Toys and Dolls
The most popular toys and dolls, even mass produced products, were conceived as handmade toys and dolls. Johnny Gruelle, an illustrator and cartoonist, created the toy doll Raggedy Ann during his only daughter Marcella’s lengthy illness. Although not a toy maker, Gruelle painted a new face on an old rag doll that Marcella discovered in her grandmother’s attic, and named the doll Raggedy Ann after two poems by his friend James Whitcomb Riley, The Raggedy Man and Orphan Annie. Gruelle told stories of Raggedy Ann’s adventures to entertain his daughter.
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Toys and DollsThe most popular toys and dolls, even mass produced products, were conceived as handmade toys and dolls. Johnny Gruelle, an illustrator and cartoonist, created the toy doll Raggedy Ann during his only daughter Marcella’s lengthy illness. Although not a toy maker, Gruelle painted a new face on an old rag doll that Marcella discovered in her grandmother’s attic, and named the doll Raggedy Ann after two poems by his friend James Whitcomb Riley, The Raggedy Man and Orphan Annie. Gruelle told stories of Raggedy Ann’s adventures to entertain his daughter.
