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Antique DOLL Collector December 2024 Vol. 27, No. 12

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Letter From The Editor Nobody cries on Christmas Day, But the old rag dolly did; Everyone laughs, so happy and gay, But the old rag dolly hid…

Dear Readers, When I was a little girl, I loved this poem, “The Old Rag Dolly,” by Esther Kem Thomas. It appeared in a 1961 book called Happy Christmas Story Book published by Ideals.

I would take the book down from the shelf and read it and reread it each December.

For someone had left her under a chair, And she was ashamed and lay still there Looking out at the Christmas tree And a brand new doll, pretty as could be…

Did you have a favorite doll when you were a child? Mine was a 15-inch hard plastic Sweet Sue by American Character. She came in a puffy-sleeved pink satin dress with brocade trim around the hem and a straw hat adorned with tiny flowers. My mother, grandmother, and aunt made a complete wardrobe for her, including a wedding gown.

With a pink silk dress and curled up hair And a dimpled face; but the rag doll there Was so unhappy—her dress was torn And her face was soiled and her shoes were worn.

This month’s issue of Antique DOLL Collector embraces a range of topics. Florence Theriault, author of our cover story, tells us of Rosalie Whyel’s love of the doll as art as well as her devotion to protect the history behind the doll. Susan Foreman reintroduces us to those naughty boys from Germany, Max and Moritz. Jennifer Craft-Hurst shares her fine collection of Slit Head Wax Doll daguerreotypes. Samy Odin enchants us with paper dolls that reflect French Poupées. And Donna Brown takes us back to the mid-20th century with memories of Betsy McCall, the paper doll that jumped off the pages of our mothers’ McCall’s magazines and into our arms as a doll to love and dress.

Then, at the end of this Christmas Day, Or so the story goes, The old rag dolly was happy and gay Now, what do you suppose? …Little sleepy Mary climbed out of bed And hunted, oh, almost everywhere Till she found her rag doll, under the chair…

Oh, she loved her new doll so beautifully dressed, But somehow the rag dolly slept the best!

So after all, Christmas was happy as ever And old dollies shouldn’t be sad, should they? … Never!

We at Antique DOLL Collector wish each of you the happiest of holidays.

P.S. Be sure to see pages 54 and 56 of this issue for our special holiday subscription offer!

Laurie McGill Editor-in-Chief

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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls

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MAX & MORITZ Two Naughty Little Boys That Inspired Some Wonderful Dolls

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Our cover this month pictures an important example of an English wooden, 24-inches tall, from the 1750 era, The doll is pictured on pages 2 and 3 of Rosalie Whyel's book, The Rose Unfolds. This doll will be offered during Theriault's auction—Rosalie, A Life of Dolls, Part II—January 11 and 12, 2025 in Annapolis, Maryland.

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Beautiful antique mint Wig in Period Winter Wool Ensemble plus Muff & Shoes. To sit by the tree! $750 17) 14” Kruse Type in Factory Clothes - unusual compo body w jtd. hands, innocent face, mint felt Tunic & Leggings. $650; Unusual Black Platform Horse - 8”t, no hair loss,great mane,tail & other details! Handsome. $295; Cabinet Size Cart - 6” t. orig. clean paint, stenciled “Coal”. $325

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23) Extravagant 27” French China - such ladylike grandeur with her Flesh Tinted heart shaped features on her French Fashion Body wrapped in her vintage Ribbed Silk Bustled Gown. Spectacular! $3250 24) 24” Stately Jumeau Poupee ‘Clothilde’ - direct from Paris, in storage for 40 years, a magnificent portrait of a mademoiselle, sgnd.

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Paper Doll Stories by Samy Odin

Paper Dolls Mirroring French Poupées

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he current popularity of French Poupées from the Second Empire (1852-1870) brings a refreshed interest for the paper dolls from the Golden Age. In fact, the aesthetics of those two decades, coincides with the development of exquisite artifacts meant to please and educate both children and adults about fashion matters in miniature. The shapes, the colors, the style of paper doll garments of that generation are admirable and tickle the curiosity of current antique doll collectors. Skilled individuals who can sew for their dolls enjoy to hand stitch garments for them, which reflect the excellence expected for a luxury doll of that time.

Among the sources of inspiration to dress a three-dimensional Poupée of Napoleon III’s era, paper dolls are essential. I remember exchanging numerous paper dolls and antique fashion plates with the late Sylvia MacNeil, when she was deep into the process of creating the legendary wardrobe for Chiffonnette, prior to the exhibit at the Musée de la Poupée in Paris in 2013. (Photo 1). Today I am doing the same with Alice Leverett, who is also seriously involved in training collectors of our days in their passion for Fashion Dolls.

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Boxed French sets from the 1850s, for example, are often printed front and back and tell more than a simple two-dimensional fashion plate to the advanced seamstress who is in the process of costume making. This younger version of Psyché looks exactly like a French fashion poupée surrounded by her mode enfantine trousseau. (Photo 2) When Madame Lavallée-Péronne supported the début of the magazine La Poupée Modèle, in 1863, not only did she contribute patterns and instructions for the sewing column, she also collaborated with the designers of the paper dolls distributed by the same magazine, who sketched in two dimensions the fashions of the threedimensional dolls on display in her A la Poupée de Nuremberg shop. The connection between paper and fabric artifacts was constant and brought a stronger presence of Fashion, with a capital F, in the realm of children’s playthings.

(Photo 3) Interestingly, the age of dolls is blurrier within three dimensions than it is with paper dolls. The iconic Huret and Rohmer poupées, for example, could indiscriminately wear adult pieces of apparel or Mode Enfantine or even infant christening gowns. Contemporary paper dolls tended to be more explicit about the age of each figurine. The paper doll sheets published by La Poupée Modèle, for example, offer a wide range of fashions for infants (Photo 4), children and teenagers (Photo 5), young adults (Photo 6) up to elderly characters (Photo7), yet the garments are not inter-changeable between them like they are with three-dimensional dolls.

Of course, the type of paper dolls most sought after by French Poupée collectors are those representing young ladies surrounded by their more elegant toilettes: ball gowns with their gigantic crinolines, garden party dresses, promenade ensembles, sometimes even historical costumes, such as those included in the wardrobe of these two French paper lady dolls dating from the early 1870s.

(Photo 8) All of the above, are the ingredients needed for current grown-up collectors to “play” with their fashion dolls, all the while contributing to preserve this heritage of time past.

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7” Kestner 143 all original wig & clothing on sweet body w/ jointed legs $375.

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R J Wright Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs, beautiful complete set #44/2500, Rags #44/1000, all in wonderful shape – no fading, Rags has bucket & scrub brush $2995.

20” All Original Ideal Shirley Temple in Curly Top organdy dress w/ pin, original hair set, dress soiled, chipped finger, nice compo $250.

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10.5” Sweet cabinet size K * R S & H 30, br sl eyes, original mohair wig $200.

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19” S & H 1914 All original in silk dress (breaking silk), blue sl eyes, mohair wig, was won in Church raffle in 1914 $295. 5.5” Sweet German S & H ? All bisque w/ jointed head, dark glass eyes, yellow boots, repair on torso, hip chip $150.

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16” S & H 1078, blue sl eyes, pierced ears, orig mohair wig $195.

16” Heubach Boy #6971 look w/ blue intaglio eyes, leather body $375.

13” Kestner 257 Baby Jean – Hilda’s sister, original mohair wig, brown sl eyes, rt pinkie chipped $265.

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23”MIB American Character Sweet Sue Queen of Dolls w/ hang tag, never been played with beautiful facial coloring $195.

20” American Character Sweet Sue Sophisticate #207, All Original in box w/ hang tag, auburn hair in original set, shoes & jewelry $195.

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8” American Character Betsy McCall’s Brunette in original flocked rose teddy w/ sun suit & dress $150.

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20” Ideal Vanity Flossie 1926-29 (Flossie Flirt’s half sister) all original, flirty eyes, compo head & legs, rubber arms $95.

9” Effanbee All Original compo doll with molded hair $125.

15” Ideal 1960 Shirley Temple MIB in White blouse & navy skirt $165.

21.5” S & H 1040 w/ high forehead, brown PW eyes, pierced ears, leather body $275.

Vogue 1950’s Ginny’s. Strung painted lash in 1956 #6041 Clown outfit, brown eyes $95. Ginny Bed w/ bedding, chair & trousseau tree $95. Blond w/ braids SL walker w/ box in pink raincoat, umbrella & purse, extra clothes & booklet $115.

