Comic Books

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8376d2247-6219-46e5-84a5-65d6acf88df4

Collection Creator

Grepke, Donald, 1932-

Grepke, Carolyn, 1937-1995

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The Carolyn and Donald Grepke Paper Doll Collection

The Carolyn and Donald Grepke Paper Doll Collection / Series 5: Mass Media

Date

circa 1940-1995

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier

NMAH.AC.0752, Subseries 5.2

Type

Archival materials

Collection Citation

The Carolyn and Donald Grepke Paper Doll Collection, 1800s-1998, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Collection Rights

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Scope and Contents

Comprise of materials created from characters who generally appeared in comic books or comic strips. Some of the earliest characters include Blondie (1930), Dick Tracy (1931), L'il Abner and Daisy Mae (1934), Little Lulu (1935), Nancy (1938), and Superman (1938). Most of the paper dolls are created from characters who were created in the 1940s including Brenda Starr (1940), Archie, Betty, and Veronica (1942), Patsy Walker (1944), Katy Keene (1945), Millie the Model (1945), Hedy DeVine (1947), and Polly Pigtails (1946). A smaller number of paper dolls are of characters created later in the century such as Sugar and Spike (1956), Josie and the Pussycats (1963), Doonesbury (1970), and Vicki Valentine (1985). Materials are arranged in alphabetical order.

Collection Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Record ID

ebl-1562715031827-1562715031894-2