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RAGGEDY ANNE AND ANDY

ILLUSTRATED TIN LITHOGRAPH

WASTE BUCKET

COPYRIGHT 1972

BOBBS-MERRIL  COMPANY

CLEINCO

MADE IN THE USA

VINTAGE ROOM DECOR MEASURES ABOUT

7"x10"x13"

IN GOOD / USED CONDITION

SOME SURFACE WEAR

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VINTAGE DEINER RUBBER FIGURE

RAGGEDY 'JACK'

PER NAME ON BASE PLATE

MADE IN HONG KONG

2.5"x1.5"

SHOWS PAINT WEAR / USED

RARE / OBSCURE

TOPPER / CURIO

LOOKS LIKE RAGEDY ANDY EXCEPT THE PONY TAILS

BUT FOOT HAS NAME "JACK" IMPRESSED?

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FYI

Raggedy Ann is a fictional character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and has a triangle nose. The character was created in 1915 as a doll, and was introduced to the public in the 1918 book Raggedy Ann Stories. A doll was also marketed along with the book to great success. A sequel, Raggedy Andy Stories (1920) introduced the character of her brother, Raggedy Andy, dressed in sailor suit and hat.

History
Origins
Gruelle created Raggedy Ann for his daughter, Marcella, when she brought him an old hand-made rag doll and he drew a face on it. From his bookshelf, he pulled a book of poems by James Whitcomb Riley, and combined the names of two poems, "The Raggedy Man" and "Little Orphant Annie." He said, "Why don’t we call her Raggedy Ann?"
 
Marcella died at age 13 after being vaccinated at school for smallpox without her parents' consent. Authorities blamed a heart defect, but her parents blamed the vaccination. Gruelle became an opponent of vaccination, and the Raggedy Ann doll was used as a symbol by the anti-vaccination movement.
 
Raggedy Ann dolls were originally handmade. Later, PF Volland, a Gruelle book publisher, made the dolls. In 1935 Volland ceased operation and Ann and Andy were made, under Gruelle's permission, by Exposition Dolls and without permission (during legal limbo), MollyE's Dolls, resulting in Gruelle v (Mollye) Goldman

Although it is said Raggedy Ann and Andy are now considered in the public domain, scores of handmade Raggedy Ann/Andy dolls have been created since the 1940s to present.

It appears that many books were released and credited to Johnny Gruelle after his death, regardless of who actually wrote and illustrated them. Noted artist Ethel Hays illustrated most of the stories that were published beginning in 1944 by the Saalfield Publishing Company.

Raggedy Ann and Andy in popular culture
 
Gruelle's home town, Arcola, Illinois, is home to the annual Raggedy Ann & Andy Festival, as well as the Raggedy Ann and Andy Museum.
 
The Japanese video game company Hudson Entertainment created a character based on Raggedy Ann in its Xbox Live Bomberman game called Raggedy Bomb.
 
Raggedy Ann was presented as an original musical at New York State Theatre Institute in the 1980s.
 
On March 27, 2002, Raggedy Ann was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.
 
In October 1986, Raggedy Ann, The Musical Adventure, starring Ivy Austin, opened on Broadway at The Nederlander Theater.

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