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DOLL HOSPITAL 2-2-2-2
doll than to buy a new one.
mother bringsin a dollAnd she says lfiw a
she had as a child to befixed up for her child. The doll may be old and out
of stock, but Mrs. Luttrell says she can fix it. She
says dolls used to be made of a composite material,
unlike today's plastic. But she says they mix the
material and repair the doll just as good as new.
WOMAN COMES IN WITH DOLL
Mrs. Charles Young comes in with a doll needing new
arms. Mrs. Sanford looks the situation over, goes to
the stock pile for two arms, and gets right to work.
Most doll hospitals have an eye, bone, and head-bank
with parts to fit any doll currently made in the country,
or they can construct stuffed bodies like those of many~6
yea5 ago. Mrs. Luttrell says quite a few middle-aged
women are coming in to have their dolls fixed doll
collecting has become' the second most popular hobby in
the United States. Stamp collecting is the most popular.It -0 a
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Doll hospital], script, July 25, 1961; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc936195/m1/3/?q=%221961-07%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.