Location

The Children's Museum (West Hartford, Connecticut) (formerly Science Center of Connecticut)

Newspaper Articles

• 41st Friendship Doll Found: Miss Chosen - Translated from article in Yomiuri America, March 13, 1998.

• City residents help find missing doll - Article from The Bristol Press, May 22, 1998.

• Piece Of History Found At Science Center -- Japanese Children Gave Doll To U.S. In 1927 - Article from The Hartford Courant, May 21, 1998.

• Doll leads students to learn about Japan - Article from The Bristol Press, March 4, 2000. Describes visit by first group of children to view Miss Chosen in about 60 years.

Children's Book

• Miss Chosen - Describes the discovery of Miss Chosen and gives the story of the 1927 doll exchange between Japan and the US.

Other

• Steamship Ticket - Copy of front and back of the first class steamship ticket Miss Chosen used to travel from Yokohama to San Francisco in 1927.

• Passport - Copy of Goodwill Passport that Miss Chosen used to travel from Japan to the US.

• Historical Photo of Miss Chosen - 1927 photo at National Science Museum in Tokyo. Also includes photos of Miss Taiwan and Miss Karafuto.

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