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Book Review - Kimport Dolls from The Whole Wide World Reviewed by Laurie McGill

The Kimport Doll Company of Independence, Missouri was the first doll mail order business. Ruby Short McKim (an artist and talented quilt designer) and her husband Arthur started the company in 1931. The company remained in business for 55 years, closing in 1986. In addition to selling dolls, Kimport Dolls from the Whole Wide the family-owned World by Loretta Nardone, copyright 2024. business published a small bi-monthly magazine called Doll Talk, which they started in 1936 as part of their Doll Hobby Club. For many years, Doll Talk, Elizabeth Andrews Fisher’s Toy Trader, and the “Dollology” column in Lightner Publishing’s Hobbies: The Magazine for Collectors were the primary publications on the topic of dolls and doll collecting.

Past United Federation of Doll Clubs’ President, Loretta Nardone, long enthusiastic about the story of Kimport Dolls, has compiled her extensive research into a soft-bound book, which she unveiled during the 75th Annual UFDC Convention this year.

Kimport Dolls from The Whole Wide World is 130 pages with many color photographs picturing a range of the company’s imported dolls, state dolls, portrait dolls, historical and literary figures that they sold over the years.

The company branched off into selling antique dolls, as well, and periodically sent lists of these dolls to subscribers.

Broken into clearly labeled sections, the book covers biographies of founders Ruby and Arthur McKim (including rare black-and-white family photographs); the early days of The Kimport Doll Company, segueing into the war years (when the innovative family started the American-made Kimcraft Dolls branch of their business), and the later years when son Kim McKim ran the company.

A poster painted in watercolor by Aileen Franklin, for Kimport Dolls, circa 1935. The original is still in the collection of the McKim family.

The book has complete lists of the company’s Pedigree Foreign Dolls, the Kimcraft State Dolls, as well as the Historical Dolls.

Several of the dolls sold through Kimport have become serious collectors’ items—the Swiss Woodens, the Door of Hope dolls, the Liberty of London dolls and others. NIADA artist Dewees Cochran worked with Kimport, creating portrait dolls of Kim McKim’s three daughters—Melissa, Laurie and Merrily. Reproductions of the Laurie doll were later sold by Kimport.

Collectors interested in the early days of organized doll collecting, in international dolls, in historical dolls, and in literary dolls will find this book a must have for their libraries.

Kimport’s Foreign Display Cards were hand-painted by Ruby Short McKim. They came in two sizes (documented to date).

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his first weekend in October the Cherry Valley Lodge Hotel once again welcomed collectors, dealers and educators who gathered for the annual Ohio National Doll Show. This year’s show was enhanced by beautiful weather affording attendees the opportunity to enjoy this scenic setting.

Lovely setting aside, the focus of the event was on the dolls and the doll world authorities who were on hand to share their knowledge, enthusiasm and sales items with collectors. The show’s organizers Gail Lemmon and Billye Harris partnered with the United Federation of Doll Clubs, Inc. (UFDC) to present four ticketed special meal events on Saturday plus three other informative doll discussion groups.

The first meal event was a brunch with guest speaker Valerie Fogel sharing her insightful program “Huret, A Family Affair.”

A luncheon saw participants celebrate “Barbie’s 65th Birthday Bash” with authority Bradley Justice. An afternoon tea with the incomparable Robert Tonner took collectors on a journey into doll designing techniques of today with his program “From Clay to Computer to AI, the Changing Landscape of Doll Design.” Capping off the day’s events was a Candlelight Dinner where guest speaker Fritzi Bartelmay Martinez presented “Decorating Antique Doll Houses with a Theme.”

Other educational offerings included; “Sharing Her Story with Dolls” led by Alana Smith and Alisha Moore Cole, “Decorating with Dolls” led by Fred Patton and “Every Doll Tells a Story” led by Carol Cameron.

Sunday morning saw an excited crowd awaiting the opening of the sales room which featured over 70 of the most well-known and respected dealers in the doll world today. The almost 500 shoppers in attendance were able to see, examine and purchase new treasures for their collections while spending time with friends and are already making plans to attend the show again in 2025.

Dealer and show organizer Gail Lemmon of All Dolled Up produced another stellar show for dealers and collectors alike.

Billye Harris of Ashley’s Dolls poses with a teddy bear friend.

Show dealers Robin Wyatt and Bradley Justice, enjoy a photo op with Janet Snyder and Elizabeth Ann Coleman.

Valerie Fogel shared a display of a Huret doll and her accessories at the Saturday brunch where she presented her program “Huret, A Family Affair.”

Dealers Jackie Everett and Mary Ann Spinelli and friend arrived at the show, ready to greet collectors.

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Diane Drake of Diane’s Doll Shoppe offered a wide variety of artist pieces to eager shoppers.

Fritzi Bartelmay Martinez was guest speaker at the Saturday evening dinner before taking her place in the Sunday Sales room.

George and Cynthia Orgeron of La Maison Verte came from Louisiana to offer their dolls to collectors.

Ali Andrewski of Nostalgic Treasures - For the Love of Dolls takes a moment with the camera in her sales booth.

Joan Farrell and Amy Miller of La Poupée Chérie greeted shoppers not only with a booth filled with antique dolls but also antique seasonal decorative collectibles.

Dealer Robin Wyatt came from North Carolina for this year’s show.

Manning the UFDC information table were Carol Noel, UFDC Director of Region 12 (Indiana, Michigan, Ohio), Guest speaker and UFDC member Alisha Cole and UFDC 2nd Vice-President Fred Patton.

A beautiful array of antique bisque dolls was on offer

by Gigi’s Dolls & Sherry’s Teddy Bears.

Marion Maus Greer of Marion Maus Antiques offered her fine antique wares in her booth.

Dealer Holly Hepworth of Holly Hepworth Antique Dolls helped many happy customers take home new treasures.

UFDC President Connie Reynolds joined in the fun at the Antique Doll Collector booth.

Brigid McHugh Jones of McHugh’s Dolls, Toys & Estates shared her dolls with the collectors in attendance.

Collector Marcy Mahle enjoys a moment with Robert Tonner, guest speaker for the afternoon tea, and UFDC Secretary-Treasurer Reba Hood.

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The charity group Good Bears of the World has given thousands of bears to those in need of comfort since its founding in 1969.

Members of the Olentangy Valley Doll Club were on hand to welcome attendees and oversee the items raffled off for the benefit of this local club and UFDC.

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Betty Stepnowski of French Fanfare showed an array of antique dolls.

Goodie packages courtesy of Rachel Hoffman and the Virtual Doll Convention, awaited attendees at the Robert Tonner Tea on Saturday afternoon.

Artist Connie Lowe shared her work with her fans.

Irene Randolf of Fireweed Gallery Dolls poses with her beautiful dolls and doll accessories.

Exquisite doll garments were offered by Mary Jo Koets of Mary Jo’s Enchanted doll closet.

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For more information go to: OhioNationalDollShow.com or contact Gail Lemmon at: (440) 396-5386 or OhioNationalDollShow@gmail.com

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Rosalie Whyel – The Doll As History

by Florence Theriault

1. Right: 23-inch bisque bébé by Emile Jumeau 2. Left: 28-inch wooden, circa 1800, original wooden box

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osalie Whyel spent her collecting years in the advocacy of the doll as an art form, indeed, even naming her justly celebrated museum in Bellevue, Washington as The Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art. It was not simply a museum of dolls, but, boldly, a Museum of Doll Art. Through her leadership, many collectors came to realize that the sculpture and design of a doll was an art form as surely as more traditionally named objects such as bronze sculptures or portrait paintings. For this, it is not possible to praise her enough.

Yet, there is more. Because Rosalie Whyel also saw the doll as history. A study of the dolls in her museum collection underscores this over and over again. The personal story of each doll, why it was created, what was its inspiration, who owned it and cared for it, or did not care for it and why, its chronological connection with other similar dolls, its uniqueness and why, was an important element in each doll’s presentation. The history of each doll was as important to her as the physical object itself.

This is proven by the laborious records that were preserved at the museum of each acquisition. Sometimes that record was scant, detailing only the date and source of the doll and notes of its physical description. Sometimes hints concerning a doll’s history were proposed, but always identified as theoretical.

And sometimes, when facts were indisputably evident, the complete history of a doll was documented. What incredible documents these are. The doll is history, indeed!

