Golliwog doll (sitting), Estimated 2000+

Physical description

Golliwog dolls were enormously popular in the first half of the 20th Century but became socially incorrect during the civil rights era of the 1960's. A lot of people had them in their childhood and remember them with affection. The stories of "Little Black Sambo" and "Epaminondas" similarly were books loved by children but have disappeared from the shelves for the same reason.

Inscriptions & markings

Blue and white striped trousers and bowtie. Red jacket, hellow shirt.

Subjects

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