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Little Jake

This small diver doll, named Jack, was made in the early 1930's by Chuck Shilling and diver friends. Jake's apparel is an authentic representation of the diving gear of that ear. Jake's hands formerly belonged on one of daughter Charlotte's dolls and so Jake was added to her collection. He was periodically removed from the collection to serve as a prop when Chuck gave one of his 86 talks recalling the rescue of the submarine Squalus. Jake was willed to grandson Darnell Simonel who used to scuba dive with his grandfather. Darnell has loaned Jake to the C. W. Shilling Library at Duke University.

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