Cornhusk Doll, 1955

During the mid-20th century, people began to appreciate traditional crafts made by hand. Cornhusk dolls -- homemade, everyday playthings in rural America into the late 1800s -- enjoyed renewed popularity. This doll wears a fashionable 1890s dress dyed blue with painted flowers. She was made by a schoolgirl, probably during the 1950s.