Social History — 1960
Doll, national doll
Children played with this doll while in the waiting room of their doctor's surgery in Camden. The doll is wearing traditional Czech folk costume. The surgery belonged to Dr. F. Barber, who began working there as a GP in 1958. Dr. Barber was Jewish and escaped from his native Czechoslovakia when Hitler invaded the country. Many of his patients were also from immigrant families. They established a custom of giving him dolls from their homeland as presents.
- Category:
- Social History
- Object ID:
- 2002.10/69a
- Object name:
- doll, national doll
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- Production date:
- 1960
- Material:
wood, textile
- Measurements/duration:
- H 180 mm, W 80 mm, D 30 mm (overall)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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