Objects - Recreation

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter F. There is a loop of wire at the base of the block.

1983.5.3bb

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter P.

1983.5.3p

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter B.

1983.5.3b

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter E.

1983.5.3e

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter Q.

1983.5.3q

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter H.

1983.5.3h

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter F.

1983.5.3f

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter U.

1983.5.3u

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter R.

1983.5.3r

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter V.

1983.5.3v

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter J.

1983.5.3j

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter S.

1983.5.3s

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter I.

1983.5.3i

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter W.

1983.5.3w

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter L.

1983.5.3l

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter G.

1983.5.3g

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter K.

1983.5.3k

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter Y.

1983.5.3y

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter M.

1983.5.3m

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter Z.

1983.5.3z

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter T.

1983.5.3t

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter N.

1983.5.3n

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter D.

1983.5.3d

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter Z.

1983.5.3aa

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter O.

1983.5.3o

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter C.

1983.5.3c

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter X.

1983.5.3x

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Block

Wooden block in the shape of the letter A.

1983.5.3a

Used by Ralph Gilmore Atwell

Alphabet Blocks

Box of printed wooden alphabet blocks. The box is decorated with a print of a bird and image of several people in a field, along with the inscription, "THE EMBOSSING COMPANY'S / Illustrated Cubes / SPELLING BLOCKS / No. 86." The blocks are printed in blue and red with uppercase letters, numbers, and images of animals. There are 24 blocks.

1959.63.29a-z

Likely used in East Calais, Vermont

Alphabet Blocks

Nursery blocks.

a= lid
b= bottom of box
c= blocks

a= Green paperboard box with almost full size label glued on crooked, leaving uneven border. Label has red border with picture in center of child playing with blocks and printing: "NURSERY BLOCKS, The Embossing Company No. 74 C, Made in the U.S.A."

c= 20 wooden alphabet and number blocks painted in red, yellow, blue and green and imprinted on two sides with figure or scene.

Boxed set of 20 alphabet blocks with letters, numbers, and pictures. The blocks are printed in red, yellow, blue, and green. The box is printed with a scene of a young child in a dress and bonnet playing with alphabet blocks beside a window. It is labeled, "Nursery Blocks / The Embossing Company".

2003.12.19a-c

Owned by Jean Louise Goodall Balham in Montpelier, Vermont

Alphabet Blocks

17-piece alphabet block set with pictures and words. Two sides are bright colors with raised design while four sides of each block are stamped in blue or red. The pictures include mostly animals, with some other common objects. Some of the blocks have been hand-colored in pencil by a child.

2011.37.31

Likely used by a member of the Cella family in Barre, Vermont

Alphabet Blocks

23-piece alphabet block set. Two sides of each block are brightly colored with a recessed letter. The other sides of each block have stamped pictures and words beginning with the corresponding letter, and numbers.

2011.37.32

Likely used by a member of the Cella family in Barre, Vermont

Alphabet Blocks

Incomplete set of shaped alphabet blocks painted yellow, white, and red. The present letters are B, C, H, I, K, S, U, X. The present numbers are 2, 5, 6, 7.

2011.37.35a-l

Likely used by a member of the Cella family in Barre, Vermont

Alphabet Blocks

Domed-top wooden trunk containing alphabet blocks. The blocks are shaped like letters and numbers, with multiples of some letters and numbers (M, 5, E, 3) and no examples of most letters. The inside of the lid is inscribed with several inked letters. The inscription is likely a name or multiple names, but it is largely illegible.

1953.52.2

Alphabet Blocks

28 alphabet blocks, carved and painted with letters and numbers. The blocks appear to come from multiple different sets. One set consists of large, cube-shaped blocks painted with letters and numbers on all sides except one, which is press carved. Another set consists of half-cube-shaped blocks of the same size, with half-letters on the sides that match together on the halved sides. The smaller blocks are similarly decorated.

1963.70.10a-bb

Owned by Robbie Wing in Island Pond, Vermont.

Baby Rattle

Baby rattle consisting of 6 colored plastic keys strung on white nylon cord. The rattle is in its original retail packaging consisting of a cardboard back and a clear plastic cover.

1997.44.4

Baby Rattle

Baby rattle consisting of 10 plastic disks strung onto a ball chain. The rattle is still in its original retail packaging consisting of a clear plastic back with a cardboard top.

1997.44.6

Baby Rattle

Pressed tin baby rattle. The rattle consists of a hollow handle with three punched holes, and a round, drum-like head. The head is stamped with an image of an eagle surrounded by the words, "FOR A GOOD CHILD".

1959.63.36

Likely used in East Calais, Vermont

Backgammon Set

Backgammon set. The set is contained within a box that opens to reveal a backgammon board on the inside and a checkerboard on the outside. The edges of the box are decorated to disguise is as two side-by-side books, with three edges looking like pages and one edge looking like the two spines. The box is entirely covered in leather, inside an out, and all decoration is tooled and painted on the leather. The spine of one "book" is labeled "HIST. OF ENGLAND". The leather has been completely removed from the other spine. The hinge of the box is on the side opposite the spines.

In addition to the box, the set contains 15 black and 15 red or brown game pieces, 4 dice, and 2 die throwers. The pieces are round and turned with circular rings, creating a bull's eye effect. The dice are 6 sided and made of bone. They are marked on the 6 side with a crown above the initials "GR" in red. The die throwers are narrow, cylindrical tubes made of leather.

1946.15.3a-kk

Owned by James Danforth, an innkeeper in Weathersfield, Vermont.

Bag

Blue canvas zip bag for ski waxes and tools. Bag has red trim and a fake fur skier silhouette on one side and fake fur swatches on each end of the bag where the zipper begins and stops. Inside is stiff, waterproof material that is chipping. Exterior of bag is stained and worn.

2003.73.8

Owned by Charles Willard Phipard of Royalton, Vermont

Baseball

White leather baseball with red stitching. The ball is signed in black ink, "1940 / Babe Ruth".

2008.50

In 1940 Harry Loyzell, of Fryeburg, Maine, traveled to North Conway, New Hampshire, where Babe Ruth was playing golf. Loyzell's uncle had previously acquired this ball from Fenway Park during a Red Sox game, and Loyzell asked Ruth to sign in. Loyzell went on to become the athletic director at Rutland High School.

Baseball

Dark leather orange peel style baseball. The ball is partially dyed or stained red. It is painted with the inscription, "For The Championship of the State of Vt. Mountaineers vs. Rustics Sept. 6th 1876. /
The Mountaineers.
C. M. Wilds. C.
H Nimblet. P.
R. Dunn. 1st B.
W. Clark 3rd B.
N. H. Munsill 1st B.
C. W. Corey S. S.
W. Harlow L. F.
C. B. Oaks C. F.
F. Woodbridge R. F."

2001.12

Used during a baseball game in 1876 between two previously undefeated Vermont teams, the Mountaineers of Bristol, Vermont, and the Rustics, of Essex Junction, Vermont. The Mountaineers won 19 to 6.

Baseball

White leather baseball with red stitching. It is signed in ink, "Howard Frank Mosher".

2023.17.1

Signed by Howard Frank Mosher of Irasburg, Vermont.

Baseball

Leather baseball with a pasted-on paper label that reads, "July 14th 1867 score 75-52 / [illeg] Champlain vs [illeg] BBC". The outermost layer of the ball is formed from three wedge-shaped pieces of dark leather stitched together with a whipstitch. A split in one of the seams reveals undyed canvas and red and blue yarn on the interior.

