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For 27 years, between 1958 and 1986, Hofmann drew the paper dolls feature in Betsy McCall magazine. [ 3 ] Throughout her career, Hofmann contributed illustrations to other magazines including Mademoiselle (1946–1951), Parents Magazine , Good Housekeeping (1950–1960), and Woman's Day (1950–1960).
Tonner Doll had the licensing rights to design and develop dolls based on many American television, cinema, comic book, and video game franchises. [ 4 ] Since the 1995 issue of the Betsy McCall doll, Tonner Doll had gained the merchandising rights for characters in films like 1997's Titanic ( Kate Winslet ) and 1999's Star Wars: Episode I ...
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 ...
Betsy McCall (1957-1959) — 8"-36" hard plastic doll; [11] also marketed as her "cousin" Sandy McCall Chuckles (1952-1961) — 18-19, 22" vinyl doll Eloise (1958-1959) — 21" cloth doll named after the series of children's books by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
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.
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.
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.
The Art Monastery Project was founded by American artists Suiko Betsy McCall and Christopher Fülling in 2007 with the purpose of converting an historic Italian monastery into an international art production center in cooperation with the community that hosts it.