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The first American book on paper doll making, Paper Dolls and How to Make Them, A Book for Little Girls, was published by Anson D. F. Randolph in 1856. It included hand-colored plates of dolls and clothing for children to cut out and play. This book was so popular that it was soon followed by Paper Dolls’ Furniture and How to Make It or How to Spend a Cheerful Rainy Day in 1857. That same year, Anson Randolph printed a collection of paper dolls in a box called “The Paper Doll Family.” The New York Evangelist advertised this unique book in 1856:
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A smaller publishing company, Peter G. Thompson, published paper dolls in the 1880s. Similar to the McLoughlin style, some of their titles were Pansy Blossom, Jessie Jingle, Lillie Lane, Bessie Bright and Nellie Bly, selling for eight to fifteen cents per set. Also in the 1880s, Dennison Manufacturing Company added crepe paper to their line, starting a trend that lasted for about forty years. Crepe paper added dimension to the costumes of paper dolls and provided countless hours of fun for children at home and in schools. In the 1890s, Frederick A. Stokes and Company published several sets of paper dolls including likenesses of European royalty and America's own Martha Washington.
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By the mid-1800s, paper dolls were being produced in England, France, and Germany as well as the United States. Normally, the figures, along with their costumes and accessories, were printed and sold in sheets that could be cut apart and assembled. They ... appeared in newspapers and periodicals. Paper dolls reflected current fashions, as well as highlighting popular public figures.
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Paper dolls enjoyed a huge resurgence in newspapers during the Great Depression, when much entertainment could be had for a nickel from the comics and the paper dolls that often appeared in them. Some paper doll characters sprang directly from the comics: the Katzenjammer Kids, Dick Tracy, Brenda Starr, Daisy Mae and Li'l Abner, Fritzy Ritz and Jane Arden. Other newspapers had their own paper doll features, such as Mopsy, Boots and Millie.
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The Latin beauty, Rita Hayworth, is featured in the reproduction of the gorgeous 1942 paper doll book. The cover illustrations by Norman Mingo showcase her lovely features and dancing ability. The inside pages by Clara Ernst are beautifully designed with a wonderful wardrobe of clothes and accessories, beautiful backgrounds and star photos. Included are costumes from Blood and Sand, You Were Never Lovelier, You'll Never Get Rich, Strawberry blonde, and more. Two dolls and eight pages of clothes. Book size 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches with cardstock covers.
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Paper Dolls celebrates those beautiful, powerful, sexy, ruthless, vulnerable and sometimes dangerous cover gals of the paperback book known to collectors as "good girl art." All publishing genres, including, science fiction, westerns, juvenile delinquent, sleaze, swamp and mysteries featured these vixens on their covers. Paper Dolls will be a art book exhibiting a wide selection of these steamy and vibrant book covers from the 1930’s through the 1960’s.
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