
This little doll is from Gerri Laseur (Willms) and she wrote this about her little friend “I don’t recall the exact year I got this doll as a Christmas present from my parents Walter and Tina Laseur. My sister, Cathy, got a similar doll (brown hair/pink outfit). We didn’t really play with the dolls that much. My doll lost her matching hat long ago. The dolls were usually “laid out” in their dolly bed. My doll stayed in storage until now (December 2022 – When she graciously donated it to us at the Museum) but my sister gave her doll to her own children who gave it a bath one day, sadly. I never gave my doll a name. The pink knitted jacket was handmade by Mrs. Ruth Inder (she and her husband Ray Inder lived on Park Road). Mrs. Inder was also a member of the Womens Institute, and she knitted items for sale at the craft table at the yearly “Turkey Dinner” fundraiser held in the basement of the Hall on Thanksgiving weekend.”
This doll is a Dee and Cee Doll named Nanette and was manufactured in 1956. Dee and Cee operated as a Canadian manufacturer from 1938 to 1964. The company was founded by Max Diamond and Morris Cone, which is where they got the name Dee (D from Diamond) and Cee (C from Cone). They made fine-quality composition dolls and were eventually bought out in 1962 by the Mattel company, the name was used on dolls until 1964 when Mattel ceased production with that name. Composition dolls continued to be manufactured until 1955 but their popularity declined with the introduction of newer and better plastics.
Details:
Latitude: 49.2259068141096
Longitude: -122.68929394844
Direct Link: https://www.pittmeadowsmuseum.com/locations/bridesmaid-doll
