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Doll
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Collection
Te Papa Collections Online
Description

Christie the walking doll This walking doll, known as Christie, has an interesting and entangled history. It is identical to the Harry H Coleman mechanical walking doll patented as the 'Dolly Walker' in the United States and made by Wood Toy Co. between 1917 and 1923. However, this doll's wooden torso and flexible legs were made at one of the Returned Services Rehabilitation Centres (officially becoming the Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment League in 1930) established in New Zealand following ...

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Date created
1920
Creator
Department of Soldiers' Re-establishment / Wood Toy Co. / Harry Coleman
URL
https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/66235
Related subjects
rehabilitation / pine / beech / composition / iron / leather / cotton / rubber / paint / dolls / World War, 1914-1918 / Medical aspects of war / People with disabilities / Auckland / United States / Mrs Frances de Lisle

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