Child with Dolls

Image

Child with Dolls

Title

Child with Dolls

Identifier

8018

Source

Nixon Estate

Description

Outdoor portrait of a child with four dolls. Child wears a knee-length white dress, short hair, and a wide-brimmed hat. They hold a small ragdoll in one arm, and hold hands with the largest doll. Large doll is seated in a chair and wears a dress and bonnet. Small doll wearing checkered suit and bowler hat on ground to left of the large doll. To right of large doll is a nude ragdoll that appears to be a golliwog. Golliwogs are dolls that depict racist caricatures of African Americans.

Creator

Reed (Santa Barbara, Calif.)

Date

No date

Format

Black and white photograph
8.2 x 8.5 cm
Portrait, Full

Subject

Dolls
Golliwogs
Children--Portraits

Coverage

California
Ventura County (Calif.)

Publisher

Museum of Ventura County

Rights

The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.

Type

Image

Language

English

Collection

Tags

Citation

Reed (Santa Barbara, Calif.), “Child with Dolls,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed December 21, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/8035.