Baby Go Bye Bye......kinda cool when I was 4. The baby doll could "drive" the car in different patterns. I still have the doll.
What was your favorite Christmas gift?
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Mine was a clock radio. 
I was about 11 and it was the best. thing. ever. Had it up until just a few years ago.
My dad, last year for Christmas put a picture of me on a card of that Christmas, holding up that clock radio, the biggest, most goofy smile on my face. That was a pretty great surprise too.
I was about 11 and it was the best. thing. ever. Had it up until just a few years ago. My dad, last year for Christmas put a picture of me on a card of that Christmas, holding up that clock radio, the biggest, most goofy smile on my face. That was a pretty great surprise too.
Barbie Dream house that had a moving elevator and three stories tall. She might have had a more luxurious home than myself
Shoot, I had mine until my early twenties. The thing was tough. Lost his detachables somewhere along the way, though--lost his rocket fist fighting an elite squadron of G.I. Joes, gave his tail up for Skeletor's ill fated gene-splicing scheme. But his flicker tongue fire probably still works, wherever he is.
This? ew. I had something with a tongue, it was a little balloon tongue - don't remember what toy.
...you were a doll baby!....Horrors! Home perms were a worry too. Have I ever shared my school photo from when Dad styled me? My mom was in the hospital having a baby and Dad was in charge of me on school picture day.
Sorry, sorry. Have thoroughly sullied the Christmas present thread.
...as an adult, my first grandchild....as a lil GNT though....
We used to launch the rocket fist and watch the cat chase it.
How come I never had him?? Way jealous.
Barbie would be in soo much trouble. God knows she had already been through a lot, this could have pushed her over the edge.
Would love to see that picture Cat,must be so cute!Mine was a clock radio.
My dad, last year for Christmas put a picture of me on a card of that Christmas, holding up that clock radio, the biggest, most goofy smile on my face. That was a pretty great surprise too.
As a child in the 1950's- a Ginny Doll.
As an adult- a set of Russian nesting dolls sent from Russia from a dear friend.
What was a Ginny doll Spidey? Like those Russian nesting dolls,cool..
A pack frame? Did you have great adventures backpacking with it? Try a google search,you never know it might be on there and show us what it was..
Also..haha,I can't believe I found this,but I remember the ridged handle and the luger type barrel..this one is a close second,my sister got me one year,a combination spy camera and gun..neither of which worked,but was for pretending..and now realizing that she had little money,and spent her babysitting money on it for me when I was little,makes it even more valuable to my memory..thanks Sis..
You could buy outfits, and accessories, even the little stuffed dog! Wooden clothes hanger( which my own dog ate one Christmas morning). "Santa" brought me Ginny with her travel trunk filled with outfits.
1953 Ginny doll, 7 1/2-8" 1950-1953 Vogue Ginny doll, 7 1/2-8" tall, hard plastic, jointed body, sleep eyes, PL painted lashes, mohair wig with gauze strip, marked on head: Vogue, and on back: Vogue Doll, clothing is also marked Vogue Doll.
When Jennie Graves opened “Ye Olde Vogue Doll Shoppe” in Somerville, Massachusetts, she set out to design superior quality clothing for high-end doll companies like Kämmer & Reinhardt. In the late 1940s, after more than 20 years running this successful small business, Graves introduced her own eight-inch composition doll. By 1951, demand for the miniature fashion doll had grown and Graves renamed the new hard-plastic series “Ginny” dolls, after her oldest daughter, Virginia.
Ginny was an immediate hit, particularly because of her many detailed outfits available for purchase separately. Graves continued to insist on using high quality fabrics for the doll’s attire, including taffeta, cotton, felt, velveteen, and brocade, sometimes even embellished with lace trimming. The first plastic Ginny products were marked “VOGUE” on their heads and “VOGUE DOLL” on their bodies, sometimes including a patent number.
The series of miniature toddlers in stylish adult clothing was sold in packaging that read “Fashion Leaders in Doll Society.” The success of the Ginny dress-up dolls allowed Vogue to expand and create tiny shoes, handbags, eyeglasses, jewelry, and more. By 1954, the dolls incorporated more realistic features, such as sleeping eyes or jointed walking legs, and accessories like a tiny stuffed terrier by Steiff.
Vogue also created additional dolls in matching outfits to grow the Ginny family, first adding her baby sister Ginnette in 1955 as a drink-and-wet companion. The company soon released other characters, like the brother-sister duo Eve and Steve in identical plaid, or the Rock ‘N Roll styled teenagers Jill and Jeff. Jill, who was modeled as an older sister for Ginny, even had real earrings to wear in her pierced ears. Younger brother Jimmy was born in 1958, in outfits to complement Ginnette, but because of slow sales, Jimmy was discontinued the following year.
