Betsy McCall
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Originally Posted by mommamac
My mom use to buy the magazine every August - that is when I had my yearly permanent for the school year. Betsy kept me entertained as my mom rolled those stinky rods!
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Originally Posted by AnitaSt
Oh, I loved Betsy McCall. My mom subscribed in the '50's and my sisters and I always got the doll out right away.
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Anita
Check out this link:
http://tpettit.best.vwh.net/dolls/pd...ge_format.html
You can print the doll pages from the magazines!!
Anita
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Originally Posted by mamaw
Oh my goodness, I used to get the perms too lol. Did you ever get the rag curls?? My mom would bring me to my aunt's and they would do them together. I remember being miserable having to sit there so long. Oh what memories!!
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Originally Posted by Linda - K.
I remember Betsy and the books you could also buy to punch out the person and then cut the clothes out of the inside pages. Had to be very careful punching out the people as I would lose a hand now and then! My Mom did the permanent thing to us also. I HATED it! They were called "Tonnette(sp)" and my mom and aunts would do the Tony permanents on each other. Stinky!!!
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Originally Posted by MillieH
I remember playing with the Betsy McCall ones. A few yrs. ago I subscribed to Mary Englebriet's magazine for a while, and she has a heavy (cardstock) sheet of paperdolls in each issue.
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OMG!!! My mom would glue the paper doll to a heavier paper so that it would last longer, and my dad would cover the doll with a coat or two of varnish. My paper dolls always looked like they had a nice golden tan, but they lasted forever.
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