Avery Trufelman

And there's some debate about whether he named it for his wife or his daughter because they were both named Maryhill.

Sam Hill roped in friend number two, Loie Fuller, a famous modern dancer, performance artist, and friend to the sculptor Rodin.

She helped bring in a collection of Rodin's original casts to Maryhill.

The third friend was Queen Marie of Romania.

She had met Sam Hill in his world travels, and she is why the atrium of the Maryhill Museum of Art is full of beautiful Romanian furniture.

And the fourth and most important friend, at least for Linda, was Alma de Bretville Spreckles.

She was the wife of Adolph Spreckles, head of the Spreckles Sugar Company.

Alma became one of the museum's first trustees and foremost benefactors.

Her donation to the museum collection would have the biggest impact on Linda's life.

And it was a bunch of creepy dolls.

I shouldn't say this, but I thought they were the most macabre objects I'd ever seen.

When Linda got to Maryhill, she stumbled on a glass case full of these dolls.

And they weren't like baby dolls.

They were clearly supposed to be adults.

But they were thin and skeletal and looked like they were out of The Nightmare Before Christmas.

The dolls were 27 inches tall, about double the length of your forearm.

And they all wore strange, dirty dresses and mismatched jackets, all bedraggled from years of volunteers playing with them and switching up their outfits.

There were around 50 of these dolls displayed in the glass case, all just bunched up close together like they were on crowded bleachers.

A bright fluorescent light flickered above them, accentuating their creepiness.

Apparently there were about a hundred more of these dolls in storage.