The Doll Family
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- real photo postcard; Three women and one man dressed in Hollywood-style glamour dresses and tuxedo. stamped and postmarked
- The Doll Family were a family of entertainers, Gracie Doll, Tiny Doll, Harry Earles, Daisy Earles. They performed as Munkins in the 1939 film, Wizard of Oz, and were credited as the "Singer Midgets"
- Photographer's signature in the negative and printed on rectro.
- Postmark: Philadelphia, PA, Sep 28, 1951, 11 pm
- Hand-written text on verso: Sept 28, 1951/ Dearest Bev, I surely do miss you and the rest of the family. Don't forget to come and see me before too long. With love, Aunt Ebbie
- Location
- Currently not on view
- after 1907
- postmark date
- 1951/9/28
- ID Number
- 1986.3048.1159
- nonaccession number
- 1986.3048
- catalog number
- 1986.3048.1159
- Object Name
- real photo postcard
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 3/8 in x 5 3/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 13.6525 cm
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- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Photography
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Children
- Wizard of Oz
- Record ID
- nmah_1888267
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-c456-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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