This beautiful Pompador doll made in Germany in the 1850's is now 166 years old. Pretty hard to imagine, right? Curiously, her name is Wilhelmina Rosella. The bells in my head started dinging as I pulled out all the information I had, which happened to be hidden under her dress.
The family was so wealthy, that French seamstresses were brought to their home to make all the clothing for the mother, three daughters AND the doll. Thus the fancy hand sewn dress with fur pieces
Upon his death, the place was closed up along with the doll. Some time later his sister, now a Luckenbach, required nursing care, so my Great Aunt took the job. Luckily, the doll, along with many other possessions were finally delivered to Mrs. Luckenback after her brothers death. She had two children, described as unmanageable, who would inherit the doll and probably destroy it. Instead, she gave her to my Great Aunt for safe keeping. I assume my Great Aunt named her after herself and she's has been in the family ever since.
In 1945 she came to my Grandmother and was then passed down to me. In a letter (kept under her dress) written by my Great Aunt in 1968 (just before she died) about where the doll came from, she states "I'm glad Nancy will receive her, but she better not ever sell the doll, because I will come back and HAUNT her!!" I totally believe that's true!!
The head is made of paper mache with a wax covering and real hair ... the body thin cotton, filled with straw. She even has her own trunk with another beautiful red dress.
She's a little worse for wear as pieces deteriorate from age, even though I keep her in the glass case. Today I'll go find her trunk and see how that's faring. I'll also check her lineage on Ancestry.com and see if I can locate any of her original family information.
DARN!! No Annie Oakley or Jessie James so far.
If you're still having problems with your battery on your phone It sounds like you're running too much program and apps
ReplyDeletetry these two tips
If you don't use your phone say between the hours of 9pm and 9 am
Charge your battery until it's 100% and then switch it over to airplane mode then disconnect the plug in charger from the phone check your's battery in the morning it should be about 95% charged
In airplane mode your your phone goes into a neutral mode
( Give you another hint if you go in airplane mode it will charge faster )
Tip number 2 charge your phone till it's 100% charged turn the phone off disconnect the charger in the morning it should be 100% because you didn't use anything
If you have less than 100% then your battery is bad
I can give you another hint if you buy iPhone from anyone you could take it to any authorized iPhone store 90% of all the stores have classes that you can take to teach you how to maximize any Apple product you buy
from first time buyer up to a professional. A lot of classes are only for a couple hours and good majority of them are free The rest are at a nominal fee
If you do buy an iPhone and they want you to trade your old phone in,do not Take the time to put it on eBay you'll get more for it then you will with there trade-in,, put the money in your pocket ( check your make and model on eBay and see how much they're selling for as buy it now price )
That's also how some sales people make extra money refurbishing your phone and selling it on eBay Trust me it's a very lucrative market
As for your doll find a good reputable antique auctioneer and ask him to give you an estimate average cost
If you want to have it restored they may be able to help you in that department as well
Every night I would plug my phone in and in the morning it would say 100% If I unplugged it and set it on the counter, it would die completely within 10 minutes. Pretty sure the battery is gone. eBay is a good idea ... I'll try that.
DeleteYou can unlock any phone including all the iPhone 6,s
ReplyDeleteYou can take it to any unauthorized phone dealer they'll unlock it for you for probably about 50 bucks or less you can go with any carrier after that
If you do a search for unlocking iPhone 6s on YouTube there's dozens out there
If you paid for it with a credit card you have a certain amount of time to return it but they do have to give you your old phone back
I don't know if you have a phone company called cricket
ReplyDeleteIt is an ATT pre-paid spin off Owned by AT&T no contract $40 pr,mo,unlimited talk text 5 GB of web
If you use AT&T now you have the same coverage for a lot less cost
Yes, Cricket is available here ... even though they declared bankruptcy a couple years back. The trouble is I use close to 20 gigs a month cellular internet data on my unlimited plan. 5 just won't work for me.
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