1967.33

Used during an unidentified baseball game in Vergennes, Vermont, in 1867.

Baseball

White leather baseball with red stitching. The ball is signed with the year 1961 and several names, likely those of a single, local baseball team.

2010.16.1

Baseball

White leather baseball with red stitching. The inscription, "BARRE LITTLE LEAGUE / CHAMPS / 1953 / 1954 / 1955 / DODGERS" is written on the ball in black ink.

2010.16.2a

Part of an appreciation trophy presented to Romeo Cella, who coached boys' Little League teams in Barre, Vermont.

Baseball

Leather orange peel style baseball. The cover is handsewn with linen thread.

1973.44

Made by Reuben St. John of Hubbardton, Vermont, for his grandson Eric St. John. Eric died of scarlet fever at age 13.

Baseball

White leather baseball with red stitching. The ball is signed throughout with black marker. It is accompanied by a gold-toned plastic display stand with a clear plastic round holder.

2011.62.3a-c

Signed by team members of the Burlington Expos baseball team in the mid-1990s.

Baseball Bat

Small baseball bat turned from dark wood.

2020.22.25

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Baseball Bat

Miniature baseball bat turned from light-colored wood. It is stamped in the center with the words, "World's Champion."

2020.22.41

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Baseball Bat

Small baseball bat with attached ball. The child-sized bat is turned from light-colored wood with pronounced graining. An small, applied wooden knob at the top of the bat secures a length of string which attaches a small wooden ball on the other end. The bat is labeled "BAT-BAT.T./Mfg. by Newton and Thompson, inc/Brandon, Vt., U. S. A."

2020.22.26

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Baseball Bat

Small baseball bat turned from dark wood. The bat is slightly warped, so bends slightly at the thinnest point. A metal ring is attached to the center of the base.

2020.22.27

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Baseball Bat

Miniature wooden baseball bat printed at one end with logos for the Mountaineers and the Times Argus. The bat is round and narrows toward one end. The Mountaineers' logo consists of an animal wearing hiking accessories stepping onto a double peaked mountain above the word, "MOUNTAINEERS". The Times Argus logo consists of the company name with the Vermont State House dome between the two words. The words "Presenting Sponsor" is above the State House dome.

2021.17.1

The Vermont Mountaineers is a collegiate summer baseball team based in Montpelier, Vermont

Baseball Bat

Wooden baseball bat with ten-inch rubberized grip. The bat is branded with the label, "Powerized LOUISVILLE SLUGGER 125B HILLERICH & BRADSBY CO MADE IN U.S.A. LOUISVILLE KY TRADE MARK REG."

2006.28.2

Used by William "Dig" Rowley while pitcher for the Richford Rabbits, Richford, Vermont

Baseball Cap

The baseball cap is dark blue in color and features an embroidered logo at the center front. The logo consists of the initials "SB" embroidered in blue and white.

2001.35.3

Worn by Mitchell Arnold as a team member of the South Burlington Little League team. The team won the Vermont State Championship and represented the state in the New England regional tournament.

Baseball Cap

Baseball cap with an undyed cotton crown and green visor. The crown is printed at the center front with an illustration of two deer in front of a copse of leafless trees. A tag on the interior reads, "One Size Fits All Made in China". The initials "A H W" are written on the inside in ink. There is a green plastic tag at the center back for adjusting fit. There are 4 eyelets in the crown, stitched with green thread, and a matching green-fabric covered button at the center top. There are 8 rows of topstitching on the visor, following the shape of the edge.

2006.55.1

Distributed at the 1993 reunion of Camp Maple Knolls in Northfield, Vermont.

Baseball Card

Full-color baseball card in a hard plastic case. The front of the card has a full-color photo of a baseball player (Ken Griffey) in a white uniform with the word "MARINERS" across the front in blue, and a blue baseball cap with a gold V at the center front. There is a circle in the lower left corner with the Mariners logo (the word MARINERS over a baseball and a large V). The back of the card is printed with the players statistics and a copyright notice.

1999.29

Shows George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey, Jr. when he played for the Vermont Mariners in Burlington, Vermont

Baseball Card

Paper baseball card showing a black-and-white photograph of a baseball player slightly bent over with his hands on his knees, and his head up looking toward infield. The image is labeled, "LARRY GARDNER / 3rd B. Cleveland". The reverse reads, "This set consists of pictures of 120 of the leading BASE BALL STARS of the AMERICAN AND NATIONAL LEAGUES Made only by NATIONAL CARAMEL COMPANY LANCASTER, PENNA."

2000.45

William Lawrence "Larry" Gardner of Enosburg, Vermont, played major league baseball from 1908 to 1924 and was a four-time World Series champion.

Baseball Mitt

Leather baseball mitt. The mitt is padded on the palm side and left open on the back, securing at the wrist with a buttoned strap. The outer fabric and the lining are whipstitched together at the opening.

2006.28.3

Used by William "Dig" Rowley as pitcher for the Richford Rabbits, Richford, Vermont

Baseball Uniform

Grey wool baseball uniform consisting of a shirt and breeches. The shirt has short sleeves and secures up the front with 5 buttons. There is a wide center placket that extends around the neckline. The word "Rabbits" in cursive is cut from black wool felt and machine appliqued on the left breast, stretching from the center placket under the left sleeve. The words "AMERICAN HOUSE 2" are cut from black wool felt and machine appliqued on the back of the shirt. The pants end below the wearer's knee and are gathered around elastic bands. There is a 9-inch fly that secures with 6 white buttons.

2006.28.1a-b

Worn by William "Dig" Rowley while pitcher for the Richford Rabbits of Richford, Vermont

Basket

Small basket, sized either as a toy or for trinkets. The basket is shaped like a picnic basket: it has an oval base, a U-shaped handle spanning the width of the center top, and two hinged lids, attached at the center. It is woven in a plain-weave with wicker singles.

1960.50.4

Owned by a member of the Dewey family of Montpelier, Vermont

Basketball uniform

A basketball uniform
a = a silvery gray singlet with N B Bulldogs in green letters on one side and the number six in green on the back. the name "C. Rossi" is inked onto the hem at the bottom back of the shirt.
b = silver shorts with green stripes on each side that button up the front and buckle. Inside on the waistband, written in ink, is the following: C. Rossi, Barre, Vt.

2008.1.24a-b

This is part of the Rossi family collection. Based on the penned name inside the shorts, this uniform belonged to Claude Rossi, brother of Lawrence K. Rossi (1918-2015) Claude (1921-1945) was involved in many sports in high school and in intramural basketball -- which is likely what this uniform was from since the colors are not those of Spaulding High School.

Beads

Green cardboard box filled with painted wooden beads. The box has a rectangular cutout on the top lined with cellophane, showing the contents. The top of the box is printed with the words, "PLAY TIME STRINGING BEADS", and the sides are printed with the words, "HOURS OF AMUSEMENT" and "FAST, NON-POISONOUS COLORS". The turned wooden beads are round with a hole in the center. They are painted pink, blue, green, and yellow.

2020.22.12a-tt

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Beret

Gold-colored wool beret with the letter CW in black on the front. A nametag labeled, "Helen L. Phipard", is sewn in the center of the interior. There are 2 eyelets at the center back of the band that may have been used with a string to adjust fit.

2006.13.1

Worn by Helen Phipard Dumville as a student at Camp Wihakowi in Northfield, Vermont.

