| Upcoming Events |
Saturday, January 19
Doll, Teddy & Toy Show
Holiday Inn
Boxborough, MA
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
www.bornsteinshows.com
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Saturday, February 9
GSDC Monthly Meeting
Guest speaker:
Stuart Holbrook
of Theriault's
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Thursday, February 14
Valentine's Day
Good excuse to buy a doll!
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Saturday, March 8
GSDC Monthly Meeting
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Sunday, March 16
Doll, Teddy & Toy Show
Holiday Inn
Dedham, MA
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
www.bornsteinshows.com
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Saturday, March 22
San-D-over Dollers Doll Show
Elks Club, Route 108
Dover, NH
info: 603-356-7690
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What Should I Bring to the Meeting?
- Advertising dolls
- LeeAnn dressed as a poster child
- Your nametag
- A mystery gift if you owe one
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Past newsletters:
December, 2007
November, 2007
October, 2007
September, 2007
June 2007
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Some Doll Links |
| GSDC Consignment sheet |
| LeeAnn doll website |
| UFDC website |
| Nancy McKee's website |
| Zendelle's website |
| Let me know if you have a favorite doll site! |
GSDC News is published by The Granite State Doll Club
Editor - Zendelle Bouchard
email: zendelle@tds.net
Photos and articles copyright 2008 by Zendelle Bouchard except as noted. |
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GSDC January Meeting:
Advertising Dolls
with Mary Ann Smith |
Where: Horseshoe Pond Place, 26 Commercial St., Concord
When: Saturday, January 12; Social hour from 11 a.m. to noon
Business meeting at noon; Program to follow
Hostesses: Alison Vallieres, Gerri Cote, Helen Dyment, Betty Bezanson, Laurie Boes
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Happy New Year! This month Mary Ann Smith will talk about advertising dolls. Some of you may remember that she did a program on these dolls a couple of years back - but she has a lot of new ones to show us!
Advertising dolls provide an interesting look at the history of consumer products in America. Who remembers Force cereal, Blatz beer or Fletcher's Castoria? But through their advertising and trademark characters, these products will live forever.
Most advertising dolls are made of cloth, simple "pancake" dolls with one piece for the front and one for the back, stitched together and stuffed. Many of these were made by the Chase Bag Co. Some were printed on fabric and sold by the piece, to be stitched and stuffed at home. But there are advertising dolls of all materials, including vinyl, hard plastic, composition and even cast iron. If you have any advertising dolls in your collection, please bring them to share.
This month LeeAnn will be dressed as a poster child.
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Granite State News and Notes
Stuart Is Coming! - Note Change in Schedule
We have been lucky enough to line up Stuart Holbrook of Theriault's Auctions to speak at our February meeting. He visited with us a few years ago and gave a wonderful program. Please plan to bring a friend to hear this most entertaining and informative speaker. For more information about his topic, "Let's Talk Dolls," see the back of the Fall issue of Doll News. The program we had originally scheduled for February, "How to Display Dolls," will be presented in June instead.
Teddy Bear Donation
The 27 teddy bears we have collected over the past year were taken by Nancy McKee to the Child Advocacy Center of Hillsborough County-South in October. They were very glad to receive them! We will continue to collect new teddy bears for this program, which serves and protects abused children in the Nashua area.
Member News
Peg Farwell has moved to her new home. Her new address is 18 Hickory Rd., Wolfeboro, NH 03894, and her phone number is (603) 569-2244.
Irene Colpitts has been ill but is now home from the hospital. If anyone would like to send her a card, her address is 1303 South Rd., Hopkinton, NH 03229.
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| Some early advertising dolls: Kellogg's Johnny Bear from 1926 was part of a set with Goldilocks and his Mama and Papa; Ceresota Boy advertised the company's flour in 1912; one of the many versions of Aunt Jemima, this doll is from 1929. |
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