Manikin, Display
Manikin, Display
Manikin, Display

Manikin, Display

Object number2018.2.1
Manufacturer
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MediumPlastic; Fabric; Leather; Metal; Nylon; Elastic
Credit LineGift of Barbara Byer Rosenberg
DescriptionFemale toddler/child doll or mannequin (manikin). Flesh-colored plastic body with movable head, arms, and legs. Short brown synthetic hair. Gray-blue eyes that open when doll is upright and close when recumbent. Wearing white nylon underwear with elastic waistband, lace trim around leg openings, and pink flower with green leaves on proper left hip crease. Wearing off-white fabric socks and white leather shoes with white shoelaces and brown leather soles.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (Laying flat): 32.5 × 14 × 6.75 in. (82.6 × 35.6 × 17.1 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (Seated): 21.5 × 16.25 × 16 in. (54.6 × 41.3 × 40.6 cm)
MarksUnderwear has white tag inside proper left side with red text including on front "SIZE T-2 / Her Majesty / MADE IN U.S.A. / ..." and reverse "100% NYLON / EXCLUDING / ORNAMENTATION / & ELASTIC / ..."

Shoes have maker's mark on bottom center of soles with text around perimeter "MRS. DAYS / IDEAL LAST 44".
Historical NotesMannequin from Byer's Children's Shop. The doll was used as a mannequin in window displays in the McKeesport branch. Harold Byer was born in McKeesport, Pa. After returning from the service following World War II, he started Byer’s Children’s Shop in partnership with his mother, Eva Byer. (His father, Charles Byer, ran an Army-Navy store in McKeesport and later joined the family business.) Byer also ran Collins’ Children’s Shop in East Liberty. The East Liberty branch eventually moved to South Hills Village, under the management of his brother Sam Byer. The collection was donated by Barbara Byer Rosenberg, the daughter of Harold Byer.
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