Velva Doll - The Magic Playmate

 

Velva Doll was produced in 1932 by Kingston Products Corporation. Information above is from Mary Young's  20th Century Paper Dolls. Two sized Velva dolls were produced....one large 17" doll and a smaller 13" doll, both named Jill. Mary Young indicated another version of the Velva doll has been found, so dolls may vary. 

My Jill doll is 13" tall and came with many items of clothing. 

      

 Jill is made of 1/8" cardboard with a velvety surface. Her neck has been repaired and her coloring has faded, but you can still see her red hair and pale blue eyes. 

These are the clothes made of felt that came with Jill.

In addition to dresses, jackets and slacks,  several collars and yokes, plus suspenders, hats, gloves and a neck scarf were included for play. 

 

  

Playing with accessories..... 

     

            

Instructions came with Velva dolls....

and also suggestions for creating different outfits.

Checking this sheet, I think Velva arrived with her complete wardrobe!

A more detailed set of clothing came with Velva, and I was curious what doll they belonged to. 

Looking through Mary Young's wonderful book on paper dolls, I found several sets of "magic" paper dolls....

       

                   The Magic Doll for the Little Dressmaker, $40.00

and discovered that the extra clothes were part of The Felt-O-Gram Doll and Her Wardrobe. This set was made by The Poster Products Company of Chicago in 1932. The the black and yellow dress on the front of the box and the little red dress, boots and cap in the lower left corner of the box are the same clothes that came with Velva. Between 1932-1934, the Poster Products Company made several other sets of Felt-O-Gram dolls....Twins, All American Boy Bobby, Black-Eyed Sue and I'm  Bebé  of All Nations.

Just for fun, I dressed Jill in the extra set of clothing even though they were a bit large for her......

     

     

I am always happy to learn more about the paper dolls I have collected. And thanks to Mary Young for her exceptional book 20th Century Paper Dolls!

Dolls of Many Lands

Dolls of many lands  is a boxed set of paper dolls

 published by Whitman Publishing Company in 1932, 

catalogued as  W3046. Ten countries are represented. Each paper doll is printed on individual heavy paper stock in lovely pastel colors and drawn in the wonderful style of the 1930s era. 

Gretel of Holland in her little wooden shoes, 

braids down her back and holding tulips....of course!

Little Flower of Japan, in her patterned kimono 

secured with an obi, is holding a Japanese lantern, 

and carrying a lovely parasol.

Jock of Scotland in his tartan kilts, 

playing a bagpipe, tapping a drum,

 or performing a Highland dance!

Marie of Italy, with a band of flowers to wear in her dark tresses, 

a tambourine to play while she dances, 

and fresh fruit picked from the orchard.

Fritz of Germany, his pet Dachshund in his arms, 

lederhosen to wear with his alpine hat, 

and a miltary uniform to be just like dad.

Colleen of Ireland, a "wearing of the green" 

in traditional dress, and a bouquet of clover tucked close. 

Olga of Russia, with lovely embroidered dresses 

and both a babushka scarf and kokoshnik to wear on her head.

Bill of the USA, our All-American boy, with uniforms for scouting

 and baseball, and a football for sandlot games.

Dolores of Spain, with a flower tucked behind her ear, 

a guitar for singing, a swinging skirt for dancing, 

and a mantilla with peineta.

 Hildur of Sweden, with colorful aprons adorning each dress 

and traditional hats/scarfs of Sweden.