Paper Dolls

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Paper Dolls

by admin July 14, 2020

For over 100 years, paper dolls were a widely popular children’s toy, method of advertising fashion, and feature in women’s magazines. This paper dolls was based on the hand-tinted fold-outs, showing the latest fashions, in Godey’s Lady’s Book. This women’s magazine, published in Philadelphia from 1830-1878, was the most popular and influential of its era. The magazine also featured needlework projects and patterns, recipes, articles on household care, health and hygiene, and sheet music. ⁠