What Dolls Wore Before: Doll Costumes and Accessories, 1850- 1925 Eleanor Roosevelt fans Noelle is a rag doll

Noelle is a rag doll whose hand-made cotton dress is covered in 24 small numbered pockets

Along with classic white apron with pocket and nursing cap  each with embroidered red cross emblem

Shirley Temple

Rows of white braid trim the neckline

demi-train

What Dolls Wore Before: Doll Costumes and Accessories, 1850- 1925 Eleanor Roosevelt fans Noelle is a rag dollBy Florence Theriault. This is the fourth book in a series by the noted author. Nearly 500 antique dolls costumes, shoes, bonnets, baby clothes, undergarments, pinafores, mariner costumes, and folkloric costumes are featured in beautiful explicit photographs. Detailed descriptions help the reader identify materials and construction techniques, how to choose an appropriate costume and how to preserve these rare and fragile reminders of a fashionable