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Long-time reader and contributor, Sharry, has some pretty neat vintage dolls in her collection. She has put together a great look back at Ideal’s Crissy doll, made by the Ideal Toy Company in 1969 *** Hello Doll Diaries readers! As most of you know, I love Springfield Collection and American Girl dolls. You also know [...]
I received an email from Linda last week with 3 photos of vintage dolls she had recently purchased but needs help identifying. I’m sure as a group we can help her figure out who some of these beauties are. Photo # 1 – four dolls. Photo #2 – four dolls. Photo #3 – the first [...]
As with most aspects of life, in order to appreciate today you have an understanding of the past. That plays true even for doll collectors. The dolls we play with today have all evolved and been inspired by the dolls created throughout history. One of my friends, Nancy from Archive Americana, was kind enough to [...]
I got a phone call from my Mom the other day saying she had found a box in the basement with some other items that they had inherited from family members and in the box was a little 8″ doll. The box was from my Great Aunt who had lived in California in the 1950-1970 [...]
Many of you are familiar with Sharry – she is a frequent commenter and contributor to the Doll Diaries community, has her own YouTube channel, she is a teacher, and she is a collector of 1970′s toys and dolls. Sharry will be sharing more photos and insight into her 1970′s treasurers throughout the year. I’m [...]
Created by Johnny Gruelle in 1915, Raggedy Ann was one of the first, if not the first, doll to be marketed with a line of story books. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll known for having red yarn hair and a triangular nose. She was created for Gruelle’s daughter Marcella who died at the age [...]
One of our readers, Madeline, recently rescued an antique Susan Strollers doll. She sent us the before photos (click here to see the before pictures of Susan Stroller) and now that the doll has had some TLC from Madeline and her Dad she looks so much better! Madeline and her Dad did a great job [...]
One of our readers, Madeline, recently rescued an old doll her Dad found and of course, we all want to see the pictures. As you can see from the first pictures, she is a little scary now but Madeline is going to try to fix her with her Dad’s help. Here is a little about [...]
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