Bingo Card

Cardboard bingo card printed with a faux bois pattern. The card has 26 windows carved into the face that show paper numbers beneath. 24 of the windows show 2-digit numbers, 1 shows the word "FREE", and 1 shows a 4-digit card number. The bottom of the card is printed with an advertisement for IGA "Wes" Ayer Store in Montpelier, Vermont.

2001.49.2

Used by St. Augustine Parish in Montpelier, Vermont

Bingo Card

Cardboard bingo card printed with a faux bois pattern. The card has 26 windows carved into the face that show paper numbers beneath. 24 of the windows show 2-digit numbers, 1 shows the word "FREE", and 1 shows a 4-digit card number. The bottom of the card is printed with an advertisement for Royal Crown Bottling Co. in Barre, Vermont.

2001.49.3

Used by St. Augustine Parish in Montpelier, Vermont

Bingo Card

Cardboard bingo card printed with a faux bois pattern. The card has 26 windows carved into the face that show paper numbers beneath. 24 of the windows show 2-digit numbers, 1 shows the word "FREE", and 1 shows a 4-digit card number. The bottom of the card is printed with an advertisement for Brown Derby Motel Inc. & Restaurant in Montpelier, Vermont.

2001.49.4

Used by St. Augustine Parish in Montpelier, Vermont

Bingo Card

Cardboard bingo card printed with a faux bois pattern. The card has 26 windows carved into the face that show paper numbers beneath. 24 of the windows show 2-digit numbers, 1 shows the word "FREE", and 1 shows a 4-digit card number. The bottom of the card is printed with an advertisement for Everett's Pharmacy in Montpelier, Vermont.

2001.49.5

Used by St. Augustine Parish in Montpelier, Vermont

Bingo Card

Cardboard bingo card printed with a faux bois pattern. The card has 26 windows carved into the face that show paper numbers beneath. 24 of the windows show 2-digit numbers, 1 shows the word "FREE", and 1 shows a 4-digit card number. The bottom of the card is printed with an advertisement for Nelson's Appliance in Montpelier, Vermont.

2001.49.1

Used by St. Augustine Parish in Montpelier, Vermont

Board Game

Board game and box. The box lid is printed with an illustration of a fire wagon being pulled by three white horses with the inscription, "FIRE FIGHTERS" in sky above it. The directions for play are printed at the bottom of the illustration. The game board is printed on a sticker and adhered to the inside of the box. It consists of an illustration of four ladders leaning against a multicolored building and terminating at an open window. A woman in a nightgown is standing at the window, and flames are behind her. The playing pieces are small wooden disks stained red, blue, yellow, and green. There is a rectangular counter with a rotating dial than can indicate the numbers 1-4 and the instructions, "Spin the hand by a quick stroke of the finger."

1986.34.1a-g

Likely used in Berlin, Vermont

Board Game

Benningtonopoly board game modeled after the board game Monopoly. The set consists of a box, board, cards, play money, and round plastic tokens. Both the board and the box have a black-and-white illustration of the Bennington monument. The spaces on the board are lined up around the edges of the board and are named with places in Bennington, Vermont.

1995.4.2

Produced as a souvenir for Bennington, Vermont

Board Game

Boxed board game, "Broadcast Baseball". The set consists of the box, box lid, game board, 2 used score sheets, 1 unused score card, small box of 34 metal pins, 4 red pegs, 4 blue pegs, 11 blue cardboard team tags, 44 blue cardboard score tags, 1 blank blue piece of paper.

Directions for play are printed on the interior of the box lid. Conventional play follows the rules of baseball, but the players spin a dial and match the result to the numbered game outcome printed in the box lid. There are also alternative instructions for using the board to reenact live games via radio broadcast.

2003.12.13a-aaaaa

Owned by Jean Louise Goodall Balham in Montpelier, Vermont

Board Game

Boxed board game, "Dictator". The game consists of the box, game board, play money, cards noting actions and property, metal ships, submarines, airplanes, and people, and 2 dice. Instructions for play are printed at the center of the game board.

2003.12.14a-kkkkkk

Owned by Jean Louise Goodall Balham in Montpelier, Vermont

Board Game

Board game, ""Uncle Wiggily" Game". The set consists of a box and lid, a game board, 95 white paper cards, 36 pink paper cards, 4 painted wooden disks. The board is printed with a twisting path that leads to various structures and characters. Instructions for play are printed on the interior of the box lid and consist of following the instructions on drawn cards.

2003.12.17a-hhhhhh

Owned by Jean Louise Goodall Balham in Montpelier, Vermont

Board Game

Long, rectangular board came contained within a box. The lid is printed with a scene of children (two girls and two boys) in Victorian clothing fishing from a grassy hill. The title, 'THE IMPROVED GAME OF / FISH POND." is printed on either side of the group. Inside, the game board fits snugly into the box and is printed with an artistic rendering of the surface of a lake or pond with water lilies. There are 22 slits spaced evenly across the board in 3 rows. There are also several die-cut fish (11 remaining). While the fish are very similar in appearance, they are printed on one side with a small species name (bass, haddock, tarpon, shad, carp, salmon, blackfish, mackerel) and on the other side with a number within a circle. There are round holes where the eyes would be. The inside of the lid is printed with gameplay instructions.

1973.1.32a-n

Descended in the family of Stella Vitty Henry of Windsor, Vermont

Board Game

"Barreopoly" board game consisting of a box and lid, board, 4 playing pieces, 2 dice, 25 green tokens, 25 red tokens, 14 "BYSA Barre Blad" cards, 16 "fate" cards, property cards, and paper play money. The money is printed in 6 colors (yellow, gold, white, pink, blue, and green) in the denominations $1, $5, $20, $50, $100, $500.

The outside of the box is printed with a brown-toned photograph of a granite monument and the title, "BARREOPOLY "Granite Center Of The World" / Limited Edition Presented By Barre Youth Sports - Barre Blades". The board is printed in imitation of a commercial Monopoly board, with each tile showing the logo and contact information of a local business or franchise.

2007.23a-c

Board Game

Boxed game board consisting of a United States flag with peg holes in the 48 stars and along the top 10 stripes. A map of North and South America is printed in blue at the center bottom with the United States filled in and a spread eagle over Canada. Another, smaller United States flag is printed at the bottom right.

1962.17a-e

Board Game

Board game consisting of a board, 8 plastic disks, and 2 dice, and a rules sheet. The board is printed with an illustration of a map of the state of Vermont with track forming an upside-down U shape. The track has a repeating pattern of 4 rectangles, then a large red circle. The map is decorated with illustrations of Vermont landmarks and past times associated with the area, such as fishing, skiing, and maple sugaring. The bottom right corner is labeled, "CARCHEEZI GAME FROM VERMONT".

2006.11.2

Book

Child's cloth book, entitled "Little Pet." The cover features the title at the top, the words, "Linen ABC" and a picture of two children involved in a tug of war with a book. At the bottom of the page is the name of the publisher, McLoughlin Bros., New York.

2007.18.451

Bowling Game

Boxed toy bowling set with pins painted as soldiers. Each of the 9 pins is painted pink with a red jacket and black hat. There are two red-painted balls. The set is held in a wooden box with a slide-off lid. The lid is printed with images of the soldier pins and the inscription, "CADET TEN PIN BOWLING SET".

2020.22.69a-m

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Bowling Game

Boxed toy bowling game. The game consists of 10 wooden bowling pins with red heads, and a red wooden ball. The pins and ball fit into shaped cutouts within a cardboard inset in the cardboard box. The lid of the box is printed with an illustration of a bowling alley with a ball striking 5 pins and the inscription, "LUCKY STRIKE BOWLING GAME".