The sharing of each doll’s history was an important feature of the museum exhibits and in public lectures as well as in her 1996 book, The Rose Unfolds.

One important example is a fine 24-inch English wooden doll of the 1750 era, presented on page 2 and 3 of The Rose Unfolds and shown on the cover of this Antique DOLL Collector issue (Illustration 4). Rosalie recounted what was known of the lady’s history, first sold at a London auction from an unknown estate, and then in 1992, immigrating to the United States along with her extensive

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3. Pair of wooden dolls, attributed to Joseph Kubelka

4. 24-inch English wooden, 1750 era

wardrobe and accessories, where it was presented at a national convention of the United Federation of Doll Clubs. It was at this convention that Rosalie cast her hopes on acquiring the doll for the museum, a hope she happily achieved, and where the doll serenely stood court for more than three decades.

The word “court” brings to mind the famous French wooden court dolls documented by Francois Theimer in his important 2006 book, Les Poupées Royales. The story of these extremely rare dolls (illustration 16) and the questions concerning their lineage was of great importance to Rosalie as she wrote about them in pages 14 and 15 of The Rose Unfolds, noting “Some dolls arrive at the doorstop of the Museum with rather incredible pedigrees…so it was with this distinctive and physically well-endowed [pair]”. The Museum owned and exhibited six of these important dolls, each uniquely carved in portrait like manner, each said to represent a particular person of the late 18th century French court.

French dolls were always particular favorites of Rosalie including bébés from illustrious dollmakers of the 1880 era.

The Museum sought rare examples such as a 23-inch bisque bébé by Emile Jumeau (illustration 1). Dating from the early days of bébé production, circa 1878, the doll is notable not only 5. Wooden-bodied Bru poupée in original box ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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6. Fly-Lo by Grace Storey Putnam

for its delicate bisque and painting, but most especially for its “extremely large eye cuts which almost ‘wrap around’ the width of the face,” as described by Rosale Whyel on page 111 of The Rose Unfolds. The dramatic presentation of the Jumeau was delicately balanced by the gentle demeanor of another French bébé of the 1885 era, the series C model by Jules Steiner (illustration 14), which Rosalie described in The Rose Unfolds as having “flawless complexion and deep paperweight eyes.”

The popular collector phrase of “all original” had special meaning for Rosalie Whyel as she saw its importance as an element of visual history. Always on the lookout for dolls of originality she was especially drawn to those very rare examples which included a number of costumes, accessories and ephemera.

Sometimes the history was detailed, with names and places and dates of family history. And other times, such as the remarkable visual document of Blondine and her possessions, her early family history remains a mystery.

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7. Ray Bolger, Scarecrow from “The Wizard of Oz,” 17-inches by Ideal

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9. 14-inch wooden doll, preserved behind glass

10. “Pracht-Anzũge Einer Jungen Dame,” Neueste Anhleid-Puppe, paper doll depicting a young lady, mid-1800s

the couturier construction, the sheer number of costumes all testify as to its original ownership by an aristocratic French family. Even its embroidered name “Blondine” is a clue.

Blondine arrived at the Museum with all her finery two decades ago, and now, beautifully preserved still, is ready for a new life adventure, perhaps to reveal her secret past (Illustration 17).

Curiosity, the desire to learn more about a doll, was always paramount to Rosalie Whyel. Recognizing the singular beauty in a doll, especially an unusual model, was heightened by seeking as much information about the doll’s history as possible. An excellent example was the pair of wooden dolls, attributed to Joseph Kubelka, (Illustration 3), which were featured on pages 16 and 17 in her book The Rose Unfolds.

Noting that those few dolls which had been found utilizing the 1884 Kubelka patent of inserting human hair into a wax scalp were made of bisque, she queried “So where do these allwooden dolls, obviously from the same noble stock, fit in? Perhaps they were protypes…perhaps Kubelka created them as a special commission,” concluding that their “important doll history is hidden—at least for now—behind their enigmatic smiles.” Yes, they are works of art, but they are history.

Wooden dolls continued to hold fascination for Rosalie Whyel, as she documented their history in her book The Rose Unfolds. The doll shown in Illustration 2 is an 1800 era 28-inch wooden doll still carefully preserved in her original wooden box. The doll earned two pages of study in the book The

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12. Izannah Walker

13. Rare 104 K*R art doll

15. 24-inch wax portrait doll of Tom Thumb, attributed to Madame Tussaud

Rose Unfolds as Rosalie discussed not only its body shape designed for highwaisted fashion styles, but also its specific body construction, offering possible clues to its maker more than two centuries ago. Noting the body similarities to two other dolls shown on the same pages, she went on to say, “yet the faces are very different.” For Rosalie, a doll could not be described as simply “German wooden doll, circa 1800,” but it must be looked at in comparison with other dolls of the era. A student of history, indeed!

Dolls carefully preserved in cabinets are of special intrigue as they give the observer assurance of their originality. The 14-inch German wooden doll (illustration 9) has rested undisturbed for two centuries, her delicately painted curls intact, her gaze unswerving, her daintily trimmed silk costume and even her hand-blown Bristol glass smelling-salts flask intact. That the history of the doll was always of paramount interest to Rosalie Whyel is her query “was it the original owner…who put her behind glass for posterity or did she come from her maker that way?”

Portrait dolls of historical figures prominent in the museum indicated Rosalie’s interest in the doll as history. One outstanding example was the 24-inch wax portrait doll of Tom Thumb, the American P.T. Barnum circus celebrity, dressed in his formal gentleman’s suit, said to have actually been worn by Tom Thumb himself, (illustration 15), and attributed to the studio of Madame Tussaud in England. Rosalie believed that the preservation of such dolls, certainly a work of art, was also a homage to a fascinating era and aspect of American history and celebrity culture.

Rosalie’s interest in the doll as history was broad in both genre and time, the museum collection encompassing dolls from the 1600s until the late 1900s, whenever possible with family provenance of the doll, and always with perspective on the doll’s place in both cultural and social history. The Scarecrow doll from the Wizard of Oz (illustration 7) was as important in the Museum as was the wooden-bodied Bru poupée found in all-original

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condition in its original box (illustration 5); the FlyLo doll designed by Grace S. Putnam (illustration 6) spoke to the story of American women dollmakers as well as the dashed dreams of the Depression era; the one-of-a-kind Exhibition dolls of the German doll artist Lilli Baitz (illustration 11) signaled the end of the German doll art movement initiated by Kammer and Reinhardt and others in the 1910 era, an example being the rare 104 art doll shown with this article (illustration 13); the story of mid-1800s fashion was told with paper dolls (illustration 10); and the simple charm of the American cloth doll of Izannah Walker (illustration 12) was shown to appeal to a different imaginative zone of a child’s mind than the frolicking or fretful moods of the Lenci dolls (illustration 8). It took the skill and imagination of a Rosalie Whyel to combine these dolls into their own interlocking history.

The Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art flourished in Bellevue, Washington from 1992 until 2012. It was the wish of Rosalie Whyel that the dolls she preserved and cherished be returned to the hands of fellow collectors who would continue her purpose. The dolls shown here, along with 600 additional, will be presented at exhibit and auction at Rosalie, A Life of Dolls, Part II, at Theriault’s in Annapolis, Maryland on January 11 and 12, 2025.

Volume II of the commemorative book of the Museum will be available in late December, 2024.

16. French wooden court dolls 17. Blondine and her finery

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Max & Moritz Two Naughty Little Boys That Inspired Some Wonderful Dolls

By Susan Foreman

Max & Moritz A Juvenile History in Seven Tricks

by Wilhelm Busch Preface to Max and Moritz begins: Ah, how oft we read or hear of Boys we almost stand in fear of!

For example, take these stories Of two youths, named Max and Moritz, Who, instead of early turning Their young minds to useful learning, Often leered with horrid features At their lessons and their teachers.

And the preface concludes:

But O dear, O dear, O deary, When the end comes sad and dreary!

‘Tis a dreadful thing to tell That on Max and Moritz fell!

All they did this book rehearses, Both in pictures and in verses.

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ax and Moritz A Juvenile History in Seven Tricks was created out of the fertile imagination of German born Wilhelm Busch.

Published in 1865, ironically the same year that Charles Lutwedge Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) published Alice in Wonderland, and, like Alice, continues to be influential to this day. The Max and Moritz story has been translated into numerous languages, including English, Japanese, Latin, and even Pennsylvania Dutch. The 1932 Latin rendition has a title that nearly fills up an entire page: “Max et Moritz, facinora puerilia septem dolls fraudibusque peracta, ex invention Guilielmt Busch, poetae pictorisque, in sermonen Latinum conversa a versificatore sereno.” While the Pennsylvania Dutch translation is titled “Jake un Johnny.”

