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1. Pair of cloth dolls made by Susana More (wife of Thomas Wallace More), great grandmother of donor. One doll is dressed as a Spanish Don and the other as a Senora with dress of magenta colored silk with overlay of gold net. Susana was the daughter of Dnaiel Hill and Rafaela ortega, who was a great granddaughter of Jose Fransisco ortega. Susana More (wife of Thomas Wallace More) made the dolls, and Mrs. Bell, whose mother, Alice Storke (daughter of C.A. Storke), later married to Sidney law. Note: Other than by word of mouth there is no documentation of the above information. 2. Very old map of Rancho Sespe (piece missing). This is to be placed with other family papers. Item No. 1 appraised at $1500.00 by Burton A. Decker Item No. 2 appraised at $100.00 by Burton A. Decker

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1980-015

Content Description

1. Pair of cloth dolls made by Susana More (wife of Thomas Wallace More), great grandmother of donor. One doll is dressed as a Spanish Don and the other as a Senora with dress of magenta colored silk with overlay of gold net. Susana was the daughter of Dnaiel Hill and Rafaela ortega, who was a great granddaughter of Jose Fransisco ortega. Susana More (wife of Thomas Wallace More) made the dolls, and Mrs. Bell, whose mother, Alice Storke (daughter of C.A. Storke), later married to Sidney law. Note: Other than by word of mouth there is no documentation of the above information. 2. Very old map of Rancho Sespe (piece missing). This is to be placed with other family papers. Item No. 1 appraised at $1500.00 by Burton A. Decker Item No. 2 appraised at $100.00 by Burton A. Decker

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Gift of Mrs. Chester Bell

Restrictions Apply

No

Inventory

1. Pair of cloth dolls made by Susana More (wife of Thomas Wallace More), great grandmother of donor. One doll is dressed as a Spanish Don and the other as a Senora with dress of magenta colored silk with overlay of gold net. Susana was the daughter of Dnaiel Hill and Rafaela ortega, who was a great granddaughter of Jose Fransisco ortega. Susana More (wife of Thomas Wallace More) made the dolls, and Mrs. Bell, whose mother, Alice Storke (daughter of C.A. Storke), later married to Sidney law. Note: Other than by word of mouth there is no documentation of the above information. 2. Very old map of Rancho Sespe (piece missing). This is to be placed with other family papers. Item No. 1 appraised at $1500.00 by Burton A. Decker Item No. 2 appraised at $100.00 by Burton A. Decker