Good article about Ella Smith and her Doll Company in Alabama. Antique Dolls from early 1900's.: Alabama Baby, Alabama Indestructible Doll, Roanoke Doll and Ella Smith Doll. Ella Smith produced ten thousand of her dolls each year, included African American Dolls too.
Smith was the first dollmaker in the South to manufacture black dolls, which made up approximately 10 percent of her production. With a hymn-singing parrot on her shoulder, she worked in a locked room on the second floor of a doll factory which her husband had built for her.
The full Story about Ella Smith Doll Company you can read HERE
Don't forget to watch and enjoy the beauty of an antique dolls.
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