Saturday, November 3, 2012

Object of the Day: Another Spooky McLaughlin's Paper Doll







The McLaughlin’s Coffee people wanted to capture the attention of their Nineteenth Century clientele and, so, they produced a series of paper dolls with detachable heads and swap-able bodies. We’ve looked at some from my collection before. 

After a century, many of them have donned a patina which gives them a rather spooky look which I find particularly charming. This one is, in my estimation, the spookiest of the lot.

On the reverse, she says the same thing that her scary sister's say:



16 DOLLS IN THIS SET 

.4 Baby Dolls.
..4 Girl Dolls.. 
...4 Boy Dolls... 
..4 Mamma Dolls.. 

THE HEADS COME OFF 
YOU CAN DRESS AN UN- 
DRESS THEM AS YOU PLEASE. 
SECURE THE WHOLE FAMILY. 

One Doll in Every Package of 

McLaughlin’s 
XXXX COFFEE 



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