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If y'all're a child who grew up in the United States, chances are that either your parents or grandparents had a vintage Raggedy Ann or Andy doll that y'all played with when y'all were fiddling. The red-haired, triangle-nosed doll has been around for 100 years at present and to celebrate her centennial birthday, we put together this infographic showing all of her designs through Raggedy Ann history. There are more than than yous think! Since 1918, Raggedy Ann has had a lot of changes, both in advent and manufacturer. We hope you enjoy this cornball look at the classic toy!

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 100 Years Later: The Journey of Raggedy Ann & Andy Transcript

There aren't many toys that have been around for 100 years or more. There's the teddy bear, jigsaw puzzles, Crayola crayons, and Raggedy Ann. The brainchild of Johnny Gruelle, the initial patent for Raggedy Ann granted for an "all-textile doll with shoe-push eyes, a painted face, dark-brown yarn hair, a clothes, pantaloons, a pinafore, striped legs, and black material shoes" in 1915.

1918

Gruelle Family Hand-Crafted

The very first Raggedy Ann was made by Johnny Gruelle's mother for his sister. Different accounts vary, but one version of the legend goes that after his own daughter, Marcella, was born in 1902, Johnny retrieved that original doll from his female parent'due south attic. He gave it to Marcella and it became her favorite toy. The commencement 200 or and so dolls to exist sold commercially were made by members of the Gruelle family.

1918-1919

"Cottage" Raggedy Ann

P.F. Volland, Non-Breakable Doll & Toy Company

Johnny Gruelle entertained Marcella by inventing stories about Raggedy Ann, and , in 1918, published a book containing some of those stories. His publisher, P.F. Volland, licensed the Non-Brittle Doll & Toy Company to mass-produce dolls that were sold along with each copy of the book. It was one of the first-ever merchandise/ media tie-ins.

1920-1926

"Patent" Raggedy Ann

P.F. Volland, Maskegon Toy & Garment Works

The chief distinguishing feature of the "Patent" Raggedy Ann doll was that she had the words "Patented Sept. 7, 1915" stamped on her belly. Why was she called Raggedy Ann? Johnny and Marcella came up with the proper name by combining the titles of ii poems, "The Raggedy Human" and "Little Orphan Annie," written past a family friend, the poet James Whitcomb Riley.

1920-1927

"Crescent Smile" Raggedy Andy

P.F. Volland, Beer-Keeler-Bowman

Raggedy Ann'southward blood brother, Raggedy Andy, fabricated his appearance in 1920. Legend holds that a friend of Johnny's sister visited him and brought him Raggedy Andy and told him this doll had been made by her mother at the same fourth dimension Johnny's mother made Raggedy Andy. The two friends played with their brother-and-sister dolls, constantly.

Mid-Tardily 1920's

"Single Eyelash" Raggedy Ann and Andy

P.F. Volland

There is quite a bit of variation among the "Single Eyelash" dolls. This is due to the fact that Volland contracted with at least two, and possibly three or more, unlike manufacturers during this period.

Late 1920s-Early 1930s

"Transitional" Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy

P.F. Volland, C.B. Moore, or Gerlach-Barklow

Once more, these bear witness a lot of variation due to existence fabricated by multiple manufacturers. The Volland Company took a serious fiscal blow in the stock market crash and was scrambling to stay afloat. While they cut corners on some of their other products, they didn't with Raggedy Ann and Andy because the dolls and related books were their highest coin maker.

1931-1933

"Finale" Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy

P.F. Volland, C.B. Moore Co.

P.F. Volland Company ultimately didn't survive. It filed for bankruptcy in 1934 and sold the illustrations and publishing right to K.A. Donohue. Withal, Johnny Gruelle retained the patent and copyright to the doll design. These "Finale" dolls, the terminal to be produced through Volland, were made and sold as a matched pair.

1935-1936

"Exposition" Raggedies

Exposition Doll & Toy Co

After the Volland defalcation, Johnny made an agreement with Exposition Doll and Toy Co. to manufacture Raggedy Ann and Andy. Exposition withdrew from its contract in 1936 because of the 1935 patent-infringement lawsuit Gruelle filed against Molly-e'south owner, Molly E. Goldman.

1935-1938

Unlicensed Product Molly-e'south Doll Outfitters

Without Permission

Molly-eastward'due south Doll Outfitters jumped into the void following the Volland bankruptcy and started making Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls. There was only one hitch- they didn't have permission to do so. Molly Goldman may take thought she had permission, she had been in talks with Greulle before he made his agreement with Exposition. The dispute was finally settled in Johnny'south favor in 1937, just a few months before he died.

