Children at Play – Object #1

A.B. Quinn with Doll Carriage in Little Rock

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<p>A small girl, dressed in a long-sleeved black dress, boots, and a hat, looks at the camera while holding on to a metal doll carriage in what appears to be her front yard. A porcelain doll dressed in a long white gown is in the doll carriage.</p>

Playing with a baby doll and carriage, Little Rock, Arkansas, ca. late 1800s

Questions:

Where do you think this girl was playing?

What evidence in the photo makes you think this?

What is the girl wearing? What is the doll wearing?

How is the clothing similar to and different from clothes we wear today?

What questions do you have about this photograph?

Citations

Mary Elizabeth Parker Photograph Collection (UALR.PH.0061), UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture.