Category: dolls

The Dangerous Evolution of Dolls: From Nurturing to Narcissism

I happened down the toy aisle last week and was confronted with a host of hideous, creepy dolls. Fearsome mini fashionistas with pouting lips, bare stomachs, and gigantic eyes stared down at me as I scooted forward, fighting off that feeling you get when you’re in a haunted house. The line of O.M.G. (Outrageous Millennial…


Martha Jenks Chase Doll in Good Condition

By Helaine Fendelman and Joe Rosson From Tribune News Service Dear Helaine and Joe: I have enclosed photos of a doll that was my mother’s as a child. She was born in 1918, so I think this doll would have been purchased in the early 1920s. It has a trademark on its hip that informs…


Photographer Captures Toddlers in Adorable Fur Coats Who Look Like Little Russian Dolls

Photographed in the snow with baskets of fruit, the children depicted in this series of images look like little Russian dolls, bundled up in tiny fur coats against picturesque backdrops. These toddlers with rosy cheeks appear like characters in a fairy tale. “Photographing children is a special pleasure,” child and family photographer Elena Algazina, 44,…