1981.37.1a-o

Made by George F. Adams & Co., Inc. in Moscow, Vermont

Bowling Game

Large wooden bowling alley game. The game consists of a large, U-shaped board with spring-loaded dowels on the sides. The dowels can be pulled back, then released to shoot a red glass marble. At the center of the board are 10 drilled holes to hold blue glass marbles (6 remaining). There is a gutter behind the holes for the blue marbles that get moved by being hit by the red.

2020.22.72a-i

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, Vermont

Bowling Game

Ten-pin bowling set held in its original wooden crate. The crate has a paper label on one side that reads, "9 INCH TEN PINS". There are 10 pins, each with a red stripe around the widest point, flanked by black stripes. There is a round ball at the top of each pin, and red stripes around the ball and the shoulders. There are three wooden balls in the set, each with a red stripe around the center.

1959.63.30a-o

Likely owned by a member of the George family in East Calais, Vermont

Bowling Game

Bowling set consisting of two balls, five pins, and a cardboard box with lid. The pins are balls are painted wood. The balls are red, and the pins are purple (2), orange, yellow, and blue. The box lid is printed with an illustration of young children playing bowling inside a domestic interior with the inscription, "LUCKY STRIKE TEN PIN BOWLING SET".

2020.22.14a-i

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Bowling Game

Multicolored boxed toy bowling set. The lid of the box is illustrated with a fantasy scene of an old man and eleven gnomes playing a game of bowling in the woods along with the label, "LUCKY STRIKE/TEN PIN BOWLING SET". The set contains two blue pins, three red pins, three orange pins, on green pin, a green ball, and a red ball.

2020.22.67a-n

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Bowling Pins

Set of six bowling pins. Five of the pins are finished with clear lacquer and have two horizontal red stripes around the middle. The sixth pin is painted light blue.

2004.2.3a-f

Owned by a member of the Dopp family.

Box

Small rectangular box with a sliding lid and a stamp. The corners of the box are held with glued box joints. There is a small semicircle carved into the end of the lid to grip while opening. Inside the box are 39 small painted puzzle pieces or building toys.

2020.22.118a-oo

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Box

Printed cardboard box for a paper doll set. The box has short sides, and the back secures with tabs similar to an envelope. The front is printed with the image of a boy in a fancy dress costume with leggings, boots, and a wide-brimmed hat. The top has the label, "LORDLY LIONEL". To the right of the boy is in the label, "The PRINCE AND PRINCESS SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS PATD. FEB 20TH 1894." At the bottom is the label, "Raphael Tuck & Sons. LONDON : PARIS : NEW YORK PUBLISHERS TO Her Majesty The Queen. DESIGNED BY MARGUERITE McDONALD."

1966.29.2k

Used by Catherine and Florence Briggs in Brandon, Vermont

Box

Cardboard box for holding a chimney sweep doll. The box is painted red and impressed with the outlines of bricks to look like a chimney.

1964.63.17c

Given to the State of Vermont by the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Box

Flattened box lid for an Alibi Golf Set. The lid shows illustrations of people golfing both outdoors and inside and shows illustrations of people in various gold poses on the flaps.

2020.22.1a

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Bubble Pipe

Tin pipe consisting of a long tapered tube attached to a cone-shaped bowl.

1978.13

Attributed to the Fairbanks Company of St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Bubble Pipe

Tin pipe consisting of a long tapered tube attached to a cone-shaped bowl.

1981.12.2

Attributed to the Fairbanks Company of St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Building Blocks

Set of building blocks printed with a brick pattern. The set includes 11 long rectangular blocks with blue printing; 9 long rectangular blocks with red printing; 12 short rectangular pieces with blue printing, 10 short rectangular pieces with red printing; 11 cubes with blue printing; 3 square pieces with green windowpane printing; 4 archways with blue printing; 2 archways with red printing; 2 domes with blue printing; 4 domes with red printing; 4 large triangle pieces with red printing; and 4 small triangle pieces with red printing.

2011.37.30

Likely used by members of the Cella family in Barre, Vermont

Building Blocks

Set of wooden building blocks made from wood bolts or screws. There are 7 3"-long green blocks; 3 1-1/2"-long yellow blocks, and 5 3/4"-long red blocks.

2011.37.34a-o

Likely used by a member of the Cella family in Barre, Vermont

Building Blocks

Wooden box containing wooden blocks. The sliding lid of the box has the remnants of a sticker showing an illustration of children building a structure with the blocks and adults doing construction. The box contains one unpainted arch block, one square block printed with a clock face, four unpainted cylindrical blocks, four cube blocks (red, orange, blue, green), a red baluster, two purple balusters, and several rectangular blocks in red, purple, green, and orange. Some of the blocks have decorative beading on side.

2020.22.133a-oo

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Cap

b = Black ball cap with white stripes and a white button on the top.

Related items:
2008.1.2a = White canvas jacket with black snaps, collar, cuffs and pocket trim and a black, football shaped patch on the left chest with the initials VFOA which stands for Vermont Football Officials Association.

2008.1.2c = gold-colored whistle with a ring. On the top side: "N.S. Meyer, New York." On the underside: "Made in the U.S.A."

2008.1.2d = Gold-colored coin for players to use in the toss that determines which team picks the end of the field it wants to defend in the first half of a football game. One side shows the diagram of a football field and has the word 'TAILS' in big letters. The other side says, "National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations" around the outside and has an emblem in the center with the initials "HSAA."

2008.1.2e = Black, plastic device that can be clicked to record time outs used and downs.

2008.1.2b

Lawrence K. Rossi (1918-2015) of Barre was a long-time football official in Vermont and New England. He wore this hat.

Cap Gun

Metal toy pistol. The pistol is molded with a trigger guard, revolver chamber, and moving hammer.

1963.70.11

Owned by Robbie Wing in Island Pond, Vermont.

Card Game

Boxed card game, "Game of Authors". The box is printed with an illustration of a young boy reading a book to a young girl and an elderly man in front of a large fireplace. The game consists of 31 playing cards, each printed with a portrait of a famous author and the titles of 3 of their works.

2003.12.18a-gg

Owned by Jean Louise Goodall Balham in Montpelier, Vermont

Card Game

A deck of 30 cards for a game called "Famille Amidon." The pictures seem to show various occupations for family members. The grandfather, for example, is hanging up wash.

1964.63.213

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Catcher's Mitt

Round leather catcher's mitt with the initials DJM written in ink. The mitt consists of a leather glove with a wrist strap attached at the palm to a round pad.

2006.46.1

Used by Marian Mead Fay and her brother, Daniel Leroy Mead, of Underhill, Vermont, while playing hardball for Underhill High School.

Chair Lift

Green metal chair attached to hollow metal hanging rod. The chair has bars across the front, both in front of the sitter's torsor and beneath the sitter's feet. The chair is numbered 54.

1986.32.1

From the first chairlift on Mount Mansfield.

Checkers Set

Rectangular wooden box containing 30 turned wooden disks (checkers pieces). 15 of the disks are painted red, and the other 15 are painted black. The lid of the box is printed with the inscription, "CHAMPION CHECKERS MANUFACTURED BY NEWTON & THOMPSON MFG. CO. BRANDON, VERMONT."

2020.22.131a-ff

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Class Ring

Gold signet ring with the entwined initials, "WC". The interior of the band is engraved with the initials, "MEB".

2001.22.2

Owned by Marjorie Elizabeth Bonynge of Ridgewood, New Jersey, to commemorate her time at Camp Wynona in Fairlee, Vermont

Climbing Strap

Long, rectangular hide straps with canvas attachment straps. The hide is covered in black fur on one side.

