An OK Kader Doll

When I was ten years old I was given an OK Kader Doll B 3525 by my parents. It was then named "Christine" (tien means ten in Dutch) but I lost this doll a long time ago. It happened that my sister-in-law had the same doll. Her father bought this doll when she was little. Dolls like these were very expensive in those days. I got mine from Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. She got hers in Semarang, a harbour city, the capital city of Central Java. All these years the doll was kept in her empty house in her hometown Pekalongan. The doll was brought to Yogyakarta and then to Sydney. This doll had to be hand carried and on the flight to Sydney, she was always mistaken for a real baby and asked to be seen her boarding pass.

As soon as she landed in Sydney she was brought to "the Vinnies" to get a new dress. She is now wearing a pair of jeans, a jumper with a Teddy Bear on it, a cap, a shawl and a pair of red rubber shoes. She looks magnificent! This Doll made in Hong Kong now recides in Australia.