Historical information

Dress and bonnet was used on the childhood doll of Rosalie Whalen (nee Schwerkolt). Doll NA5163 and another dress NA5166.

Significance

Doll, whose name was Janet was given to Rosalie Schwerkolt Whalen as a child in 1945 with a lemon voile dress and matching bonnet and a patterned voile dress.

Physical description

Lemon coloured doll's bonnet and match lemon coloured doll's dress. Dress has bodice with V shaped bib style collar two lines of blue stitching and pink and white variegated thread trim. Sleeves have pink braid with blue stitching vertically from armhole to cuff. Gathered skirt has three lines of blue stitching around hem line. Bonnet has frill and a sun visor trimmed with pink and white variegated thread. Doll is NA5163 and other dress is NA5166