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Title
Celebrity Bobbleheads 2
Artist
Sarah Loft
Medium
Photograph - Photograph With Digital Enhancement
Description
These bobblehead dolls were in a window display on 42nd Street in midtown Manhattan, New York. They include John F Kennedy, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Ronald Reagan.
Note: The row of bobbleheads behind the Hillary doll are produced by the Royal Bobbles Company, used here with permission. Check out their website at http://www.royalbobbles.com/.
Per Wikipedia: A bobblehead, also known as a nodder, wobbler or bobble head, is a type of collectible toy. Its head is often oversized compared to its body. Instead of a solid connection, its head is connected to the body by a spring or hook in such a way that a light tap will cause the head to bobble, hence the name.
During the seventeenth-century, figurines of Buddha and other religious figures called "temple nodders" were produced in Asia. The earliest known Western reference to a bobblehead is thought to be in Nikolai Gogol's 1842 short story "The Overcoat", in which the main character's neck was described as "like the necks of plaster cats which wag their heads". During the nineteenth-century, bisque-based bobbleheads were being made in limited quantities for the US market. Many of the bobbleheads in the US were produced in Germany, with an uptick in imports during the 1920s and 30s. By the 1950s, bobbleheads had a substantial surge in popularity, with items made of either plastic or bisque.
By 1960, Major League Baseball had gotten in on the action and produced a series of papier-mache bobblehead dolls, one for each team, all with the same cherubic face, and a few select players over time. The World Series held that year brought the first player-specific baseball bobbleheads, for Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Willie Mays, still all with the same face. Over the next decade bobbleheads were also created with ceramics. Within a few years, they would be produced for other sports, as well as cartoon characters. One of the most famous bobbleheads of all time also hails from this era: The Beatles bobblehead set, which is a valuable collectible today.
Note: The watermark will not appear on the print you purchase.
Featured in the Arts Fantastic World group, August 2017.
Featured in the Mannequin Statue Doll Sculpture Gallery group, August 2018.
Featured in the 500 Views group, February 2019.
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June 9th, 2017
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Burlington, NJ - United States
Congratulations, your special artistic work is Featured in the "Mannequin Statue Doll Sculpture Gallery" group! 8/18/18 l/f/pin :)
Barcelona, Ba - Spain
Wow!. Another great image of these figures but now we can see President Reagan and the wicked face a little bit hidden meanwhile we can appreciate better the "princess" in the background whicjh looks like an heroine.
MONTE CARLO - Monaco
What a party that would be! Thanks for interesting background and something to smile about :))-
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