STEIFF RAG DOLL (C.1921)

Although best known for it's teddy bears, the Steiff company also produced a wide range of dolls and other stuffed toys. The rag dolls first produced in 1894, were usually made of felt and portrayed a wide range of characters or caricatures of types, such as policemen, sailors, circus entertainers, witgh exaggerated, often comical features, some represented characters from books.

The doll was found in the library of the Bockius-Orr house when the PVHA assumed ownership of the generously donated facility. He is a favorite of the whole staff!