An image of Wilhelm Busch from the German Historical Museum, Berlin.

An original Max and Moritz book in German.

Wilhelm Busch was born in 1832. Although he initially studied mechanical engineering in order to please his father, he soon found his real calling was in the field of art. His study in fine art drew him to schools in Düsseldorf, Antwerp, and Munich. While greatly influenced by the Dutch and Flemish masters such as Frans Hals and Peter Paul Rubens, Busch turned to another form of art, the caricature. In 1859 he began drawing these caricatures for Fliegende Blatter, a comic weekly. Over the next several years he added verses to his drawings, developing comic strips which became longer and more involved, soon resulting in his most famous comic strip featuring Max and Moritz. As an early pioneer in the art of combining words and pictures to tell often humorous stories in sequential panels, Busch is often referred to as the “Grandfather of Comics.”

Christopher Morley’s last sentence in the preface to his 1932 translation of Max and Moritz aptly sums up one of the reasons the works of Busch may have such a lasting appeal… “Wilhelm Busch did not make fun of children without seeing the comic side of grown-ups also.”

Busch also wrote poems using words and drawings to convey his verse. In spite of the enormous success of his “picture stories” he still hoped to be recognized as a fine art painter. By 1870 he was once again focusing on fine art. Associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting, he eventually produced more than a thousand oil paintings, most of which did not become known to the public until after his death. His creativity never slept, and he became an active sculptor as well. He passed away on January 9, 1908, however, his cultural influence lives on to this day.

In 2007 in honor of Wilhelm Busch’s 175th anniversary Germany issued commemorative stamps and coins further confirming the impact that Wilhelm Busch has had on society.

But back to Max and Moritz…

Max and Moritz are two very naughty little boys who come to a violent end because of their many pranks that virtually terrorized the town. They strung up Widow Tibbet’s chickens, placed gunpowder in Herr Lampel’s pipe, put bugs in Uncle Fritz’s bed, stole sweets from the baker’s shop (the baker caught them in the dough, rolled them into bread and baked them in the oven). Although they escaped the baker, they were not so lucky with their seventh prank when they cut gashes in bags of corn so that all the corn spilled out when the farmer lifted the sacks. The irate farmer caught Max and Moritz, stuffed them in his sack, took them off to the miller who ground them into feed for the farmer’s ducks. While terribly violent by today’s standards, it certainly taught a lesson.

As the most popular comic artist of the late 19th century, Wilhelm Busch was an undeniable influence on the American comic strip. In 1894 the first full-color comic page appeared in the New York World published by

ABOVE: Bisque Katzenjammer Kids with Mama and 1934 book LEFT: Katzenjammer comics

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Joseph Pulitzer. In order to compete, William Randolph Hearst began to publish comic strips as well. Hearst had toured Europe as a boy, becoming familiar with the escapades of Max and Moritz. Because of this childhood fascination, he encouraged Rudolph Dirks to create the “Katzenjammer Kids” Hans and Fritz based on Max and Moritz. Katzenjammer Kids debuted on December 12, 1897 in the American Humorist supplement of Hearst’s New York Journal.

And when Hearst began building La Cuesta Encantada (aka Hearst Castle) in San Simeon, California, his architect Julia Morgan hired Edward Trinkkeller, a noted decorative wrought A close-up of Ed Trinkkeller’s ironworker, to create Hearst Castle wrought iron gates with caricatures. decorative and functional ironwork throughout the Castle including a pair of door grilles. In that Mr. Trinkkeller immigrated to the United States from Germany, and in that Hearst was influenced at an early age by Max and Moritz and based on the many early Wilhelm Busch books in the Hearst Library, it is believed that the caricatures depicted in Photograph of Ed Trinkkeller.

(Cal Poly SLO) those gates were indeed inspired by Wilhelm Busch. It is known that the bottom/center figure is a self-portrait of Trinkkeller and it may be that the other characters depict various artisans working at the Castle. Regardless of whom the caricatures represent, they are certainly in the The teacher, Master Lampel, style of Wilhelm Busch. who Max and Moritz antagonized in Trick Number Living just a few miles 4 by pouring gunpowder in his from Hearst Castle I find favorite “meerschaum” pipe.

The results were not good! the connection of Max and Moritz to the Katzenjammer This illustration of the Teacher lends credence to the theory Kids to William Randolph that Trinkkeller was inspired by Hearst of particular interest. Busch.

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* “Fizz! whizz! bum! The pipe is burst, Almost shattered into dust. Coffee-pot and water-jug,Snuff-box, ink-stand, tumbler, mug, Table, stove, and easy-chair, All are flying through the air In a lightning-powder-flash, With a most tremendous crash” And while the Katzenjammer Kids were inspired by Max and Moritz, the clay figure Gumby’s nemeses, The Blockheads, were, according to their creator Art Clokey, inspired by the Katzenjammer Kids and thus indirectly Max and Moritz. Art Clokey was an American pioneer in stop motion clay animation beginning in 1955. This resulted in his creation of Gumby and his horse Pokey.

Soon Clokey added two more characters, The Blockheads “G” and “J.” To quote Clokey: “I used to read about the Katzenjammer Kids on Sunday morning in the Sunday paper.

They were always getting in trouble. When their father was climbing a ladder, they were sawing halfway through the rungs, and their father was up there. It was awful. The Blockheads are kind of like them. Always in trouble. They started in a toy store. We used a toy store setting for Gumby, and we always had blocks in the store. The Blockheads evolved from the blocks in the store.” The Blockheads, like the Katzenjammer Kids, like Max and Moritz know only one way to do anything: the hard way and generally at someone else’s expense.

In spite of the great popularity of Max and Moritz and the influence they had on so many individuals, dolls depicting the duo are extremely rare today. Dolls based on these two rascals were made by various companies, including Kammer & Reinhardt, Kestner, Schoenhut, Steiff, and Kammer & Reinhardt Max & Recknagel.

Moritz.

One much sought after pair are the 16” Kammer & Reinhardt models. K*R’s Max (Mold #123) and Moritz (Mold #124) not only have uniquely sculpted heads, but special bodies as well, with Max having molded black shoes and Moritz molded brown shoes.

Both dolls have flirty sleep eyes. Made in 1912, they are, 13-inch Kestner examples.

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Kestner produced several styles of Max and Moritz including both all bisque and those with bisque heads on composition bodies. The all-bisque Max is entirely unique from his brother Moritz. Each has their own individually styled arms and legs in addition to their heads. The 41⁄2 inch allbisque models came either with molded clothing or removable clothing. The 13-inch composition bodied models likewise have uniquely modeled heads.

Steiff created a felt pair of Max and Moritz in 1905.

Examples of which remained in their line until 1920. Sadly, few examples have Steiff’s Felt Max and Moritz. Courtesy Theriaults. survived due to moth damage, moisture, and dry rot. In the 1950s Steiff offered a 4 inch version of Max and Moritz in vinyl.

Albert Schoenhut’s wood interpretation of Max and Moritz were first shown in the 1907 Humpty Dumpty Circus Catalog. After Circa 1915 Schoenhut Max and 1915, however, they Moritz, 8 inches tall. Courtesy were referred to in the Theriaults.

Schoenhut catalog as Rough and Ready.

Bruchlos Toy Factory (1902–1930) advertised a 9 inch mechanical/walker type Moritz (I have yet to find a Max) with a papier-mâché head. When wound the mechanism within the cardboard body Two mechanical Moritz dolls. The doll would enable the on the left has a celluloid head, The doll to rock to and doll on the right has a papier-mâché/ composition head. fro. Another nearly

identical mechanical Moritz but with a celluloid head was also offered. The example with the celluloid head is on an identical body but with a winding knob rather than a key. As they are both unmarked it cannot be said with certainty if both were made by Bruchlos.

Recknagel’s circa 1915 renditions of Max (61⁄2 inches) and Moritz (9 inches). Courtesy Theriaults.

The Rechnagel company made a bisque headed Max (mold #31) and Moritz (mold #32) with molded hair and painted features on oftentimes rather crude composition or papier-mâché bodies.

In addition to dolls, there were numerous other types of merchandise manufactured bearing the likeness of these two naughty, but irresistible, boys. Postcards and stamps. Tobacco cards and chocolate molds. Clocks, watches, and trinket boxes.

