The Eyes Have It - The Strong National Museum of Play

When The Strong museum recently acquired a Shirley Temple doll from the 1930s, it went to the museum’s doll conservator Darlene Gengelbach for treatment. These dolls have sleep eyes that open and close with metal rockers. The rocker is a spindle attached to the inside of the doll’s head with a small weight attached to a metal plate. Each painted metal eye has a celluloid pupil and iris. More significantly, the celluloid centers of Shirley Temple’s eyes appeared “crazed,” a term []

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