Overview
- Brief Narrative
- A handmade, female doll made by Displaced Persons staying at the home of the donor’s maternal grandmother, Gretchen Passig Rasmus (1874-1964), at Landweg 85, Hademarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was one of five handmade dolls, including three female dolls and two male dolls, constructed using scraps of fabric that were mailed to Gretchen by her second oldest daughter, Anna Rasmus Holsten (b. 1904) from her job as a seamstress in New York.
- Date
-
creation:
approximately 1945-1949
- Geography
-
creation:
Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joan Henry
Physical Details
- Classification
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Toys
- Category
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Dolls
- Object Type
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Cloth dolls (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Dolls.
- Physical Description
- A fabric and wire female doll wearing a taupe-colored shirt with lantern sleeves under a black vest and a pale blue floral skirt under a red gingham apron. She wears a matching red gingham scarf around her head and black boots on her feet.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, thread, metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The doll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Joan Henry, the granddaughter of Gretchen Passig Rasmus.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-13 09:53:55
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn736945
Also in Gretchen Passig Rasmus collection
The collection consists of five handmade dolls, including three female dolls and two male dolls, made by Displaced Persons staying at the home of the donor’s maternal grandmother, Gretchen Passig Rasmus (1874-1964), at Landweg 85, Hademarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Date: approximately 1945-1949
Doll made by Displaced Persons in Schleswig-Holstein
Object
A handmade, female doll made by Displaced Persons staying at the home of the donor’s maternal grandmother, Gretchen Passig Rasmus (1874-1964), at Landweg 85, Hademarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was one of five handmade dolls, including three female dolls and two male dolls, constructed using scraps of fabric that were mailed to Gretchen by her second oldest daughter, Anna Rasmus Holsten (b. 1904) from her job as a seamstress in New York.
Doll made by Displaced Persons in Schleswig-Holstein
Object
A handmade, female doll made by Displaced Persons staying at the home of the donor’s maternal grandmother, Gretchen Passig Rasmus (1874-1964), at Landweg 85, Hademarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was one of five handmade dolls, including three female dolls and two male dolls, constructed using scraps of fabric that were mailed to Gretchen by her second oldest daughter, Anna Rasmus Holsten (b. 1904) from her job as a seamstress in New York.
Doll made by Displaced Persons in Schleswig-Holstein
Object
A handmade, male doll made by Displaced Persons staying at the home of the donor’s maternal grandmother, Gretchen Passig Rasmus (1874-1964), at Landweg 85, Hademarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was one of five handmade dolls, including three female dolls and two male dolls, constructed using scraps of fabric that were mailed to Gretchen by her second oldest daughter, Anna Rasmus Holsten (b. 1904) from her job as a seamstress in New York.
Doll made by Displaced Persons in Schleswig-Holstein
Object
A handmade, male doll made by Displaced Persons staying at the home of the donor’s maternal grandmother, Gretchen Passig Rasmus (1874-1964), at Landweg 85, Hademarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was one of five handmade dolls, including three female dolls and two male dolls, constructed using scraps of fabric that were mailed to Gretchen by her second oldest daughter, Anna Rasmus Holsten (b. 1904) from her job as a seamstress in New York.
