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marzipanandminutiae · 14 days ago

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also shoutout to the woman who wanted to argue with me that, even though the earliest known source of one=piece unglazed bisque dolls being called "Frozen Charlottes" after Elizabeth Oakes Smith's 1841 poem Fair Charlotte, Or A Corpse Going To A Ball is from collectors in the 1940s and pretty much all known 19th century sources call them "penny dolls" or "penny babies"

because I couldn't prove that nobody ever called them that back then, so it might be true! I needed to stop ruining a good story! we all have different opinions, and hers is just as valid as mine! :) :) :)

excuse me while I scream into a pillow

#bad history #YOU CAN'T PROVE A NEGATIVE #THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS ON THE CLAIMANT #BRING ME PRIMARY SOURCE EVIDENCE OF THE FROZEN CHARLOTTE NAME FROM THAT ERA AND I WILL BELIEVE #I CAN GIVE YOU PROOFS THAT THEY WERE CALLED PENNY BABIES AND AGAIN #THE EARLIEST KNOWN SOURCE ON THE FROZEN CHARLOTTE THING #FROM THE 1940S #THAT'S HOW WE AGREE ON WHAT IS HISTORICAL FACT AT ANY GIVEN TIME #AND FACT IS NOT NEGOTIABLE IN THE ABSENCE OF NEW EVIDENCE #IT'S NOT A 'DIFFERENT OPINION' OH MY GOD

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