Characters
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Grepke, Donald, 1932-
label: Collection Creator
content: Grepke, Carolyn, 1937-1995
setName: label: See more items in
content: The Carolyn and Donald Grepke Paper Doll Collection
label: See more items in
content: The Carolyn and Donald Grepke Paper Doll Collection / Series 12: Periodicals
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1908-1990, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0752, Subseries 12.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Consist of paper dolls that were created for magazines and periodicals. Generally, the materials were characters created by female artists who were known for their illustrations in children's publications.  These artists created materials based on vintage paper dolls or new characters and submitted their work to publications such as Ladies Home Journal, Woman's Home Companion, McCall's Magazine, and the Pictorial Review. The periodicals and magazines depended on the popularity of the characters to help sell their publications.  To that end each issue included Betty Bonnet (1915), Dolly Dingle (1913), Lettie Lane (1908), Polly Pratt (1919), Polly Perkins (1934), Peggy Pryde (1926), or Betsy McCall (1951). Reproductions of the paper dolls were later printed as a collection of the dolls. Materials are arranged alphabetical order.