1984.13.1.3a-b

Used by James L. Pembroke on Mount Mansfield, Vermont.

Clothespins

Cardboard box of miniature clothespins. The clothes pins are peg style, with static sides and rounded top. The top of the box has two oval cutouts, showing the pins inside, and is printed with images of two pins and the words, "MINIATURE CLOTHES PINS". The side is printed with, "FOR DOLLY'S CLOTHES".

2020.22.11a-x

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Coin

d = Gold-colored coin for players to use in the toss that determines which team picks the end of the field it wants to defend in the first half of a football game. One side shows the diagram of a football field and has the word 'TAILS' in big letters. The other side says, "National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations" around the outside and has an emblem in the center with the initials "HSAA."

Related items
2008.1.2a = White canvas jacket with black snaps, collar, cuffs and pocket trim and a black, football shaped patch on the left chest with the initials VFOA which stands for Vermont Football Officials Association.

2008.1.2b = Black ball cap with white stripes and a white button on the top.

2008.1.2c = gold-colored whistle with a ring. On the top side: "N.S. Meyer, New York." On the underside: "Made in the U.S.A."

20081..2e = Black, plastic device that can be clicked to record time outs used and downs.

2008.1.2d

Lawrence K. Rossi (1918-2015) of Barre was a long-time football official in Vermont and New England. He used this coin for the toss in games.

Cribbage Board

Wooden cribbage board. The front of the board has four rows of 30 holes around the outside with two additional holes in the center of each short end. There are five holes along the center of the board, each on an etched line.

The back of the board is pasted with a piece of paper bearing the handwritten inscription, "This Cribbage Board was made from a fence rail, pierced with musket balls during the battle of Antietam, September Seventeenth 1862. The rail was taken from a fence in in front of the 2nd division of the 6th corps and the board was cut out and made by a private soldier in Batt's Brigade."

1920.3.2

Made from a fence rail that was pierced with musket balls during the Battle of Antietam. Owned by General William Farrar Smith.

Cribbage Board

Rectangular wooden cribbage board. The board is formed from 5 strips of wood, alternating slightly in tone between dark and light (3 dark, 2 light). The 2 light strips are each drilled with 2 rows of 30 holes followed by a single row of 2 holes. The center strip is drilled with a single line of 5 holes on one end and 7 holes on the other end. The reverse has a U-shaped compartment carved into the center strip at one end that closes by inserting a metal plate. Inside, there are several red and unpainted game markers. The words, "JOHN'S TINKER SHOP MARSHFIELD, VERMOTN 05658", are burned into the wood above the compartment. Below the compartment is a round, white sticker with the written inscription, "$11.00".

1987.3.1

Made by John's Tinker Shop in Marshfield, Vermont

Cribbage Board

Rectangular wooden cribbage board hinged at the center. When closed, the board forms a box with the cribbage board on the outside. The board consists of 12 light-colored rectangles of inlaid wood, each drilled with 2 rows of 10 holes. In the center of the board, between the 2 rows of inlay, is an oval formed from 30 drilled holes. The inside of the box, or back of the board, islined with paper printed in red and black with the symbols of standard playing card suites (heart, diamond, club, spade) in a repeating tiled pattern. There is a pointed wooden divider at one end. When closed, the box secures with a metal hook.

1999.23.6

Used by Louis Peck of Montpelier, Vermont, during World War II.

Croquet Set

Small croquet set in a wooden box. The set contains four wooden balls, two pegs, 9 wire arches with red, wooden bases, three wire ball stands, and four wooden mallets.

2020.22.135a-x

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Croquet Set

Croquet set consisting of 4 mallets, 9 hoops, 8 hoop stands (enough for 4 hoops), one peg, one peg stand, one ball, paper instructions, and wooden box.

2020.22.136a-ee

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Croquet Set

Croquet set consisting of 4 mallets, 2 pegs, 3 balls, 10 hoops, and a cardboard box. The mallets have unpainted handles, and the heads are painted orange, blue, green, and red. The pegs are painted red and carved to be able to stand on a flat surface. The balls are painted red, orange, and blue. The hoops are made of wire and are bent into U-shapes at the ends to be able to stand on a flat surface. The box is printed with an illustration of children playing croquet in a living room. The inscription, "PARLOR CROQUET", spans the top.

2020.22.13a-u

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Croquet Set

Croquet set consisting of 4 wooden mallets, 4 balls, 2 pegs, 9 hoops, 25 hoop bases (enough for 12.5 hoops), and a cardboard box with lid. The mallets have painted heads (blue, red, yellow, green). The turned wooden balls are painted to correspond with the mallet heads. The pegs are turned and formed with one flat end to be able to rest on a flat surface. They are painted red and green. The hoops are made from wire bent in two places. The bases are semicircular with small holes through the center where the wire can be inserted. 8 of the base pieces are dyed green, and the rest are left unfinished. The box lid is printed with an illustration of children playing croquet in a domestic interior with the inscription, "PARLOR CROQUET" across the top.

2020.22.22a-uu

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, Vermont

Croquet Set

Croquet set consisting of 4 mallets, 2 balls, 2 pegs, 9 hoops, and a cardboard box with lid. The mallets have long wooden dowels as handles and painted heads (blue, green, red, orange). The balls are painted blue and green. The pegs are turned and have one flat side, to be able to rest on a flat surface. They are painted red and green. The hoops are made of metal wire bent in two place, with the ends inserted into green-painted semicircular bases. The box lid is printed with an illustration of a pile of croquet mallets with the inscription, "PARLOR CROQUET SET" across the top. The inside of the lid is printed with rules for playing in and outdoor croquet.

2020.22.21a-s

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Croquet Set

Croquet set consisting of four mallets, four balls, two stands, two pegs, eight hoops, sixteen hoop bases, and a cardboard box. The mallets are each painted with a stripe around the center of the head: yellow, green, blue, and red. The balls are painted corresponding colors. The two stands and pegs are painted red and yellow. The hoops are made of wire bent in two places, and the stands are blue-painted semi-circles with small holes for the wires to be inserted into. The box has an attached lid printed in white and green with an image of children playing croquet inside a room and children playing croquet on a lawn. The inscription, "INDOOR-OUTDOOR CROQUET", spans the top. The room illustration has a banner that reads, "NEWTON & THOMPSON MRG. CO", and the lawn illustration has a banner that reads, "200 Fifth Ave. New York."

2020.22.10a-ll

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Croquet Set

Croquet set consisting of 4 mallets, 3 balls, 2 pegs, 4 hoops, and a box with lid. The mallets have painted heads (blue, orange, red, green) with a glossy finish. The balls are turned wood. Two of the balls are the same size (red, yellow), and the third is smaller (red). The pegs are red and green and turned to have a flat end for resting on a flat surface. The hoops are made of wire that is bent into U-shapes at the ends for resting on a flat surface. The blue box lid is printed with an illustration of children playing croquet in a domestic interior with the label, "PARLOR CROQUET SET", across the top.

2020.22.23a-o

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Cup

Miniature tin cup sized for a doll. The cup has straight sides with a round handle soldered to side seam.

2009.19.3

Owned by a member of the Eckley or Warner families of Proctor, Vermont

Dart Game

Baseball-themed dart game consisting of an envelope, 3 paper game boards, and 5 darts. The darts are wooden bowling-pin shaped handles with 1-inch metal pins protruding from the wide end. The game board is printed with an illustration of a baseball diamond. Rules for play are printed at the top center.

