JOURNALING: One of my favorite toys as a child was my Ginny Doll. Little did I know then that she has quite a history, dating back to 1922. That was the year Jennie Graves established Ye Olde Vogue Doll Shoppe in her home in Somerville, Massachusetts. Back then, Jennie made the clothes and the dolls were imported from Germany. The business was mildly successful. In 1951, Mrs. Graves produced her own 8” plastic doll and named her Ginny after her daughter, Virginia. This doll became very popular, growing to over 2 million in sales by 1953 and 7 million by 1957. Of note is a black Ginny doll created in 1953. In 1960 Mrs. Graves retired and her daughter and son-in-law ran the company until 1972 when the Vogue name was sold to Tonka Corporation. In 1995, Vogue Doll Company re-acquired the rights to the Ginny doll and continues to produce dolls to this day.
PHOTOS: My Ginny doll with some of her clothes. The grey dress was my favorite. She had so many clothes she had to have her own trunk. My mother even crocheted a dress for her. My sister also had one of these cute 8” tall dolls, only hers had red hair. My Ginny doll is from 1954, based on the markings on her back and her painted eyebrows & lashes.
CREDITS: TEMPLATE – “Feb 2019 Pocket Scrapping Challenge” (slightly revised), Snickerdoodle Designs; PHOTOS – provided by my sister; KITS – “Dec 2019 Digi Lovin’ PP”, Crazsquaw Creations; “Treasured Memories”, Collab; “EIEIO”, Bubbles Bits; “Seeds & Sunshine”, Collab; FONTS – Photograph Signature Regular, Burst My Bubble Regular
