Rose O’Neill was a famous Illustrator, cartoonist, artist, writer, and suffragette who kept a home in Walnut Shade, Missouri, known as Bonniebrook. These objects were excavated from the Bonniebrook property after the house burned down in 1947 and were later donated to the Rose O’Neill Historical Society upon the establishment of the Bonniebrook Museum. They are all functional … [Read more...] about Metal Objects Excavated from the Rose O’Neill Homestead: Researched and Conserved by Hannah Overton
This collection of metal artifacts was recovered from the grounds of Bonniebrook, the home estate of the illustrator, artist, and suffragette Rose O’Neill, who was also the creator of the Kewpie doll. While this collection consists of relatively mundane objects, identifying these objects, the brands and types of objects used, and the dates for when they were produced and used … [Read more...] about Metal Artifacts Associated with Machines: Researched and Conserved by Kari Mishler
Kewpie dolls are the creation of Rose O'Neill, a child prodigy, a suffragette, and a self-trained fine artist who was the highest-paid female commercial illustrator of the early 20th century. O'Neill created Kewpies in 1909, when they first appeared in her illustration for a popular women's magazine. With their nude, sexless, cherubic bodies; tiny wings; small tufts of hair; … [Read more...] about Kewpie Dolls: Researched, Conserved, and Reconstructed by Codee Ratliff