A Doll and Patterns from the Kansas Farmer

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 This doll called Princess Tambon is a cloth lithograph doll that was offered in the Kansas Farmer in 1914. Lithograph dolls where popular. I had to do some hunting to find images of the real doll. I found her on https://www.liveauctioneers.com I was just curious to see if any still existed and what they looked like. I think I like the lithograph dolls, some are rather nice pieces of art.








Kansas Farmer also offered patterns in 1914




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