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Paper Dolls Book, Great Black Entertainers
Identifier:
2001.87.3Description:
Full color book features cut-out paper dolls of famous 20th century black entertainers, including Louis Armstrong, Josephine Baker, Dorothy Dandridge, Billie Holiday, Hattie McDaniel, Paul Robeson, Bill Robinson, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters and Bert Williams. Each person is portrayed full figure standing upright. Each figure has from 3 to 9 separate, full color paper costumes; most from a famous movie role or act. There are brief biographies of each person printed on the inside of the front and back covers.;This book fits into the Museum's existing collection of paper dolls. It also shows that there was a growing interest in depicting important black people to the general public and to children.;The donor acquired this book from the estate of a Chicago artist who incorporated popular culture items like paper dolls into his art work.Date:
1984Materials:
Cardboard, PaperDimensions:
12" h 9.25" wCurrent Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Source:
Gift Of Timothy J. ChesterRelated Entities:
Dover Publications (creator)Alternate names: Dover Publications
"Dover Publications, also known as Dover Books, is an American book publisher founded in 1941 by Hayward Cirker and his wife, Blanche. It primarily publishes reissues, books no longer published by their original publishers. These are often, but not always, books in the public domain. The original published editions may be scarce or historically significant. Dover republishes these books, making them available at a significantly reduced cost." -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Publications Tom Tierney (creator) Timothy J. Chester (donor)
Alternate names: Tim Chester
Timothy J. Chester was the Assistant Director of the Grand Rapids Public Museum from 1986 to 1988. In 1988 he became the Director until 2006.