Same song, third verse! Whitman Publishing and Dell Publishing used the same set of clothes for the publication of sets of paper dolls for the above dollies.
From the left, "Cecile" published in 1936 by the Whitman Publishing Co. Inc., #1055, as part of their set of Dionne quintuplet paper dolls. The clothes used in sets for the four dolls shown were originally drawn for her.
"Margie" was published in a set of five books by Whitman in 1939 using the same clothes drawn for Cecile. Margie, and the other doll books named Peggy, Dotty, Bunny and Patsy, were cataloged under #1002.
"Betty Sue" was published by Whitman in 1941, again using the clothing drawn for Cecile. Other dolls in the 1941 set were Mary Jane, Sally Ann, Patty Lou and Mary Lee and assigned # 1010.
At the end of the row is another Cecile, published in 1937 by Dell Publishing as Five Dionne Quintuplets. This doll book, that featured five redrawn dolls, used the same clothing graphics originally published by Whitman in 1936.
In collecting vintage paper dolls, I have found the act of redrawing the dolls, but using the same clothing previously published, a common occurrence.
Cecile, Margie, Betty Sue and Cecile have a stocking cap and muffler
to keep them warm while playing in the snow. Two-bladed skates...growing up in the south, I am not familiar with them.
Slippers to wear with her jammies
and a red beret to wear on a trip to the store
make Cecile a well dressed little girl!
All dressed up for cooler weather!
Above you can see how cute Margie and Betty Sue
look in these little outfits!
Only one party dress and hat to go along
with all Cecile's cool weather clothes.
I'm betting Cecile was told to never stand up in her little auto!
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