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Portia Sperry
Name
Portia
Sperry
Birth/Death Dates
1890
-
1967
Where in Indiana
Allen
County
--
Fort
Wayne
;
Brown
County
--
Nashville
When in Indiana
ca.
1920
-
1967
Notable For
Portia
Howe
Sperry
was
born
in
Illinois
. She
married
Ralph
Waldo
Emerson
Sperry
and they
lived
in
Fort
Wayne
,
Indiana
.
Sperry's
husband
Ralph
was a
nationally
known
piano
designer
.
When
the
Great
Depression
hit
they
moved
to
Nashville
where
she
managed
the
Brown
County
Folks
Shop
. She
created
the
Abigail
rag
doll
and
hired
local
women
to
help
make
them.
Sperry
wrote
a
children's
book
"
Abigail
"
telling
the
story
of a
pioneer
family
that
moved
to
Brown
County
. The
little
girl
in the
story
has a
doll
named
Abigail
.
Sperry
also
created
another
rag
doll
named
Nancy
Hanks
.
Description
Sperry
is
shown
holding
a
Nancy
Hanks
rag
doll
which
she
designed
. The
doll
is
wearing
pioneer
clothing
.
Subject
Sperry, Portia Howe
Dolls
Authors
Toys
Rag dolls
Item ID
Sperry
and
Doll
SP1
-
2
.
1
Source of Image
Sperry
Family
.
IHS
may
not
reproduce
.
Digital Collection
Notable
Hoosiers
(
DC
010
)
Bibliography/Notes
Information
taken
from:
Traces
of
Indiana
and
Midwestern
History
,
Fall
,
2001
.
Copyright Notice
Digital
image
©
2005
Indiana
Historical
Society
.
All
Rights
Reserved
.
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