1938-1963

Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy

Georgene Novelties

After Johnny Gruelle'south death, his widow, Myrtle, formed The Johnny Greulle Company, bought back the rights to the books, and licensed Georgene Novelties (also known as Averill Mfg. Corp) to produce the dolls. Georgene and Paul Averill's company made many variations of the doll from 1938 through 1963. The dolls in this image are from around 1940.

1940-1946

"Awake Comatose" Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy

Georgene Novelties

These "Awake Asleep" dolls were unique in that they were reversible and had two faces- one awake and one asleep. Turning the doll around was all that was needed to testify the other face. They were fabricated in the early on 1940's. At the aforementioned fourth dimension, home seamstresses started making their ain Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls from a pattern published under license in 1940 by the McCall's Blueprint Company.

1943-1946

"Wartime" Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy

Georgene Novelties

The 2d World War imposed economies on everyone, including Raggedy Ann and Andy. The war-era dolls used the same face for both Raggedy Ann and Andy and varied prints for Ann'south dress and Andy'southward shirt.

1946-1950

"Postwar/Silsby" Raggedy Ann and Andy

Georgene Novelties

These looked exactly the aforementioned every bit the wartime dolls, the just difference was the word "Silsby" on the tag. Myrtle Gruelle remarried and Silsby was her new married proper name. The marriage, and consequently her utilise of the proper name Silsby, didn't last very long. The "Silsby" dolls were only produced for about a year, then the proper noun was removed from the tag. The late '40s dolls were otherwise identical to the "Silsby" dolls.

1950s-1960s

Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy

Georgene Novelties

In the 1950s, Georgene Novelties began making the dolls in a diversity of larger sizes, upwards to 52" alpine. Except for size, however, the dolls were identical. Undressed, in that location was no difference between Raggedy Ann and a Raggedy Andy. Georgene'due south 25-year license agreement ended in early 1963.

1963-1965

"Joy of the Toy" Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy

Knickerbocker Toy Co,

In 1962, Knickerbocker, owned by Warner Bros., made a bid to the Gruelle family unit for the soon-to-expire doll license, Their bid was accepted, and they took over the manufacturing in 1963, Their company slogan was "A Joy of a Toy" and this phrase was included on the taf of every Raggedy Ann and Andy doll. Unlike Georgene's Knickerbocker did not put the year of manufacture on the tags.

1962-1982

"Knickerbocker" Raggedy ann & Raggedy Andy

Hasbro/Playskool, Master License

In 1983, Warner Bros, sold Knickerbocker and the Raggedy Ann license rights to Hasbro. Hasbro granted the license for doll production to Adulation, only oversaw marketing campaigns that would see Raggedy Ann make her debut as a airship in the 1984 Macy's Thanksgiving Twenty-four hours Parade, equally well every bit star in an animated TV series from 1988 to 1992.

1983-2011

"Applause Toy Co" Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy

Applause Toy Co. /Russ Berrie

Applause To Co./ Russ Berrie was granted the doll-production license after Hasbro bought Knickerbocker in 1983. Their version of the dolls was more compatible and brightly colored. Information technology was during their tenure as license-holder that Raggedy Ann was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2002 and joined by her blood brother in 2007.

1994

"African-American" Raggedy Ann

Adulation Toy co. Russ Berrie created the outset licensed version of an African-American Raggedy Ann in 1994, although homegrown seamstresses had been making their ain versions since the 1940s. P.F. Volland and Georgene Novelties produced dolls of "Beloved Belindy" a stereotyped no-longer-politically-correct African American doll from the early books, in the '30s and '40s, as well. This version shown here, fabricated by Applause and sold with a Playskool label, was the first officially licensed, non-Caucasian Raggedy Ann.

2012- Present

"Costly" Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy

Aurora Globe Inc. (exclusive plush doll license)

Aurora World Inc. caused the doll license under Hasbro in 2022. The Aurora dolls have returned to a more vintage look, closer to that of the early on Georgene dolls. Raggedy Ann has lived through a lot of history and has herself become a part of our culture. She started the media/marketing merchandise concept in 1918 when her dolls and books were sold together, paving the way for characters similar Cabbage Patch Kids, Transformers, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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Which was your favorite look? Do you call back which version of Raggedy Ann and Andy you had in your toy room? We hope you liked this look into the past! What will Ann look like in the year 2115? Maybe a robot. Perhaps not. Who knows?! What nosotros Practice know is that we accept these cute Raggedy Ann costumes just in time for Halloween! (If you have a guy that's willing to, you lot can even go every bit a Raggedy Ann and Andy costume together!)

Infographic Design Credit: Kate Lemke

Infographic Writing Credit: Kylie Ahlschwede

Source: https://www.halloweencostumes.com/blog/p-795-100-years-of-raggedy-ann-and-andy-infographic.aspx

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