A New House on the Block

Not that I needed another dolls house,

but I couldn't resist this

one recently.

 

It's small, only 17" wide and 10"deep,

so it's perfect for Kage &

3/4" scale Strombecker furniture.

The frame is wood, walls and roof

are silkscreened on heavy

cardboard. The window mullions are

thin paper with applied cardboard shutters.

(The address on the door is "100")

Except for the printed floors, the

 interior is very plain.

You can't tell from this photo,

but the 1st & 2nd floor is the same pattern,

but with reversed colors to add

a slightly different look.

Sadly, I don't have a clue who made this house,

or how old it may be. There's a stencilled

number on the kitchen wall which is

the only mark on the house.

 

A New Family in the Neighborhood

My posts may be few and

far between in the coming weeks. I'm in the 

midst of Christmas decorating,

and I'm way behind

schedule this year!

 

But I wanted to post a photo

of the new family that recently arrived,

a gift from a friend

who came to my Halloween party.

 

It's the Flagg family!

They don't have a home yet,

so they'll be hanging out somewhere

for a while.

 

 

Antique Christmas Set-Up at the Taft Museum

Last Monday was the set up day

for the antique Christmas display

at the Taft Museum of Art.

I only had to do one case this year,

but it's the largest one at

28" wide by 74" long.

Usually, I can be done and out of there

pretty quickly. But for some reason, this

year it took me about three

hours longer than expected!

Sadly, the museum had to do some 

budget cuts over the summer.

Several people lost their jobs, 

and they no longer can afford a professional

photographer to record the displays

for their archives.

We were allowed to bring our own cameras

this year. However none of the

pictures I took came out well. These

shots were taken by another collector who

was there setting up his own displays.

Even though he wasn't able to get a photo

of the entire case, you can still see the individual

elements of it. Santa on one end, dollhouse in 

the middle, and a feather tree

on the far end. 

These were taken before the 

GIANT plexiglass top was put

back on, it took five men to do it!

(including me as the "spotter")

Sears Wishbook Christmas Pages

While doing research on WW2 era

Christmas decorations,  I came

across this great website:

wishbookweb

From the 1945 Christmas catalog, I love 

everyone of these!

This is from the 1944 catalog. Check out

that squirrel on the roof.

This page is from the 1944

Montgomery Wards catalog.

The accessories appear to be 

Dolly Dear products, but I've not

seen these dolls before.