There's a new site I'd like all to be aware of, especially those obsessive paper doll collectors. Run on over to Female Illustrators of the mid-20th Century to read about Barbara Bradley, the first post of this new blog. Barbara Bradley's work will immediately be familiar to paper doll lovers:
Heavenly Blue Wedding, B is for Betsy, and so many more.
The fellow that does this blog also is responsible for Today's Inspiration, another great and informative site.
Here area a few more by Bradley I have in my collection.
This one is mint but is actually a reprint. Not a modern reprint, but one done several years after the original with a different title. The original was B is for Betsy which was published in 1954 by Merrill.
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And this one, Karen Goes to College, is cut. All of the clothes are in a packet, neatly cut. I've popped the dolls back into what is left of the cardstock cover. You can see part of the back is missing. Also Merrill, 1955
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