Thanks for following this blog over the past year. It's been fun, and I couldn't have done it without the great images that Jan McKay, Sylvia Kleindinst, Pat Rooney and so many others sent along...
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Cost of the convention: $30,000. Memories: Priceless. Folks, this is what they call a nonprofit venture. The downturn in the economy no doubt took a bite out of attendance in Piscataway. 1...
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Pat Corte Rooney drew "Little John" for today's UFDC regional Halloween Dinner, hosted by the Young at Heart Doll Club of N.J. in Cape May. The theme: "A Victorian Holiday in Cape May," a shor...
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Paper doll people send the nicest cards and letters...
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I believe this is a nerferkiti (Debra Van Dyke) display. Brenda Sneathen Mattox, Deanna Williams, Jan McKay, Jenny Taliadoros, Kwei-lin Lum. Jan and Jo Ann and Don Reisler. This was the R...
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Peggy Ell, Pat Motley and Brenda Givens. Mel Odom, Jan McKay and Samy Odin. Jan and Kathy O'Tierney. Mel Odom, Samy Odin and me. (That's Bruce Patrick Jones in the foreground, left.) ...
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My husband Rob and his mom, Lois Gebeloff keep track of the tickets and cash in the Raffles Room on the Saturday Sales Room Day. By volunteering to monitor Raffles that day, they gave a break to...
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Marion Creamer (in pink, right) walks purposefully through the Sales Room with some found treasures, as my husband and I browse the goodies on the far left (taking a break from the Raffle Room, ...
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Emcee David Wolfe and Sandy Vanderpool on the verge of distributing one of the convention's six souvenirs.
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Ralph Gallo, who with Sheryl Jaeger runs eclectible on eBay. Sheryl on the phone, and Patti Fertel.
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Jan McKay, Paula Sherrick and Tom Tierney. My thanks once again to Jan and Sam McKay for creating a splendid photo album of the convention, and sending me a copy on disk to post on the blog.
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Mary Meehan Firtl, her mom Norma Lu Meehan and Judy Johnson.
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There's a lot of knowledge about paper dolls sitting at this table: Elaine Price, Mary Young and Peggy Ell.
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The birthday girl holds court. A touch of the wand to Ron Fong. That 70s gal and Sam McKay.
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Bruce Patrick Jones lines up his shot at the N.J. Historical Society in Newark. The portrait is of the artist Anna Lindner, whose exquisite watercolor paper dolls were on display just for us. ...
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Collecting ephemera is such a joy. There is the sense with each discovery of rescue, something saved from the dustbin (or these days, the garbage compactor and recycling bin). Webster's dictio...
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My memories of Sunday morning as a child include reading the funnies, something I know my father also enjoyed when he was a kid growing up in New York City in the 1930s. Today was my father's la...
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Marilyn Henry, who did the Jane Powell souvenir, and edits Paper Doll Review to boot; and collector Jane Alfano Rasor. Far left, partly obscured, is Jayne Keller, who organized goody bags; Mar...
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Ralph Hodgdon and Maria Pereira. Ron Fong -- who did a great job organizing the raffles room -- and Laura Cushing Kidney. Valerie Fahey, Sylvia Kleindinst's daughter; Sheryl Jaeger -- who wa...
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Saturday's souvenir: Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, by David Wolfe. Sunday's souvenir: An Affair to Remember, by Norma Lu Meehan.
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Thursday's second souvenir: Bling City Paper Dolls, by Bruce Patrick Jones. Friday's souvenir: Sex and the City by Sandra Vanderpool.
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The Tom Tierney birthday tribute paper doll booklet by Brenda Sneathen Mattox was distributed Wednesday night; the Jane Powell booklet by Marilyn Henry was the first of two Thursday nigh...
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Sandy at the Artists Gallery. She had one of the best convention duties: giving out the souvenirs, assignments that she delegated to various artists months ago.
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David Wolfe and Paper Studio Press are making the Jenny Birthday Paper Doll available for one free download/printing at: http://paperstudiopress.com/jennypaperdoll.htm Just received the latest...
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Martha Davis sold out of her lovely paper dolls and crepe dresses.
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