Paper Dolls

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep892ad069e-4b8e-4163-8290-eb19b8c1d8d9

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 6: Paper Toys

Date

circa 1890-1980, undated

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier

NMAH.AC.0752, Subseries 6.1

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

Include paper doll creations not based on personalities, characters, themes, events, or popular culture. Instead, the dolls were intentionally made as toys in paper form. The materials span over a century and represent some of the earliest manufacturers of paper dolls including McLoughlin Brothers, Dennison Manufacturing Company, and Raphael Tuck. Some of these companies continued to create paper dolls well into the twentieth century. Greeting card companies also offered paper dolls on cards. Paper dolls were primarily made of paper but could also be wood, plastic, or magnetic. Many of the dolls had special attributes like handmade, cloth, or press on clothes; yarn, curly, blonde, wavy or real hair; or the ability to stand and move arms, legs, or eyes. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order.

Collection Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Record ID

ebl-1562715031827-1562715031911-3