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Celluloid boy doll with moveable head

c 1909

Australian National Maritime Museum

Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia

This celluloid doll is one of the toys that eight-year-old British child migrant Lily Knapton brought with her to Australia on SS RUNIC in 1909. It would have provided her with entertainment during the long eight week voyage.

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  • Title: Celluloid boy doll with moveable head
  • Date: c 1909
  • Location: Japan
  • Type: Toy
  • Significance: The doll is part of a collection of personal possessions brought to Australia by British child migrant Lily Knapton in 1909. It provides a rare insight into the nature of childhood and children's journeys from Britain in the early 1900s.
  • See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
  • Medium: Celluloid, paint, elastic
  • Dimensions: 80 × 35 × 28 mm
  • Credit line: ANMM Collection Gift from Gary McPherson
Australian National Maritime Museum

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