The 1937 movie Heidi starring Shirley Temple inspired this doll. My friend has a vintage doll collection. I photographed her dolls in 2015 and had a jigsaw puzzle created from one of the photos.
Dolls prompt mixed responses.
They creep some people out.
Others collect and display them.
Did you have a special doll?
In 2010 I photographed granddaughter Maura looking at Aunt Linda’s doll collection
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That’s me. At our grandparents house.
Lincoln, Illinois 1955.
They were banned in schools in the 1970s after parents complained they were used as weapons and caused serious head injuries. Their history is here from the first Hopalong Cassidy box, to the the last of Rambo Sylvester Stallone model.
I had a red Stewart plaid one in third grade that I remember, complete with a thermos. There were no ice packs included, ever.
The Antique Trader attributes the popularity of metal lunchboxes to television.
Take a tour of the museum with this YouTube video if you can’t get to Columbus Georgia.
Mr Woodall has written an encyclopedia shown below
I like to sort the LEGO pieces by color and then by shapes. It’s relaxing. Having the colors and shapes sorted makes it easier to find the required pieces. I like to think I’m being helpful to my grandson. He’s really good at putting the creations together.
Granddaughter Maura and me.
At the Columbus Metropolitan Library
The beloved classic children’s book first published in 1947, Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown.
