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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

VINTAGE MOTHER GOOSE

VINTAGE MOTHER GOOSE.
This is from the Dress-A-Doll series of books issued over 100 years ago. It is always interesting to see how our perception of nursery rhymes and fairytales has evolved from pre-Walt Disney to the present.
Personally I find there is a certain charm to these old dolls that is sadly lacking today.





 

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