While supplies last! Also, remember our  Holiday Open House  on  Sat Nov 5th and Sun Nov 6th.

Just a little over a year ago Raggedy Ann turned 100! Hard to believe. This lovable floppy fabric doll started as a fix-up by Johnny Gruelle of a worn out, torn up old doll his daughter Marcella found in the attic. He fixed her up and made her as vibrant as he could. Marcella and the doll she named Raggedy Ann became instant friends.   Marcella Gruelle and her mother Myrtle in 1911 Unfortunately, Marcella was to have only a short love affair with Ann as she died at the age of 13 as the result of complications from a smallpox vaccination program at school.   1915 Patent by Gruelle for the Design of a Doll Johnny Gruelle went ahead and got the patent for Raggedy Ann … for the memory of his daughter. Once the doll came to market it was a hit. Gruelle, a cartoonist and illustrator who had signed a publishing contract with P. F. Volland, introduced Raggedy Ann Stories in 1918. He wrote one new book a year for 20 years after that. In 1920, Gruelle...

Vintages' 2016 Holiday Open House  will be Saturday & Sunday, November 5th & 6th Save the date and join us for specials, prizes and  the unveiling of our 2016 Holiday Collection