RIGHT: 1908 postcard (Max and Moritz just painted the bench before the innocent soul sat down.)

BELOW: Postage stamps, 1990.

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Sterling silver baby cups and child’s cereal bowls. Even Hummel attempted a Max and Moritz figurine (which looks nothing at all like the two boys).

Max and Moritz’s endearing smiles certainly compensate for their devilish deeds actually making them two loveable, albeit mischievous, characters. One can’t help but look at these two fellows and wonder just what they will be up to next.

(All items are from Susan Foreman’s collection unless otherwise noted.)

SOURCES:

Cal Poly Library, San Luis Obispo, CA German Historical Museum, Berlin www.geocities.com/Katzenjammer www.gumbyworld.com

Katzenjammer Kids got their postcard and stamp also. Circa 1906 cards were distributed by the San Francisco Sunday Examiner and the stamp was issued in 1995.

Examples of Max and Moritz cards promoting chocolate were issued in 1932 by the Chocolate Company Sprengel Hannover depicting the two rascals’ final bad deed.

Max and Moritz chocolate mold.

LEFT: A handcrafted porcelain child’s dish by Kaiser Porcelain of Germany (founded in 1872 and still prominent today).

RIGHT: Hummel’s rendition definitely does not depict the rambunctious character of these two devils.

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Why So Mad, Alice?

English Slit Head Wax Dolls in Early Photography

by Jennifer Craft-Hurst

Quarter plate English tinted ambrotype.

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arly images of children with dolls have long been a popular niche for doll collectors and collectors of early photography. There is something about the sight of the child clutching this small toy, a resemblance of themselves or their mother, that perhaps calmed their fears during the process of having their image taken. Whether the doll appearing in the image was the beloved toy belonging to the child being photographed, or simply a photographer’s prop, on hand to quiet busy fingers and calm nervous tummies, the doll in mid-19th century photography has become an important photographed subject.

Today, antique dolls give us a glimpse into the reality of the past. Collectors use them to date fabrics, facial paintings, and hair styles. Their inclusion in early photography solidifies not only dates, but also styles of both costume and doll. Many dolls seen in daguerreotypes and ambrotypes, images from the 1840s-60s, are either papier-mâché, wax or a combination known ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Sixth plate American ambrotype. The teen and her doll both wear matching red, white, and blue ribbons. This doll may have been a prize won at a Sanitary Fair, an event held to raise money for the Union Army.

Sixth plate English ambrotype of sisters with their matching dolls.

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Ninth plate English ambrotype of girl with rosemary. For remembrance?

as a wax-over. Wax-over refers to a papier- mâché doll that has been coated or dipped in wax to give it a softness on which to apply the features. Pink cheeks, red lips, and brown eyebrows are painted on the wax to enhance the realism of the doll. The majority of commercially made dolls from this time were made in Germany, with some made in France and England. The English dolls, in particular those referred to as English Slit Head Wax dolls, caught my interest years ago. As a collector of both dolls and images, I became fascinated with this easily identifiable face.

To understand the dolls in the images accompanying this article, one must first understand the types of photography available at the time these dolls were produced. The daguerreotype was the first form of commercial photography, introduced to the world by Louis Daguerre in 1839. The daguerreotype is an image on a highly polished, silver coated, sheet of copper. It can appear as a mirror at first glance and must be tilted at just the right angle to fully view. The daguerreotype was popular until the mid-1850s, when the invention of the ambrotype, a wet collodion image on glass, occurred. Though easier and safer to produce, the ambrotype lacked the depth and tones found in the daguerreotype. Both forms are one-of-a-kind images, reproduced only by a photographic copy of the original.

Plate sizes shown with the images in this article are based

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Ninth plate American daguerreotype.

on fractions of the traditional 6.5 x 8.5 full plate.

The English Slit Head Wax doll, also known to collectors as the “Mad Alice” doll, made between 18301860, is unique due to its whimsical, silly smile that is unmistakable, even in early photographs. The doll consists of a cloth body, sometimes with wooden, leather, or papier-mâché arms, and a wax dipped, papier-mâché shoulder head. The name comes from the application of their human hair, inserted into a slit left in the wax on the top of the head, and then parted to lay naturally. Bottle curls were added to hold down the weight of the human hair and to reflect the fashion of the day. Early dolls had black, pupilless glass eyes inserted, where later versions had blue eyes. Some even had a metal wire placed in the body, used to open and close the eyes.

The silly, perhaps “crazy” face of these endearing toys lent itself to the nickname “Mad Alice.” There seems to be two schools of thought as to the origin of this nickname.

The first is actually a 20th century collectors’ misnomer.

This idea is that the name is in reference to Alice in Wonderland. These dolls were most popular in the 1840s and 1850s, however. Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was not published until 1865. The other idea is that the dolls were named after “Mad” Alice Smith of York, a woman who reportedly went insane after suffering

Sixth plate Scottish Daguerreotype by Hughes of Glasgow. The doll is wearing a coral print dress, which was very fashionable at the time.

years of beatings from her husband. She fought back and killed him and was hung from York Castle in 1825. This is a local tale that seems to have no basis in fact, however.

English records of capital punishment show no listing of any Alice being hung at York Castle. Though it is unclear how Mad Alice earned her nickname, somewhere along this doll’s journey, the name stuck.

English Slit Head Wax dolls were a cottage industry in London. Sometimes, families made the papier-mâché base and bodies and would send the doll to the doll maker to be waxed and painted. It was also there that the human hair, previously gathered, cut, and styled by another home worker, would be attached. In 1850, Henry Mayhew wrote London Labour and the London Poor. He interviewed many cottage industry workers. Mayhew described the doll industry: The manufacture of dolls employs many hands, being divided into many distinct branches. The two main divisions are the “WOODEN” and “SEWED” dolls. The former being the dolls of the poor and the latter those of the rich. The wooden dolls are exceedingly primitive in their structure, there is no attempt at symmetry in the body, whilst the limbs are mere slips of lath joined. The sewed dolls rank much higher as works of art. Whether this is the consequence of the cause of a greater division of labour it is difficult to say; suffice ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Ninth plate English ambrotype of a girl and her doll, both tinted pink.

Sixth plate English ambrotype. She came with a matching ambrotype of her brother, posed in the same window.

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it that whereas the wooden doll is generally begun and completed by hand (with the exception of the wig) the sewed doll has as many distinct branches as it is divisible into distinct parts. In the first place there is the sewer and stuffer… Then there is the doll’s head maker and the doll dresser. Each of these are separate branches of the trade. Occasionally some family may be met with where the whole of the branches (with the exception of the making of the eyes) are performed; but this is far from usual especially with the better description of work.

Mayhew describes how the making of the glass eyes was its own industry. In 1850, there were only two glass eye makers in London. These workers created eyes for dolls as well as for humans and taxidermy. One glass eye maker expressed to Mayhew how many of his eyes were made for export and that many of the dolls for which they were made, went to America: They can’t make wax dolls in America Sir, owing to the climate. The wax won’t set in very hot weather and it cracks in very cold. I know a party who went out there to start as a doll maker. He took several gross of my eyes with him but he couldn’t make a success. The eyes we make for Spanish America are black. A blue-eyed doll in that country wouldn’t sell at all. Here, however, nothing goes down but blue eyes. The reason for that is because that’s the colour of the Queen’s eyes and she sets the fashion in this as in other things. (Hillier) Even though this was a cottage industry doll, it was not a cheaply made doll. In fact, Queen Victoria’s daughter Vicky owned an English Slit Head Wax, now at the Tunbridge Wells Museum in the United Kingdom.

Understandably, as the dolls themselves were made in England, many images found with these dolls are British in origin. In my collection of English Slit Head Wax doll images, I do have a few American daguerreotypes and ambrotypes, in addition to my British ones. I have collected dolls much longer than images and so, naturally, my actual English Slit Head Wax dolls came first in my collection, sharing space in my cabinet with China Heads and French Bisque Bébés.

Not long after bringing home my first English Slit Head Wax doll, I found my first ambrotype that depicted the same style doll. The resemblance was unmistakable.

In my journey to grow my image collection, I have happened upon many doll images, a category popular with many collectors. Hard plate images of

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Ninth plate American daguerreotype.

Ninth plate English ambrotype of a pouty girl and her doll.

girls with Milliner’s Models, Greiners, and Pre-Greiners, and of course, later cabinet cards with beautiful French Bisque confections have come through my collection.