2003.69.9

Produced by Sam Daniels Manufacturing Co. in Hardwick, Vermont

Doll

Doll with wooden bust, arms, and legs, and a soft body. The bust is plastered and painted with cream-colored skin and brown hair. The face has a molded nose and chin and painted eyes (blue), eyebrows, and mouth. The arms are chip carved with attached fingers and a separate thumb. The wooden arm pieces extend to just under the elbow. The doll is wearing a black silk dress with a surplice bodice held in pleats. The sleeves reach to just below the elbows, and there is a white gauze neckerchief, or fichu. The fabric of the long skirt is split throughout, showing the white petticoat beneath.

1923.7.4

Doll

Stuffed doll of an indigenous American man. The doll is made from two pieces of cotton printed with the image of the front and back of the doll. He is a dark-skinned man with black hair in two braids. He is wearing a red cloak with blue-and-white trim and is holding a white pipe to his mouth. The center of the reverse is printed with the label, "JOE".

2006.12.1b

Joe, and his wife Molly, were St. Francis Abenaki people whose figures became central to Vermont culture after Joe's actions during the Revolutionary War were publicized and, later, romanticized. The pattern for these dolls was widely printed and sold throughout Vermont as tourist souvenirs. These particular dolls were constructed by Katherine Dopp from a kit she purchased at a gift store at Joe's Pond in the 1950s.

Doll

Doll with a wooden head and soft body, arms and legs. The head has attached wool hair and remnants of plaster. (The plastered face is now separated from the head.) There is a string of glass beads attached to the head. The doll is wearing a silk satin dress lined in fine linen with a lace chemisette. The dress has a high waistline, a gathered bodice, and elbow-length sleeves. The neckline of the dress is edged with gold braid. The skirt of the dress is shredded. The doll's arms are made of linen doubled over and rolled into a tube. Any former plaster forearms and hands are no longer present.

1931.25.1a

While the doll dates to the early nineteenth century, the damage to it was received during the Great Vermont Flood of 1927 in Montpelier, Vermont

Doll

Doll with ceramic arms, legs, and bust, and a soft body. The skin is unpainted (white), and the hair and facial features and molded and painted. The hair is black, the eyes are blue, the cheeks are pink, and the lips are red. The doll is wearing a dress made of white cotton printed with a small repeating batik pattern. The skirt has two tiers, each edged with blue bias tape. The neckline is edged with blue bias tape and trimmed with white lace net. The doll is also wearing white pantalets and a brown petticoat. The feet are painted with light blue boots with black toes.

1986.20.2

Doll

Large cloth doll with printed features. The circular head is printed in full color with blue eyes, rosy cheeks, and blonde hair. The hands are printed with fingers, and the legs and feet are printed with black buttoned boots and red stockings. The doll is dressed in white bloomers and a short white dress.

1976.17.2a-c

Sewn by Harriet Cole Prouty in Marshfield, Vermont

Doll

Soft-bodied doll with white porcelain arms and legs and a painted bisque head. She is wearing a yellow dress and bloomers printed with small pink flowers. The dress is trimmed at the waist and hem with black velvet. She has blonde hair sewn to a silk cap to for a wig (now detached) and a brimmed hat that matches the dress. She is wearing low-heeled boots. She has closing eyes (no longer functional).

Owned by Hattie Jane Dyer Weeks (1859 - 1942) of Middlebury, Vermont, wife of the donor. She named the doll Nelly Gray, likely after the anti-slavery ballad of the same name.

1943.13.1a

Doll

Small doll sized for use in a dollhouse. The doll has cream-colored skin and short brown hair. It is wearing a khaki suit with a red tie; the clothes are molded. The doll hinges at the waist, shoulders, hips, and knees.

2010.25.195

Owned by Betsy Evans Isham in Burlington, Vermont

Doll

Doll with a soft body and wood bust, arms, and legs. The bust is plastered and painted with cream-colored skin and black hair. The hair is molded to be in a bun with loose curls on either side. The face is molded with a nose and has painted-on eyes, eyebrows, cheeks, and lips. The arms and legs are not plastered but are painted with the same color skin. The narrow feet are painted with brown shoes. The doll is wearing a dress made of cream-colored silk covered in matching net. The neckline of the dress sits off the shoulders, and the bodice is gathered toward the center front of the waistband, which is covered with a pink silk ribbon. Beneath the dress, she is wearing long bloomers or pantalets made of the same silk and net as the dress.

1947.4.1

Owned by Sarah Hill, and later Jennie Betsey Knight, of Starksboro, Vermont

Doll

Soft-bodied "Ann Story" doll. The doll is wearing 18th-century-style clothing consisting of a red gown, grey petticoat, blue-and-white striped apron, red stockings, brown shoes, white shift, red-and-black neckerchief, and white cap. She is holding an ax in both hands. The doll stands via an internal wire armature, which protrudes from the back of each food, acting as a balance for the doll to stand upright.

There is a tag sewn onto the doll's lower back that reads, "ANN STORY: VERMONT 1777 #54/151 By Mirren Barrie, NIADA, 1983". There is a pouch sewn into the back of the doll's shift with a small paper booklet with the hand-drawn title, "Handmade", on the cover. The book folds out into a single sheet a paper with Barrie's explanation of the doll's clothing.

2004.12.1

Ann Story lived with her five children in a cabin in Salisbury in the early years of English settlement in Vermont. She was a spy and courier for Vermont's militia, the Green Mountain Boys, during the American Revolution and did much to aid their cause.

Doll

Small plastic doll wearing an ornate red velvet dress. The doll's arms and legs are hinged at the shoulders and hips, and the head swivels on the neck. The eyes close when the doll is laid prone, and open when upright, and the facial features--including eyelashes--are painted on. The hair is black and has fallen out of the original style. The dress has several tiered layers in the skirt and a Watteau train at the back. A string of crystals is around the waist, and the doll is wearing two strands of pearls around its neck. There is a stamped metal filigree fan attached to the proper right side of the doll with large red, yellow, and white feathers attached to it. The feet are molded into white shoes with a low heel.

1982.24.9

The doll depicts Grace Coolidge in the gown she wore to her husband's inaugural ball. The doll was also owned by Grace Coolidge.

Doll

Porcelain doll with molded and painted features. The doll has short, or upswept, black hair, blue eyes, pink cheeks, red lips, and unpainted (white) skin. It is wearing a cotton dress with a woven design of stripes of open weave alternating with stripes of chevrons. There is a wide, pink ribbon around the waist, and pantalets beneath the dress. The arms are missing, and the proper right foot has broken off. The remaining foot is painted with a blue boot.

1982.24.10

Owned by Grace Coolidge of Burlington, Vermont.

Doll

Doll with wooden bust and legs and soft linen body. The bust is plastered and painted with glossy, peach-colored skin, red lips, and pink cheeks. The eyes are carved and enameled in white and black. Black dots are painted around the eyes to simulate eyelashes, and along the eyebrows. The hair is silk and cut into a straight bob with short bangs (not original). There is a black string tied around the doll's neck. The doll is wearing a dress made of white gauze with a wove, repeating diamond pattern. The upper sleeves are gathered into puffs, and there is a plaid silk ribbon at the waistline. Linen arms protrude from the sleeves, but the wooden lower arms are no longer present. Beneath the dress, the doll is wearing two petticoats and pantalets in white gauze, and brown leather shoes with tied fronts. The legs are made of unpainted wood. The doll is accompanied by a white cotton muslin cloak decorated with whitework embroidery and crocheted trim.

