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3 thoughts on “Paper Doll: Swedish Boy, 1935”

  1. Is that tool supposed to be a hoe – reflective of Jans’s “little garden” and “love [of] the soil”? It doesn’t seem very practical for a paper doll; the long handle would be awfully floppy. The handwritten “paste on cardboard” notes would help with that, though, I suppose.

  2. I was wondering about that tool too.

    The short text is full of stereotypes (northern lights are not that common if Jans doesn’t live in the northernmost parts, fiords are usually connected to Norway, and where does the “all Swedish boys love the soil” come from, almost as if all Swedes were uneducated peasants). Plus, why is his name Jans, just Jan would be a more common Swedish name?

    Was there more paper dolls representing other countries?

  3. There was a whole series, one each month in 1935. These have been posted:

    French girl, Greek girl, Spanish girl, Arab girl

    with the rest to come over the next few weeks. On the one hand, they all do have some element of stereotyping; on the other hand, it’s a positive point to include dolls from around the world (about half European and half from other parts of the world).

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