Haze Dolly: Forgotten Dolls & Spooky Simulacra

Mary Mouse and the Dolls’ House by Enid Blyton Illustrations by Olive P. Openshaw c.1949

Josephine and Her Dolls

by Mrs. H.C. Cradock

Celluloid kewpie / carnival dolls, made circa 1920s

Plastic doll arm earrings

“This guy lives at Junk and Disorderly in Auckland. If you're ever in NZ I recommend checking them out. They have the oddest stuff.  I didn't buy him but I hope that someone does!” (Is it just me, or does he look like a scary naked Paul Lynde? Photo of Paul Lynde added for comparison.)

“Loved the lamp, couldn’t get past the teeth so there he stayed”

“Saw this lovely in a vintage store in Medford, OR. My daughter said, ‘Um, mom? There's a lamp over here. It's not really my aesthetic but I think you'll like it’. She was right.”

“One of the goodwills in my area tends to be a dud most of the time, but this time I found an absolute gem.“

Thrift finds: a shabby little ~1930s half doll figurine, resting atop an old handmade doll quilt. Looks like Puss n’ Boots on the embroidered panel.

Thrift store Ariel living her best, most terrifying life.

“Conscience doth make cowards of us all” - Fannie Moody (1895)

Fashionable French lady dolls from the Empire period (early 1800s)