Historical information

These quilts were highly popular from the 1920's to the 1950's.
Bambi was an Austrian novel released in 1923. The English translation was in 1928.

Significance

An historical piece which contains some symbols of racial stereotyping which is rarely seen now.

Physical description

Children's quilt consisting of 30 individual applique blocks featuring nursery rhymes and stories.

Inscriptions & markings

Jack be Nimble
Cock a Doodle Doo
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Ugly Duckling
Sinbad the Sailor
There was a little man
Hickory Dickory Dock
Hey Diddle Diddle
Black Sambo
Alibaba and the Forty Thieves
Old Mother Hubbard
Thumbelina
Three Little Kittens
Little Boy Blue
Three Golliwogs
There was an Old Woman
Little Jack Horner
Humpty Dumpty
Tom Tom the Piper's Son
How Many Miles to Babylon
Little Red Riding Hood
Wee Willie Winkie
Rub-a Dub-Dub
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Old King Cole
Bambi
Snow White
My Pretty Maid
Polly Put the Kettle On
Rip Van Winkle