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Tonner Doll Company, Inc. was a collectible doll design and distribution company located in Kingston, New York.Founded by Robert Tonner in 1991, Tonner Doll designed and marketed original doll lines, as well as a number of licensed dolls for films such as Harry Potter, Spider-Man 3, and Twilight.
Ginnie Hofmann (September 30, 1920 – December 29, 2014) was an American artist and illustrator most noted for her illustrations in the Joy of Cooking and her paper dolls in Betsy McCall magazine. Early years
Dressing and packing dolls at Paragon Manufacturing Company in Easthampton, Massachusetts (1937). The American Doll and Toy Corporation was established in 1919 by Russian Jewish immigrant brothers Jacob and Max Brock, and their partner Ed Schaefaer, with many of the Brock relatives occupying key positions at the company.
From June 1949 until her death in November 1962, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a McCall's column, "If You Ask Me". The former First Lady gave brief answers to questions sent into the magazine. [1] Starting in May 1951, and lasting until at least 1995, [2] Betsy McCall paper dolls were printed in most issues. Children could cut out the printed dolls ...
Catharine Flood McCall (1766–March 9, 1828) was an early 19th-century American businesswoman. Before and during the American Revolutionary War , she was educated in Scotland and London. She inherited Cedar Grove and Clydeside plantations following the death of her maternal grandfather, Nicholas Flood in 1776.
Betsy Wetsy was a "drink-and-wet" doll originally issued by the Ideal Toy Company of New York in 1937. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was one of the most popular dolls of its kind in the Post–World War II baby boom era.
Previously, some of Posterchild's artwork—a series of stencils of a Betsy McCall paper doll and her dresses—was featured on the front page of the fashion section of The Toronto Star; the artwork was unsigned, which is typical of street art. [2]
Ideal, via the Betsy Wetsy doll, was also one of the first doll manufacturers to produce an African American version of a popular doll. [32] In 2003, the Toy Industry Association named Betsy Wetsy to its Century of Toys List, a compilation commemorating the 100 most memorable and most creative toys of the 20th century.