This blog is to celebrate the paper dolls I had as a child growing up in the late 1940s - early 1950s.....and others I would have also loved!


Tuesday, April 11, 2017

What do these dollies have in common....part 2!

                 Annette                         Patsy                    Mary Lee               Annette

Just like in my previous post from over 5 years ago.....these adorable dollies share the same set of clothes!

Published in 1936 as Annette (one of the five Dionne quintuplets born in Canada in 1934), by the Whitman Publishing Company, Inc. #1055 , the set of clothes all these dollies share were originally drawn for this first paper doll, Annette.

With brown curls and a mischievous little smile, Patsy is one in a set of 5 dolls published in 1939 by Whitman as #1002, using the same clothes from the original Annette book previously published. The other dolls in this set were named Margie, Peggy, Dotty, and Bunny and they each shared a set of clothes from one of the other quintuplets.

In 1941, again using the clothes drawn for the original Annette paper doll book, 
the next dolly, Mary Lee was published by Whitman as #1010.  The other dolls in this set were named Mary Jane, Sally Ann, Betty Sue, and Patty Lou.

The last little doll is again Annette Dionne. This Annette is slightly smaller but still shares the same set of clothes. This set, with the dolls redrawn, was published in 1937
 by Dell Publishing as Five Dionne Quintuplets, evidently with all five sets of clothes.




Annette's flying outfit. Also Patsy and Mary Lee's!



They are always ready for a party...or for playing outdoors!


Partying, playing, sailing or flying, 
they are always dressed for the occasion!



Sail boat rides or playing in the snow, they have pretty duds to wear!


A school dress, a pretty maroon coat with hat and a cape and hat to wear with her party dress from the first page. Annette, Patsy, Mary Lee and Annette again are well dressed little girls. 


Putt...putt...putt! Annette loves her little car. 
All the original quintuplet doll books 
had this little car on the back cover. 

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