Great River Road, 2016

1973 Raggedy Ann Ornament

Citation

“1973 Raggedy Ann Ornament,” Madison Historical, accessed April 19, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2158.

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Description

This object is a Raggedy Ann ornament. Raggedy Ann is a character in a series of children's books from 1880-1938. This ornament is 47 years old and was a gift to Erin Frank's Grandmother by a neighbor, Betty Matesam, to be gifted to Kendall Frank when she was born. The Frank family hangs the ornament on their Christmas tree every year.

This object was digitized as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in spring 2020. It was brought to class by Evin Frank.

Source

  • Frank, Kendall

Contributor

  • Frank, Evin

Date

1973

Type

  • Object

Format

  • jpg

Coverage

  • Stauton,Illinois
  • 1973

Identifier

  • Frank-Evin-O-001
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