Arthur Tilo Alt Childhood Watercolor Drawing of Red Cross Nurse boxing cardboard dolls decorated with the same ball

decorated with the same ball and thread pattern

But what really sold me was the wallpapered interior

with painted hands and legs

late 19th or early 20th century I believe

NC-headquartered tobacco company (Chesterfields

Arthur Tilo Alt Childhood Watercolor Drawing of Red Cross Nurse boxing cardboard dolls decorated with the same ballThis is one of a number of watercolor drawings that came from the Younsgsville, NC estate of Dr. Arthur Tilo Alt (1931 2019) a scholar and professor of German in Yiddish language and literature in the Judaic studies program at Duke University. Born in Java, Indonesia, Alt's family returned to their native Germany in 1933, where Tilo grew up in West Berlin, ultimately moving to the U. S. in 1956 to study at the University of Texas. All indications are