Addy (1864)
Addy Walker is the fifth doll to be added to the American Girl line of historical dolls. She has black hair, soft brown eyes that open and close, a warm smile, and a beautiful chocolate skin tone. Addy has a soft cloth body and vinyl limbs and head. Her limbs are posable with sturdy ball joints, and her head can turn from side to side. She wears a cinnamon-pink dress with white stripes, as well as black stockings, drawers (old-fashioned underwear) and boots. She also wears gold hoop earrings, to remind her of her African heritage. Addy's accessory set includes a straw hat, water gourd, replica half-dime coin, cowrie shell on a necklace, and a kerchief for carrying everything.
Addy's Accessories
You can purchase many different outfits, accessories, and historical furniture for Addy. A few of her outfits are her brown gingham pinafore dress, blue flower-picking outfit, summer cherry-print dress, and a cozy nightgown. Her accessories include things like her doll, "Ida Bean", that Addy's Momma made her, a yellow songbird named Sunny in its own cage, and an ice cream freezer that her Poppa used to make ice cream for Addy's tenth birthday. You can also enhance playtime (or make Addy prettier on display) with furniture designed just for her, modeled after real furniture from the 1800s. There's Addy's rope bed (ropes are used to hold the frame together and hold the mattress up) with a colorful "family album" quilt, a Lazy Susan dining table with a section in the middle that spins, ladderback dining chairs, and a storage trunk with a secret compartment for special keepsakes!
Read about Addy's Adventures
Addy has a six-book series that tells of her escape from slavery during the Civil War, and how her family makes a new life for themselves in Philadelphia. She attends school for the first time in her life, learns how to handle people with prejudice, and does her best to find family members still in the South. There are several short-story length books about Addy as well, and even a special mystery story! Each book has a "Looking Back" section at the end that gives a few historical tidbits about real life in Addy's time.
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