The search for the English Slit Head Wax has been a little more difficult of a journey. That silly grin on the tiny round head, surrounded by a cascade of ringlets has become the object of my quest. I can only imagine that the early photographer chose this particular style of doll as a prop or way to calm a child, due to the silly facial expression. This doll has a face only a mother could truly love, but that could give a smile to almost anyone, even a child facing a camera for the very first time.

A version of this article has previously appeared in The Daguerreian Society Quarterly (Oct.-Dec. 2021) and in the UFDC 2024 A/V contest winning video, “Friends Through the Lens. Dolls in Early Photography.” (July 2024) All images from the collection of Jennifer Craft-Hurst.

Photographs by Nick Vaccaro and J. Craft-Hurst.

Bibliography: Hillier, Mary. The History of Wax Dolls. Hobby House Press, 1985.

Clark, Richard. “The Female Hanged 1800-1868.”

CapitalPunishmentUK.org Daguerreotype production information and sizes from The Daguerreian Society website: daguerreiansociety.org Contact: Jennparis72@hotmail.com, 480.242.8859

The author’s first English Slit Head Wax doll with some of her images.

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ittle girls in 1950s had a love affair with paper dolls.

At the local five-and- ten-cent store or the corner toy shop dolls were expensive and saved for birthdays and Christmas, but often a parent could be cajoled into purchasing a 25-cent paper doll set without much effort.

Paper dolls ranged from movie stars to bridal parties, babies to ballerinas, cowgirls to television personalities.

A set of paper dolls meant hours of preparation for play. There was first carefully pressing out the semi perforated dolls which usually wore bathing suits and had their hands on their hips. More expensive paper dolls were made of heavy cardboard and were cut out by the manufacturer. Then the outfits had to be studied and

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priorities determined, and finally cutting began. Mother’s sacred sewing scissors did the best job of cutting them out, but they were usually hidden away. Finally, hours were spent on the living room rug while watching Lassie or Howdy Doody carefully cutting out the doll’s attire.

ABOVE: Ideal Betsy McCall doll wearing her original dress. The dress was copied from the first Betsy McCall paper doll which appeared in the May 1951 issue of McCall’s magazine.

RIGHT: Original magazine advertisement for Ideal’s “Dolls With A Purpose” including Betsy McCall, a doll to promote fashion and sewing.

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Rosemary Clooney’s record Betsy, My Paper Doll, Columbia Records, 1951.

Full page color advertisement from trade magazine Playthings, 1953.

Full page magazine advertisement that displayed Ideal’s successful campaign, “Four Dolls With A Purpose” which included Betsy McCall, Harriet Hubbard Ayer, Miss Curity and Toni.

Paper dolls of Betsy McCall and her cousin Barbara, McCall’s magazine, November 1953.

RIGHT: Each Betsy doll came with a McCall’s pattern to sew identical aprons for both the doll and little girl.

Full page color advertisement promoting Betsy and Mary Hartline, Playthings, 1953.

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LEFT: Article from Toys and Novelties stating that Ideal’s Betsy McCall doll was chosen National Doll of the Year by the National Doll & Toy Collectors Club, October 1953.

ABOVE MIDDLE: McCall’s pattern #1810 includes Betsy’s dachshund Nosey, McCall’s magazine November 1953.

ABOVE RIGHT: McCall’s pattern #1812 includes three outfits for Ideal’s Betsy doll, McCall’s magazine November 1953.

McCall’s, a woman’s magazine that began in 1870 as a four-page fashion journal entitled The Queen promoted McCall sewing patterns. Eventually, the magazine realized that adding a paper doll to its pages made the magazine more lucrative. The name was shortened to simply McCall’s and featured numerous paper dolls in its magazine beginning in 1904.

Though the paper dolls were popular it was not until May 1951 that they hit on a sensation, Betsy McCall. Betsy was a little girl introduced as going on six years old.

She had a brown pageboy hairstyle, brown eyes and an impish smile. She was introduced with her six-month-old dachshund, Nosy. In June she was joined by her mother, Mrs. McCall, and father, Mr. James McCall, and in August her cousin Barbara was added. Over the years Betsy had multiple relatives and friends. Though drawn by many artists, the first Betsy was drawn by Kay Morrissey. Besty was so popular that 1951 singer Rosemary Clooney released a Columbia record, Betsy, My Paper Doll.

Due to Betsy’s fame, in 1952 the Ideal Toy Company struck a deal with McCall’s to produce a Betsy McCall doll. Ideal used their 14-inch hard plastic Toni doll body and had renowned doll sculptor Bernard Lipfert create the Betsy McCall doll head. He gave her chubby cheeks, a round little nose and a playful smile. Instead of a hard plastic face, she was given a soft vinyl head made of Bakelite vinyl resins, a dark brown glued-on wig of saran and brown eyes. She is marked McCall Corp on her head and her hard plastic body is marked Ideal Doll/P-90.

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Betsy McCall advertisement from the Woodbury Hardware Company catalog, 1954.

Betsy came in various schoolgirl dresses, most made of cotton with attached slip and matching panties. Many

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The end label from the box which held Ideal’s Betsy McCall doll. It states, “Millions of children eagerly follow her adventures every month in McCall’s magazine.”

opposed to Ideal’s doll with dark hair and brown eyes.

Betsy no longer promoted fashion and sewing, and American Character sold numerous outfits separately. The smaller Betsy doll was an instant success and sold over 100,000 dolls each year for the next seven years. As far as vintage Betsy dolls, the 8-inch American Character is more popular with collectors than Ideal’s Betsy McCall doll.

American Character redesigned Betsy in 1958 and she was fourteen inches tall, had a plastic body and vinyl head with rooted hair. She was only manufactured for two years. In 1959 American Character added a 20-inch Betsy with flirty eyes. The same year they introduced her cousin, Sandy, as a 36-inch male Playpal type doll. His twin sister Linda was also present as a 36-inch doll in 1959. Betsy became a Playpal type doll in 1961 and came in three sizes: 22-inch, 30-inch and 36-inch dolls.

In 1964, Uneeda sold an 11½-inch teenage Betsy McCall. Then in 1974 Horsman sold a 13-inch Betsy McCall doll with extra hair pieces and makeup. Finally in 1975 Horsman marketed a 30-inch teenage Playpaltype Betsy.

All the vintage Betsy McCall dolls brought pleasure to little girls, and women who grew up in the early 1950s still cherish the memories of playing with the very first Betsy McCall doll. Her charming personality still enchants collectors today, and to think it all began with a modest little paper doll in a magazine.

of her dresses were red or had red trim. Often the dresses were accented with buttons, had a contrasting sash and Betsy wore a matching bow in her hair. She also wore white socks, black Mary Jane shoes and came with a hang tag with three pink plastic curlers. Separate clothing was not offered because McCall’s sold sewing patterns for additional outfits.

Ideal decided to market Betsy McCall as one of their four, “Dolls With A Purpose.” In addition to Betsy, it included Miss Curity, Harriet Hubbard Ayer, and Toni.

Each had an educational goal and Betsy’s was to teach fashion and sewing to young girls. She was different than other fashion dolls sold at the time. They were teenage dolls with glamourous gowns and high heels.

Betsy displayed fashions that her little girl mommies would wear.

Betsy sold for $7.98 and though expensive, Ideal believed parents would pay more for educational dolls. Betsy was so popular that she was voted doll of the year by the National Doll and Toy Collectors Club in 1953.

Though Ideal’s Betsy McCall doll was extremely popular she was only sold for two years. Ideal ended “Dolls With A Purpose” after their Harriet Ayer Hubbard doll had difficulty with the makeup that came with the doll. Harriet and Betsy both had Bakelite resins heads which can become sticky over time when exposed to heat.

Ideal’s Betsy McCall doll was followed by an 8-inch Betsy McCall doll in 1957 when American Character Doll Company obtained the license to manufacture their rendition of the famous little paper doll. The new Betsy This Betsy doll in played with condition and had a hard plastic body, jointed knees and wearing her original dress and shoes sold for a hard plastic head with a rooted wig. She $40.00 on eBay January 2024. Photograph courtesy eBay seller. had medium brown hair and blue eyes as

An eBay seller received $76.00 in August 2024, for this mint Ideal Betsy McCall doll. Photograph courtesy eBay seller.

