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Actions Displays	doll Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2008/030 Titledoll DescriptionChild's plastic doll with short, blonde, molded hair, brown eyes and moveable limbs. She is wearing a short, pale blue dress with a white apron decorated in blue, orange and pale green embroidery. The clothes appear to be hand made. The doll was made in Germany and brought to Australia by 5 year old Margot Fuks - (name changed to Fox in Australia) aboard the "D. Main" in 1938. The ship left Bremen for Sydney on 24 October 1938. A photo of Margot and another girl with this doll appeared on the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald, taken just after the boat docked, 6 December 1938. Fearing that relatives left behind would be persecuted, Margot's parents, Hersch and Emmi, withheld their names from publication. Rheinische Gummi-und Celluloid-Fabrik, Germany, c1938. Production placeGermany Production date 1930 - 1938 Subjectdolls, children, migration, migrants, pre-World War II, girls, passengers, voyages & travels, toys Object nametoys Materialplastic, cotton, metal Dimensions height: 500.00 mm width: 210.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ms Margot Tischmann

Object numberM2008/030

Titledoll

DescriptionChild's plastic doll with short, blonde, molded hair, brown eyes and moveable limbs. She is wearing a short, pale blue dress with a white apron decorated in blue, orange and pale green embroidery. The clothes appear to be hand made. The doll was made in Germany and brought to Australia by 5 year old Margot Fuks - (name changed to Fox in Australia) aboard the "D. Main" in 1938. The ship left Bremen for Sydney on 24 October 1938. A photo of Margot and another girl with this doll appeared on the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald, taken just after the boat docked, 6 December 1938. Fearing that relatives left behind would be persecuted, Margot's parents, Hersch and Emmi, withheld their names from publication.

Rheinische Gummi-und Celluloid-Fabrik, Germany, c1938.

Production placeGermany

Production date 1930 - 1938

Subjectdolls, children, migration, migrants, pre-World War II, girls, passengers, voyages & travels, toys

Object nametoys

Materialplastic, cotton, metal

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ms Margot Tischmann

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