Featured are a wonderful Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Paper Dolls Set.
- Paper dolls let us enter the world of movie stars and we became clothes designers and stylists for them.
- The first American paper doll commercially produced as a children’s toy was Boston-based J. Belcher’s “The History and Adventures of Little Henry” in 1812.
- The dolls accompanied a children’s book and were designed to act out various scenes as the narratives unfolded.
- Paper dolls grew in popularity over time.
- Newspapers and magazines published paper dolls both as playthings and as vehicles to illustrate current fashions for girls and women.
- Paper dolls from different decades send a message about the role of women at the time and what society valued.
- An enduring archetype was the bride paper doll.
- Publishers regularly released bridal party paper doll sets decade by decade, positioning marriage as an important adult milestone and a goal in and of itself.
- Relive your childhood with paper dolls from your past.