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Coverage of the 2024 Blue Ribbon winners in the UFDC Competitive Exhibit continues…

Left to right: Papier-mâché, European/so-called French type. Christina Penna Collection, Sacramento Pioneer Doll Club.

6-inch J.D. Kestner rare Alice with brown sculpted hair, rolled curls in back, headband, glass eyes. Carved wooden arms and legs. Ca 1850-1865.

Marina Tagger Collection, The Renaissance Doll Study Club.

Papier-mâché Apollo Knot hairstyle. Ca 1820s, all original.

Kathleen Zell Collection, Alacosta Doll Club.

Left to right: Papier-mâché molded hat as part of head. Nadine Friedmann Collection, Ohio Valley Doll Collectors Club.

Cloth Boudoir doll, ca 1925-1950.

Vicki Kurtz Collection, Madison Area Doll Club.

Cloth artist doll by Dorothy Heizer.

Queen Isabella of Castile, 1933.

Inspired by contemporary painting.

Deanna Parobeck Collection, Triple Crown Doll Club.

Cloth Madame Alexander literary character, 1933-1940. Marsha Hunter Collection, Peachtree Doll Club, Greenville Doll & Toy Collectors.

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Cloth British Rag Doll. ca 1930s-1940s.

Nylon or silk-like fabric. Carol Ezzo Collection, Cleveland Doll Club.

Stamped on upper left leg “Chase Stockinet Doll Made in the USA.” Original card label sewn on back. Patricia Corte Rooney Collection, National Doll & Toy Collectors Club, NYC.

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Top to bottom, left to right: “Miss Caroline” by Izannah Walker, ca 1850. Nick Vaccaro Collection, Member-at-Large, Region 5.

“Trude,” Sample or One-of-aKind Steiff Pressed Felt Faced Doll. 35 cm, three ways jointed, felt face, limbs and truck are linen. ca late 1930s-early 1940s, pre-World War II. Rebekah Kaufman Collection, Doll Study Club of Boston.

“Maggie Bessie” by Margaret (Maggie) Gertrude Pfohl and Caroline Elizabeth (Bessie) Pfohl. Winston-Salem North Carolina, 1900, hand painted cloth, petite 14-inches. Suanne Blalock Collection, Metroplex Doll Club.

Parian Alice-type with hair band.

Maker unknown. Germany.

7 inches. 1850-1910. Mary Elizabeth Groupé Collection, Shaker Doll Club.

Parian, untinted bisque doll, probably French. 1850-1890.

Bisque doll head on one end; composition Polichinelle-type head on the other. Karen Delfino Collection, Land o’ Sky Doll Club.

Rare brown-haired, glass-eyed 15-inch Parian. Greiner hairstyle with exposed ears. Pamela Conboy Collection, Jenny Lind Doll Club.

Parian with decorative blue scarf.

17 ½ inches with glass eyes. Said to have been made to represent Queen Louise of Prussia.

Linda Holderbaum Collection, Battle Creek Ara Doll Club of Michigan.

China female, braided bun, tortoise comb, “9” on lower shoulder plate. Pre-1920. Carol Hansen Collection, Sunshine of Florida.

3-inch A/O china with deep tint, brown hair with wisps front and back. Holes molded in (through) head at temple to secure (sew) bonnet/scarf.

Terri Beebe Collection, Old Capitol Doll Club.

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Top to bottom, left to right: 3-inch early pink tint Frozen Charlotte. Terri Beebe Collection, Old Capitol Doll Club.

Half Doll, bust only, both arms molded to body or returning to body.

Margaret Hein Collection, Can’t Stop Collecting Club.

Half Doll, bust only, one arm molded to body or returning to body.

Margaret Hein Collection, Can’t Stop Collecting Club.

All Bisque, jointed at shoulders and hips, swivel neck, glass eyes, 1880-1920. Karen Delfino Collection, Land O’ Sky Doll Club.

All Bisque, rigid neck, jointed at shoulders, glass eyes, 1880-1930. Mary Ellen Mohn Collection, Ann Arbor Doll Collectors.

All Bisque, molded clothing, 1890-1920.

Kathleen Zell Collection, Alacosta Doll Club.

All Bisque doll representing ethnicities other than Caucasian.

Diana Crosby Collection, Member at Large, Atlanta Doll Club Region 9.

All Bisque Child, 8 inches and over, 1880-1930. Tina Ciotoli Collection.

All Bisque Googly, glass eyes, 1911. Deborah Bray Collection, Member at Large, Atlanta Doll Club Region 9.

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First row, left to right: 16-inch bisque FG French Fashion All Original.

French Brittany Regional Costume.

Marked “2” on back of head. Leather fashion body and arms, swivel head on shoulder plate. Karin Branch Collection, Doll Study Club of Tulsa.

18-inch Bru French Fashion, deluxe wood body, tri-color eyes, original wig, hat, and clothing. Mark “H” back of head. Vicki Kutz Collection, Madison Area Doll Club.

Bru Teteur ca 1887. Head marking: Bru Jne 4. Original Body marked in blue: BeBe Bru No. 4. Antique Bru shoes.

Cathy Mayo Collection, Fort Worth Antique Doll Club.

Second row, left to right: French Bebe Mothereau ca 1885. Head marking: M2B. Body: Original French Composition and Wood Jointed Body. Blue paperweight eyes. 12 ½ inches. All original. Cathy Mayo Collection, Fort Worth Antique Doll Club.

Paris Bébé by Danel and Cie. 14 inches approx.. Blue stamp of Eiffel Tower on body. Judy Heckert Collection, John Harris Doll Club.

15-inch Smiling Jumeau, 1892. Marks: 903 Depose Tete Jumeau. Kathleen Zell Collection, Alacosta Doll Club.

Third row: 11-inch Premiere Bleuette, original Jester costume. Margaret G. Kincaid Collection, Granite State Doll Club.

13 ½-inch Belton/Sonnenberg Bru. Marked on head only 121. Unusual mocha/mulatto coloring. Joyce Shehurowsky Collection, Niagara Frontier Doll Club, Western New York Doll Club.

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First row, left to right: S&H 1129 Germany Dep 4 ½-inch Amber-tinted bisque socket head, glass slanted sleep eyes, Simon & Halbig, ca 1900. Asian costume. Sharilyn Whitaker Collection, Humboldt Dollectors.

German bisque character, Heubach. Fransje Zucchero Collection.

German bisque character, soldier, unmarked. Karen Delfino Collection, Land O’ Sky Doll Club.

10-inch Kammer & Reinhardt character boy, “Hans.” Marks: K*R 114. Kathleen Zell Collection, Alacosta Doll Club.

Second row: German bisque turned shoulder-head, most likely by G. Heubach, early 1900s. Mature woman looking down, brown glass eyes, nurses uniform. Laura Noon Collection, The Birmingham Doll Club.

German bisque Hertwig doll with molded head wear, 1885-1920. Mary Elizabeth Groupé Collection, Shaker Doll Club.

Belgian de Fuisseaux (Finsseau) Man in a Dutch/Belgian Outfit. Markins D.F./B. Marina Tagger Collection, The Renaissance Doll Study Club.

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Calendar of Events Send in your Free Calendar Listing to: Antique DOLL Collector, c/o Calendar, P.O. Box 349, Herndon, Virginia 20172 or events@antiquedollcollector.com If you plan on attending a show, please call the number to verify the date and location as they may change. Auctions in Blue.

Some events have additional information online. Check antiquedollcollector.com > events.

LONG TERM Until Dec 31, 2024 ~ Nantucket, MA. “Tony Sarg: Genius at Play,” an exhibit honoring the famed puppeteer. McCausland Gallery, Whaling Museum.

855-362-2671. info@dobbert.com.

Nov 2, 2024 - Feb 2, 2025 ~ Basel, CH (Switzerland). Preview Christmas exhibition.

Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. Steinenvorstadt 1, CH-4051 Basel. +41 61 225 95 95. info@swm-basel.ch. spielzeug-welten-museum-basel.ch/en/ exhibitions/2024/preview-christmas-exhibition.html.

Until Mar 3, 2025 ~ Kansas City, MO. “Portrait of Childhood: Black Dolls from the Collection of Deborah Neff” runs through at the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures. Located at University of Missouri-Kansas City. 5235 Oak St. 816-235-8000.

