Emigrants doll

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Title

Emigrants doll

Description

Around 1900 hundreds of Shetlanders left their native home. It was a time of hardship but also opportunity. People settled elsewhere in Britain, or further afield in the world. This doll belonged to a girl in a seaport where islanders settled as mariners and domestic servants. On the Move gallery SPO 1990.427

Language

English

Type

Physical Object

Identifier

586

Extent

cm x cm x cm

Europeana

Europeana Type

TEXT

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

DescriptionEN

Around 1900 hundreds of Shetlanders left their native home. It was a time of hardship but also opportunity. People settled elsewhere in Britain, or further afield in the world. This doll belonged to a girl in a seaport where islanders settled as mariners and domestic servants. On the Move gallery SPO 1990.427

Prim Media

324

Citation

“Emigrants doll,” CUPIDO, accessed July 12, 2025, https://www.cupidoeu.org/omeka/items/show/953.

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