1978.23.1a

Owned by Julia Ann Smith in Thompson Ridge or Bullville, New York. While the doll was not made or used in Vermont, it was used to represent Vermont at a Temple University doll show held during the 1920s.

Doll

Tiny porcelain doll with molded clothes. The dress is unpainted (white) with blue lines painted on the hem, sleeve cuffs, and collar. The hair and face are molded and painted (black hair, eyebrows, eyes; pink cheeks; red nose and mouth). The doll is posed standing with its arms bent at the elbow and pointed frontwards.

1978.23.3

These dolls were included as promotional toys with candy during the early 20th century.

Doll

Soft-bodied black male doll. The doll is made of undyed linen covered with black silk. It has short, curly hair made from black and brown bouclé yarn. The eyes are black glass beads, and the nose is shaped with embroidery. The mouth is embroidered with red thread. The doll is wearing a white cotton shirt with a high collar, black knee-length breeches with buttons at the cuff, red stockings, leather shoes, and a brown wool coat. The coat has a velvet collar, pocket facings, and cuffs, and two rows of buttons down the front. It is lined in red-and-black plaid wool.

1981.2.4a-e

Owned by Ray Longfellow Schoppe in Canaan, Vermont

Doll

Doll with bisque porcelain head, bust, arms, and leg, and a soft body. The head is made separately from the torso and is connected by a wire inserted into the neck and through a hole in the center of the bust, allowing the head to wobble. The skin is unpainted (white), and the hair and face and molded and painted. The hair is short, waved, and blonde. The doll has blue eyes, pink cheeks, and red mouth. The legs are painted with blue stripe to indicate socks, and the feet are painted with black shoes. The soft body is stuffed with sawdust. The doll is wearing a dress made of white cotton with black horizontal stripes. The collar, cuffs, and hem are trimmed in white lace. The soft body is red, and the doll is wearing a white petticoat under the dress.

1981.2.5

Doll

Soft-bodied doll with a ceramic bust. The bust, consisting of a head and connected shoulders, is made of white ceramic. The hair is molded and painted black. The face is molded and painted with eyes, rosy cheeks, and pink lips. The rest of the doll, including the arms and legs, is made from stuffed cotton. It is shaped into an exaggerated version of a fashionable silhouette, with sloped shoulders, and a smooth curve at the waist. The doll is dress in a blue cotton dress printed with light-blue abstract shapes (similar to animal spots). The dress has long sleeves, three horizontal ruffles along the bottom of the skirt, and a row of 6 metal buttons down the back of the bodice.

1976.43.241

Owned by Josephine M. Kent in Calais, Vermont

Doll

Padded, but mostly two-dimensional, doll. The doll is wearing a loosely fitted garment consisting of a long-sleeved blue jacket and a white skirt. She is holding a large basket on her head. The face and hair are drawn on with red and black ink, and details are added to the hands and feet with black ink.

1999.50.10

Owned by Flora Coutts of Newport, Vermont, who taught in Korea from 1922-1925.

Doll

Padded, but mostly two-dimensional, doll. The doll is wearing a loosely fitted garment consisting of a long-sleeved white jacket and white pants that secure tightly at the ankle. He is holding a purple fan in his left hand. Both the hand and the fan are paper, while the other hand is cardboard. He is wearing a blak hat with a brim and a tall crown. The face and hair are drawn on with red and black ink, and details are added to the hands, shoes, and clothing with black ink.

1999.50.11

Owned by Flora Coutts of Newport, Vermont, who taught in Korea from 1922-1925.

Doll

Padded, but mostly two-dimensional, doll. The doll is wearing a loosely fitted garment consisting of a long-sleeved teal jacket, a purple skirt, and white pants. The outermost garment is draped as a hood over the doll's head, with the sleeves appearing to start at the hood. The center front opening of the hood shows a yellow surplice-front bodice. The face and hair are drawn on with red and black ink, and details are added to the garment with black ink.

1999.50.12

Owned by Flora Coutts of Newport, Vermont, who taught in Korea from 1922-1925.

Doll

Padded, but mostly two-dimensional, doll. The doll is wearing a loose-fitting, long-sleeved garment consisting of a robe and pants. The sleeves are voluminous, and the robe is tied closed around the wearer's breast. The doll is also wearing a large, peaked hat that hangs low, covering the top half of the face. The visible face shows a nose, red lips, and black facial hair drawing in with ink. The doll is holding a something rectangular over his chin. The back is marked in ink, "1923" and "Japan".

1999.50.13

Owned by Flora Coutts of Newport, Vermont, who taught in Korea from 1922-1925.

Doll

Doll made from a wooden clothes pin and a dried apple. The body of the doll is a non-springed clothespin. It is dressed in a blue dress with a sheer white apron and shawl that have been stiffened to give the doll a more humanoid shape. The head is carved from an apple that has since shrunk and turned black. It has white wool hair and a white cotton cap.

1954.15.16

Likely made by Kate Dewey Squires of Montpelier, Vermont

Doll

Cloth doll wearing a brown dress and red headwrap. The doll is made from black knitted fabric, likely a stocking. The face is embroidered with black-and-white eyes, brown eyebrows, brown nose, and red lips. The dress is made from light brown woold printed in brown with a subtle vine design. Over the dress is an apron tied at the waist with two should straps. The doll's hands are secured at the front, just below the waist, and there is a bundle of reeds secured to one hand. She is wearing a red headwrap with white dots.

1954.15.17

Made by Kate Dewey Squires in Montpelier, Vermont

Doll

Large doll made from black knitted silk stockings. The doll has short, curly hair made from wool decorated with a yellow silk ribbon at the center top of the head. The face consists of two mother-of-pearl buttons for eyes, a stitched and shaped nose, and an embroidered mouth (pink lips and white teeth). There is a yellow medallion embroidered at the center of the doll's chest. The wrists are shaped through yellow stem stitch embroidery, and the lower legs are decorated with horizontal couched yellow lines. The feet are made from leather with blanket stitched seams, decorated with orange silk ribbons. The doll is wearing an apron-style dress made from brown, yellow, and white striped cotton.

1954.15.18

Made by Kate Dewey Squires of Montpelier, Vermont

Doll

Fabric-bodied "mama" doll with composition head and arms. The rosy-cheeked baby doll has a slightly open mouth showing two small front teeth, and blue eyes that open when upright and close when laid down. The head is significantly damaged, with the outermost layer of decoration peeling back to reveals the composite material beneath. The finish on the arms is also cracking. The body is weight at the bottom so the doll can sit upright, and there is a speaker (no longer working) in the lower back, evidenced through discoloration of the fabric. The legs are stuffed fabric of a finer weave and darker color than the body. The bottom center of the body has the penned inscription, "1927 Flood Montpelier Dept store".

2021.2.1

This doll was in the basement of a department store in downtown Montpelier, Vermont, during the 1927 flood.

Doll

Small doll sized for use in a dollhouse. The doll has cream-colored skin and molded, long brown hair held in two braids. It is wearing a yellow dress with a white neckline and brown shoes; the clothes are molded. The doll hinges at the waist, shoulders, hips, and knees.

2010.25.196

Owned by Betsy Evans Isham in Burlington, Vermont

Doll

Small porcelain doll with jointed shoulders and hips. The face is molded and painted with rosy cheeks and red lips, and it has inset glass eyes. It is dressed in a white cotton petticoat under a dress consisting of a white crocheted top and red crocheted bottom. It is also wearing a matching, wide-brimmed hat of red crochet with a white crochet lining. There is also a square of faux fur representing a purse. The legs are painted with white stockings and tall, strapped boots.

