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DOLL, CELLULOID

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c. 1919 - 1975

Overview

Dressed in blue two piece tunic and shorts. Tunic has three stud buttons on back and white lace around collar, white kid shoes, knitted beret. Painted face with red lips and blue eyes. Head, legs and arms are made from an enamelled cardboard. The body is a cloth covered frame.

Historical information

Ursula was born in 1919 so probably played with the doll in the 1920s when growing up in Forrestdale.
Ursula was the youngest of five children born to Lillian Maude and Alfred Tunbridge Skeet who had married in 1912. Ursula spent close to the first 28 years of her life living on the Forrestdale farm, helping the family look after the chooks as well as helping her father run the Forrestdale post office out of a room in the family home.
Following the death of her father, she moved to the South Perth area with her mother. Ursula looked after her mother while working as a office clerk until Lillian's passing in 1967.
With the passing of her mother Ursula became the keeper of the families 'treaures' which she cared for until she donated them to History House. It was also during this time Ursula decided to get married.
Ursula passed away in 2006, age 87.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-AK1975.112

Item type

Toys

Material

Cardboard

Cloth

Width

520 mm

Height or length

130 mm

Depth

230 mm

Keywords

SKEET Lillian Ursula Miss known as Ursula

Forrestdale Western Australia

Year

c. 1919 - 1975

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection of items associated with a person or family who have played a significant role in the economic, community or social development of the City of Armadale. This can include holding key political or social positions within the community, being a key contributor or member of a community organisation, a strong contributor to improving the well-being of the local community, a prominent figure in a local business or industry, developer of new industries or activities or someone who grew up in the area and moved away and had a noteworthy career or life.

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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