DECEMBER 2024 1 - Garden Grove, CA. Orange County Holiday Sale Doll, Teddy Bear, Collectible & Miniature Show & Sale. Rowbear Presents. 10 AM - 3 PM. Adults: $6; Children 12 & under, Military Families: FREE. Embassy Suites Anaheim South, 11767 Harbor Blvd. Featuring Antique to Modern Dolls, Bears, Toys, Miniatures, etc.

Rowbear Lowman. 831-438-5349.

RowbearPresents@charter.net.

6-9 ~ Online. Bear Blitz Stars Teddy Bear Online Show. Valerie Rogers, 502-423-7827, brtstar1@ aol.com. www.bright-star-promotions.com.

7-8 ~ Gaithersburg, MD. The 182nd Eastern National Doll, Toy & Bear Show & Sale.

Fairgrounds - 16 Chestnut St. Maryland’s Largest & Oldest Doll, Toy & Bear Show & Sale Ever!

Celebrating the 52nd year tradition with over 250 tables filled with antique to artist dolls, doll accessories, doll houses, miniatures, toys (limited), holiday items and so much more! Stephanie Bellman. sbellman714@gmail.com. 234-440-3184.

FEB 1 ~ Leesburg FL. Annual Doll Show & Sale.

Orange Blossom & Hills and Lakes Doll Club. 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Morrison United Methodist Church, 1005 W Main St. Admission: Adults: $5.00; 12 and under: FREE. Parking: FREE. For Vendor information contact Richard Ziller. 703-627-7763. rjziller@hotmail.com.

13-15 ~ Online. Online Charity Sales Event. Good Bears of the World. 10 am - 5 pm Daily. Terrie Stong. goodbears1@sbcglobal.net. goodbearsoftheworld.org.

13-15 ~ Online. TBAI Doll & Teddy Bear Show.

Cindy Malchoff. 518-578-0006. dollnbearshow@tbai. org. tbai.org/philly.html.

JANUARY 2025

18 ~ Naples FL. 40th Annual Naples Doll Club Annual Doll Show & Sale. 9 AM - 3 PM. Moorings Presbyterian Church, 791 Harbour Dr. Admission: Adults: $6.00; Children under 10: FREE; Parking: FREE. Karen McLean, call/ text (239) 571-5082, kmclean@comcast.net.

26 ~ Naperville, IL. Naperville Doll & Teddy Bear Show. 9:30 AM - 3 PM, Early Bird ~ 8 AM 9:30 AM. Karla Moreland Presents. Naperville Marriott Hotel, 1801 North Naper Blvd.

Admission at the Door: Early Bird: $15; Adults: $7; Children 12 & under: FREE; Parking: FREE. Karla Moreland, Call/Text 815-621-3255, kmorela@ais.net. www.NapervilleDollShow.com

FEBRUARY 2025

2 ~ Lynnwood, WA. Doll Show & Sale.

Antique Doll & Toy Market. Embassy Suites Hotel, 20610 44th Ave. Lisa Pepin. Call/text 206-669-7818. pepins4@msn.com.

8 ~ Schertz (San Antonio), TX. 33rd Biannual Hill Country Doll Show & Sale. Schertz Civic Center, 1400 Schertz Pkwy. 9 AM-4 PM. For more info call/text 830-606-5868.

22 ~ Largo, FL. 48th Annual Doll & Bear Show & Sale. 9:30 AM - 3 PM. St. Petersburg Doll Club. Largo Event Center (Minnreg Building), 6340 126th Ave North. Admission at the Door: Adults: $5.00; Children Under 12: FREE; Parking: FREE. Josephine Valente, 727-384-1708. aldopip@tampabay.rr.com.

22-23 ~ Dallas, TX. DollCon Dallas 2025 (primarily BJD and modern dolls). Westin Central Park Dallas 12720 Merit Dr. Registration required: $35 through October 31st, 2024; $50 after that. Kellyann Herrington. admin@dollcondallas.com. Text 469-630-2205.

MARCH 2025 1 ~ Escondido, CA. Cameo Doll Club Show & Sale. 10 AM - 2:30 PM. New Location: Escondido Elks Club. 2430 S. Escondido Blvd. Info: Nancy Verdugo. 760 546-5023.

1 ~ Phoenix, AZ. “Celebrating the World of Dolls” Doll, Bear, Miniature Show & Sale.World Doll Day Shows & Events. 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Shrine Auditorium, 552 N. 40th St. Door Prizes, Raffles/ Helpers (Benefits Local Charities). Mary Senko.

425-330-1770. Mary.Senko@worlddolldayshows.com.

WorldDollDayShows.com.

8 ~ Lakeland, FL. Tropical Doll Study Club Doll and Bear Show and Sale. 10 AM - 3 PM. Lake Mirror Auditorium, 121 South Lake Ave. $5 for Adults, $1 for children up to 15. Nancy Nunn, 863-646-9409, GSMOM527@aol.com or Diane Milla, milladiane@gmail.com, 863-644-1144. www.tropicaldollstudyclub.com.

9 ~ DeWitt (Lansing), MI. Lansing Antique & Collectible Doll Show & Sale. 9:30 AM - 3 PM. Banquet & Conf Ctr of DeWitt, 1120 Commerce Park Dr. (off I-69). Handicap Accessible.

Admission at the Door: Adults: $5; Children under 12: $1. Sandy Johnson Barts. 269-599-1511.

SJBbetsys@comcast.net. Lansing Doll Show.com.

29 ~ Jonesborough, TN. Doll Show & Sale. The Dollhouse. 9:30 AM - 3 PM. Jonesborough Visitor Center, 117 Boone St. FREE Admission.

Ellen Stafford, call/text 423-753-0022, ellen@jonesdollhouse.com.

29 ~ Waldorf, MD. The Third Annual Best Little Doll Show in Southern Maryland. 10 AM - 3 PM. Black-eyed Susan Doll Club. Old Waldorf School, 3074 Crain Hwy. Admission at the Door: Adults: $5; Children 12 and under: FREE. Parking: FREE. Pat Magruder, 301-843-0541. p.l.magruder@verizon.net.

JAN 25 ~ Glendale, CA. Verdugo Hills Doll Club Show and Sale. 10 AM - 3 PM. Admission $7 (under 12 free). Glendale Civic Auditorium. 1401 N. Verdugo Rd. Janie Olds. j.l.olds@ca.rr.com. 562-818-250. Pink Book listing Southern California doll show and events will be available. Premier California doll show with over 100 dealer tables. Dealers from across the United States.Excellent food available.

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APRIL 2025 5 ~ Hebron, KY. Triple Crown Doll Club Show & Sale. 10 AM -3 PM. Hebron Lutheran Church, 3140 Limaburg Rd., 2 miles from Cincinnati airport. Deanna Parobeck. Parobeck.d@twc.com.

5 ~ Madison, WI. Madison Area Doll Club “Dreams Do Come True” 53rd Annual Doll Show and Sale. 9 AM - 3 PM, Early Bird at 8 AM.

SARA BERNSTEIN’S DOLLS

Exhibition Hall, Alliant Energy Center. 1919 Alliant Energy Way. Admission $10 (12 and under FREE). Parking $8. Vicki. vickijkutz@gmail.com.

608-279-5298.

5 ~ McClellan (Sacramento) CA. “Celebrating the World of Dolls” Doll, Bear, Miniature Show & Sale.

World Doll Day Shows & Events. 10 AM - 3 PM. The Officers’ Club, 3410 Westover St, Admission: General (13 and up): $10.00; Parking: FREE. Mary Senko.

425-330-1770. Mary.Senko@worlddolldayshows.com.

WorldDollDayShows.com.

13 ~ St. Charles, IL. Kane County Doll & Dollhouse Show. 9 AM - 3 PM, Early Bird ~ 8 - 9 AM. Karla Moreland Presents. Kane County Fairgrounds, 525 S Randall Rd. Admission at the Door: Early Bird (8:00 AM-9:00 AM): $15; Adults: $8; Children 12 & under: FREE; Parking: FREE. Karla Moreland, Call/text 815-621-3255, kmorela@ais.net. KaneCountyDollShow.com.

26 ~ Cincinnati, OH. Spring Fashion Doll Show & Sale. 10 AM - 4 PM. Queen City Beautiful Doll Club. Eastgate Holiday Inn, 4501 Eastgate Blvd.

Admission at the Door: Adults: $5; Children under 12: FREE with paid adult; Parking: FREE. Margie Schultz, 513-207-8409. Askmargie@aol.com.

Ph. 732‑536‑4101 Email: santiqbebe@aol.com www.rubylane.com/shops/sarabernsteindolls

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