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I was raised in a rural area on a small farm, being the youngest of five. We each had our own chores to do each day, but we also learned how to entertain ourselves as well. There was no such thing as being bored If you were bored there was some extra jobs you were told to do.
I always loved rainy days, and it seemed it would rain for several days at that time. We didn't have much money or many toys, so we would pretend and play with whatever was available.
I would take the Sears Roebuck catalogue and cut the models out with their extra clothes, leaving tabs to fold over so the clothes would stay on. These were my paper dolls. The catalogue also had furniture and I would cut and decorate a pretend house. I would play for hours by myself on the bed upstairs when it was raining and I could not get outside to play.
Real paper dolls were bought occasionally. They came in a cut-out, push-out book with clothes for all occasions along with accessories. I had the whole wedding party paper dolls, and my imagination would sore. Time would just fly as I played with my paper dolls. After I thought I was grown up, I passed them on to my cousin. She mentioned the other day, how much she enjoyed playing with them as well.
The 1930’s through the 1960’s seemed to be the most popular time for paper dolls. The Lennon Sisters were well known in the 60’s for their singing appearances on the popular Lawrence Welk Show. My daughter still has her complete set of the Lennon Sisters from her childhood.
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