Heal your dolls in Doll Hospital

Heal your dolls in Doll Hospital

Manuela Cutileiro, who runs the Doll Hospital, poses for a portrait in front of repaired dolls at the hospital in Lisbon December 17, 2009. The sign "Doll Hospital, 1830" above a doorway in a traditional Portuguese tiled facade adds to the feeling of nostalgic melancholy in Lisbon's shabby centre, with its toy-like houses and creaky yellow trams.

A headless doll is kept for repair at the Doll Hospital in Lisbon December 17, 2009. The sign "Doll Hospital, 1830" above a doorway in a traditional Portuguese tiled facade adds to the feeling of nostalgic melancholy in Lisbon's shabby centre, with its toy-like houses and creaky yellow trams.

Dolls heads and body parts are displayed in drawers at the Doll Hospital in Lisbon December 17, 2009. The sign "Doll Hospital, 1830" above a doorway in a traditional Portuguese tiled facade adds to the feeling of nostalgic melancholy in Lisbon's shabby centre, with its toy-like houses and creaky yellow trams.

Restorer Lurdes Cardoso repairs the hands of a doll at the Doll Hospital in Lisbon December 17, 2009. The sign "Doll Hospital, 1830" above a doorway in a traditional Portuguese tiled facade adds to the feeling of nostalgic melancholy in Lisbon's shabby centre, with its toy-like houses and creaky yellow trams.

Dolls heads and body parts are displayed in a room at the Doll Hospital in Lisbon December 17, 2009. The sign "Doll Hospital, 1830" above a doorway in a traditional Portuguese tiled facade adds to the feeling of nostalgic melancholy in Lisbon's shabby centre, with its toy-like houses and creaky yellow trams.
(Reuters)