DO YOU REMEMBER THESE?

PAPER DOLLS

BETTY GRABLE cut out paper doll set

Did YOU play with sets like these? 

 I was recently reminded about these paper doll sets. I spent many a happy hour dressing and undressing dolls like these.  I remember putting on their school clothes, or party dresses, which ever I felt like at the time.  The figures were stiffened card with a bending back tab enabling the "dolls" to stand.  Their clothes were all put onto the dolls by using bend-over tabs.  Not only their dresses, but gloves, hats and scarves etc. could also be put onto the dolls.

This particular modern set dated 1994, was printed in Hong Kong and represents the legendary figure - Betty Grable who was a very well known star of the 1930's to '40's.  She was in such films as "Pin Up Girl" and "Coney Island".  She was very famous for her shapely legs and her bathing suit pictures made her a number one pin up girl of the World War two era.  She was married to Jackie Coogan (1937 - '40) and to the band leader Harry James 1943 - '65).

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NEW DOLLS LISTED ON WEBSITE

The FIVE new dolls are from - Oceania, Europe, America and Africa -

Papua New Guinea, France, England, Chile and Ghana.

For more pictures and information, please see the website.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - tribal doll

Id:  Oceania - Papua New Guinea - 003 and 003A

 FRANCE (Corsica) - Santon doll

Id:  Europe - France (Corsica) - 0035

 ENGLAND

Id: - Europe - England - 0054

 CHILE - (Araucanian Indian)

America - Chile - 007

GHANA

Id:  Africa - Ghana - 005



NEW DOLL MAKER ON THE "DOLL MAKER" PAGE

I inadvertently deleted this blog, so I am now putting it back on again. 

(I told you I was no good with blogs!)

The Doll maker is:
ALEXANDRA KOUKINOVA  

Id: Asia - Russia - 004

Novgorod province (Festive costume) 

NEW DOLL ON "MY FAVOURITE DOLL" PAGE

AMY from the U.S.A. has sent this picture of her NEW ORLEANS widow doll.

For more pictures and further information please click on the "MY FAVOURITE DOLL" page at the top right hand corner of this page.

Thank you.  Carole.

NEW DOLLS LISTED ON WEBSITE

FIVE NEW DOLLS listed on website: 
From Asia and Africa - Turkey, Taiwan, Afghanistan, Thailand and Senegal.   For more pictures and further information about the dolls, please see the website.

TURKEY

Id. Asia - Turkey - 0010

 TAIWAN

Id: Asia - Taiwan - 004

AFGHANISTAN

Id: Asia - Afghanistan - 005

THAILAND

Id: Asia - Thailand - 0014, 0014A, 0014B, 0014C,

0014D, 0014E and 0014F

SENEGAL

Id: Africa - Senegal - 003, 003A and 003B

SIX NEW DOLLS LISTED ON WEBSITE

These six lots of dolls are from:  Europe, America and Asia - Canary Islands (Lanzarote), Denmark(?), Norway, Mexico, Borneo (Kalimantan) and China (Taiwan).

For further information about them please see the website. 

CANARY ISLANDS (Lanzarote)

Id:  Europe - Canary Islands (Lanzarote) - 002

DENMARK(?)
Id: - Europe - Denmark - 0011

NORWAY (Ronnaug Pettersen)

Id:  Europe - Norway - 0011

MEXICO

Id: - America - Mexico - 0014

MALAYSIA - Borneo (Kalimantan)

Id:  Asia - Malaysia - Borneo (Kalimantan) - 004

CHINA (Taiwan)

Id:  Asia - China (Taiwan) - 0017

BULGARIAN DOLL COMMENT

ALICE from the U.S.A. has sent this comment:

I tried to enter a comment about the Bulgarian doll, but was unsuccessful. We visited a small town in Switzerland which has a winter tradition of a procession of men dressed in furry costumes with hideous masks; they have a museum of examples, similar to this Bulgarian doll. I enjoyed your Christmas diorama! Best wishes for the New Year, and I hope you find more additions to your collection.   Alice.
(NOTE FROM Carole:)
I also saw a very similar doll to this one in SLOVENIA a few years ago, but unfortunately it was for display only, and not for sale!
I have also been informed that around twenty men dressed in the exact same costume can be seen every New Year's Eve year, dancing in the street in Filmooz, AUSTRIA.  They are supposedly scaring away the bad spirits.