By 1957, Vogue had become the largest doll manufacturer in America. At the peak of their department-store distribution, Ginny dolls brought in more than five-million dollars a year.
Ginny was an immediate hit, particularly because of her many detailed outfits available for purchase separately. Graves continued to insist on using high quality fabrics for the doll’s attire, including taffeta, cotton, felt, velveteen, and brocade, sometimes even embellished with lace trimming. The first plastic Ginny products were marked “VOGUE” on their heads and “VOGUE DOLL” on their bodies, sometimes including a patent number.
The series of miniature toddlers in stylish adult clothing was sold in packaging that read “Fashion Leaders in Doll Society.” The success of the Ginny dress-up dolls allowed Vogue to expand and create tiny shoes, handbags, eyeglasses, jewelry, and more. By 1954, the dolls incorporated more realistic features, such as sleeping eyes or jointed walking legs, and accessories like a tiny stuffed terrier by Steiff.
Vogue also created additional dolls in matching outfits to grow the Ginny family, first adding her baby sister Ginnette in 1955 as a drink-and-wet companion. The company soon released other characters, like the brother-sister duo Eve and Steve in identical plaid, or the Rock ‘N Roll styled teenagers Jill and Jeff. Jill, who was modeled as an older sister for Ginny, even had real earrings to wear in her pierced ears. Younger brother Jimmy was born in 1958, in outfits to complement Ginnette, but because of slow sales, Jimmy was discontinued the following year.
By 1957, Vogue had become the largest doll manufacturer in America. At the peak of their department-store distribution, Ginny dolls brought in more than five-million dollars a year.
You could buy outfits, and accessories, even the little stuffed dog! Wooden clothes hanger( which my own dog ate one Christmas morning). "Santa" brought me Ginny with her travel trunk filled with outfits.
1953 Ginny doll, 7 1/2-8" 1950-1953 Vogue Ginny doll, 7 1/2-8" tall, hard plastic, jointed body, sleep eyes, PL painted lashes, mohair wig with gauze strip, marked on head: Vogue,
and on back: Vogue Doll, clothing is also marked Vogue Doll.
I bet my older sisters had one too..
When Jennie Graves opened “Ye Olde Vogue Doll Shoppe” in Somerville, Massachusetts, she set out to design superior quality clothing for high-end doll companies like Kämmer & Reinhardt. In the late 1940s, after more than 20 years running this successful small business, Graves introduced her own eight-inch composition doll. By 1951, demand for the miniature fashion doll had grown and Graves renamed the new hard-plastic series “Ginny” dolls, after her oldest daughter, Virginia.
Ginny was an immediate hit, particularly because of her many detailed outfits available for purchase separately. Graves continued to insist on using high quality fabrics for the doll’s attire, including taffeta, cotton, felt, velveteen, and brocade, sometimes even embellished with lace trimming. The first plastic Ginny products were marked “VOGUE” on their heads and “VOGUE DOLL” on their bodies, sometimes including a patent number.
The series of miniature toddlers in stylish adult clothing was sold in packaging that read “Fashion Leaders in Doll Society.” The success of the Ginny dress-up dolls allowed Vogue to expand and create tiny shoes, handbags, eyeglasses, jewelry, and more. By 1954, the dolls incorporated more realistic features, such as sleeping eyes or jointed walking legs, and accessories like a tiny stuffed terrier by Steiff.
Vogue also created additional dolls in matching outfits to grow the Ginny family, first adding her baby sister Ginnette in 1955 as a drink-and-wet companion. The company soon released other characters, like the brother-sister duo Eve and Steve in identical plaid, or the Rock ‘N Roll styled teenagers Jill and Jeff. Jill, who was modeled as an older sister for Ginny, even had real earrings to wear in her pierced ears. Younger brother Jimmy was born in 1958, in outfits to complement Ginnette, but because of slow sales, Jimmy was discontinued the following year.
By 1957, Vogue had become the largest doll manufacturer in America. At the peak of their department-store distribution, Ginny dolls brought in more than five-million dollars a year.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Wow - does this work? I have bangs now and I am too cheap to go back to the hairdresser, but they are growing (almost over my eyes).Wish.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
You are absolutely adorable - look at those big brown eyes!Horrors! Home perms were a worry too. Have I ever shared my school photo from when Dad styled me? My mom was in the hospital having a baby and Dad was in charge of me on school picture day.
Sorry, sorry. Have thoroughly sullied the Christmas present thread.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Aw, y'all! I was a nerdy little girl with chopped up hair who licked her lips too much. But thank you. Yer sweet.