1961.19.15

Likely owned by a member of the Briggs family of Brandon, Vermont

Doll

Small doll with porcelain head, arm, and legs, and a soft body. The doll has molded hair painted blonde and styled into a faux bob with a bun in the back. The face is molded and painted with blue eyes, pink cheeks, and pink lips. It is wearing a dress made of pink gauze with a dropped waist accented with braided trim. There is a blue yarn wrapped around the neck and crossed around the torso. The skin on the bust and arms is painted cream color. The legs are left white with painted-on black boots.

1959.31.2

Owned by Forence Briggs in Montpelier, Vermont

Doll

Doll with molded and painted face and hair wearing a green striped dress, black bonnet, and black lace shawl. Her dress buttons up the center front bodice and has flaring sleeved and a very full skirt. It is trimmed at the neckline, sleeves, and waist with black seed beads. White undersleeves extend to her wrists. In total, she is a wearing the dress, the bonnet, the shawl, a white petticoat with tatted trim, a white petticoat with a ruffle, and bloomers with tatted trim.

Owned by Helen Crane in Grafton, Vermont. Many years later, her granddaughter, Alice Swingle, had fabric from Helen's wedding dress (1864) made into a dress for the doll.

1959.38.1a-g

Doll

Doll with a soft body and wood bust. The bust is plastered and painted with cream-colored skin, black hair, and facial features. The hair is molded into a short bob. The doll is wearing a white shirt, blue trousers, black belt, black shoes, and black bow tie. The shirt has ruffles at the dropped shoulder seams and seed bead "buttons" down the center front. There is a black bowtie at the center of a dropped collar. The belt is cinched very tightly and has a rectangular silver buckle. The trousers are blue and pleated into the waist.

1959.38.3

Doll

Soft-bodied doll with porcelain head and hands. The doll has inset glass eyes (brown), and painted on facial features, including large eyelashes, eyebrows, and an open mouth showing rounded teeth. The doll has light brown hair, said to be the hair of Sarah Lawrence. The doll is wearing a dress made of blue cotton sprigged with pink flowers and blue + symbols. The legs are covered in light pink silk (in tatters), and the feet have white knitted socks with white leather Mary Jane shoes. There is a white satin ribbon tied around the doll's head.

1959.39

Owned by Sarah Lawrence in Montpelier, Vermont

Doll

Small doll with a leather body and porcelain head and hands. The doll is wearing a white cotton dress dress with a wide waistband, a white chemise, and a white, lace-trimmed petticoat. The head is made of porcelain with molded and painted blonde curly hair. The painted facial feature include blue eyes, rosy cheeks, and pink lips. The body is stuffed with sawdust.

1959.57.3a-d

Doll

Doll in dark green wool skirts with black and gold braid trip and a flowered apron. She has a black velvet hat tied with a pink bow and dark brown hair.

1964.63.1

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll in a green and white dot cotton dress with matching bonnet. Doll has blond hair and moveable arms and legs. One eye is missing but is bagged with the doll.

1964.63.2

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll in black dress with blue and pink trim, pink apron, flowered and lace straps. Brown hair which is loose from the head, gold filigree on black cap. Two broken fingers in bag.

1964.63.3

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll in a two-tone, brown crocheted dress and matching cap, with a red, white and blue ribbon around the waist. Eyes have become unglued, but are bagged with the doll.

1964.63.4

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Baby doll in deep purple dress with two bands of trim, one green flowered ribbon and the other a black and gold filigree. The doll's cap is beige and brown with green trim and a yellow ribbon tie. The doll has cream knit mittens, booties and panties. An apron, yellow with pink roses and the same two bands of trim, is wrapped separately and disintegrating. The string holding the head, arms and legs is loose.

1964.63.5

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll with brown hair wearing dark blue smock-type shirt with white collar and light blue bow. It has on green wool pants and a white stocking cap with a blue tassle.

1964.63.6

Doll

Doll in green wool pants, long-sleeve navy shirt, white collar, blue bow, white stocking cap with blue tassel. Dark brown hair. Eyes don't open, smudged nose, cracked paint.

1964.63.7

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll in black pleated skirt, red blouse with white dots and lace cuffs, white lace hat extending up with wires, brown hair.

1964.63.8

Doll

Doll in peach print dress that gathers at the neck with a string. Pink panel on front of skirt and flower pin at the waist. Hair painted onto head. One eye missing, but in bag with doll. Arms and legs move. Reference in one older record that this doll might go with a boy doll, but that doll wasn't found.

1964.63.9

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll in navy blue dress with black trim on skirt and sleeves, gray apron with yellow/back and orange figured shawl, tall white lace hat, two black clogs, light brown hair, lace petticoat. Chipped paint at neck and cracked paint elsewhere.

1964.63.11

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll in red dress with black trip, black apron with the word "cognac" printed diagonally in one corner. Yellow patterned shawl, tall hot of white ribbon and lace, red hair, chipped paint on nose, cheeks and chin.

1964.63.12

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll without legs that stood on a now detached cardboard cylinder. Wears red net dress with black trim and black apron and vest top, torn white lace sleeves. Black ribbon headpiece, blond hair, plastic arms have come off and are bagged.

1964.63.13

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll in kelly green skirt with black border and white patterned blouse with heart button, black velvet cap tied with light green ribbon, red hair, eyes that open, paints cracked on arms, legs and face. Card found with doll says it is from Mr. and Mme. Arsene Baudet, 52 Rue Joseph Gaillard, Vincennes.

1964.63.14

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll in a pink dress, with pink and green dots, moveable arms and legs, hair part of head, crack in neck and paint worn off fingers. Note found with doll says "Francine Jeannard (12 years), 4 Rue Dumont d'Urville, LaGarenne."

1964.63.15

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll in blue/green skirt with blue ribbon border. Skirt is torn at waistband.Blue ribbon on black cap, cream-colored apron. Brown hair. Cracked paint on legs.

1964.63.16

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Male chimney sweep doll, painted to appear covered in soot. He is wearing a cloth around his head, a blue-and-white checkered shirt, red tie or cravat, pants with buttons representing knee pads, and black shoes. He has a ladder strapped onto his back. He is accompanied by a box impressed and painted to look like a chimney, a scale, and a pot. A small square piece of paper is attached to the front that reads, "A ceux qui me possédent j'apporte le bonheur".

1964.63.17a-b

Given to the State of Vermont by the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll in lilac skirt with black robbon border, with white apron and blouse, black velvet cap, red hairs, eyes that open, paint discolored and cracked on arms and legs.

1964.63.18

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll in lilac skirt with black ribbon border, white apron and blouse, black velvet hat edged with lilac ribbon, tied with white ribbon, blond hair, eyes that open, cracked paint on face, arms and legs.

1964.63.19

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll in green wool skirt, white apron and blouse, black velvet hat tied with white ribbon, red hair, eyes that open, paint cracked on arms and legs.

1964.63.20

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Doll in black skirt with blue/green and white patterned blouse, heart button, white headpiece with wire loops, red/brown hair, paint cracked on left arm and legs.

1964.63.21

Given to the people of Vermont from the people of France as part of the Merci Train after World War II.

Doll

Composite "General Pershing" doll dressed in a khaki military uniform. The doll has a molded and painted face, with red lips and blue eyes looking to the doll's right. The body and limbs are made of heavy linen stuffed with sawdust. The hands, head, and books are composition. The doll is jointed with the arms and legs attaching to the torso with 3/4-inch plates and screws on the right, and heavy staples on the left.