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[Women molding doll heads] – Antique Wall Art

[Women molding doll heads], [1908] — historic photograph
[Women molding doll heads], [1908]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Women molding doll heads], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Women molding doll heads is the particular scene here: rows of workers shaping doll heads by hand in a factory, a task that was done largely by women in the toy trade of the early 1900s. This stereograph, dated 1908, was made to be viewed through a stereoscope, which gave the two side-by-side images a three-dimensional look and made the workroom feel close to the viewer. Doll production had grown into a sizable American industry by then, and factories often divided work into repeated steps, a shift that the subject headings on this record point to. The picture is worth noticing for what it shows about women's paid labor in manufacturing at the time.

Created / published[1908]
Medium1 photographic print : stereograph.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.Stereographs 1900-1910.
NotesNo. 112015.
SubjectsWomen--Employment--United States--1900-1910. Toy industry--United States--1900-1910. Dolls--1900-1910. Assembly-line methods--United States--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,243 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-184783

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