17Jan
Raggedy Ann & Andy Chronology
There are not many toys that have been around for 100 years or more. There is the teddy bear, jigsaw puzzles, Crayola crayons, and Raggedy Ann & Andy. The brainchild of Johnny Gruelle, the initial patent for Raggedy Ann granted for an "all-cloth doll will show button eyes, a painted face, brown yarn hair, a dress, pantaloons, a pinafore, striped legs, and black cloth shoes" in 1915. Why was she called Raggedy Ann? Johnny and Marcella came up with the...
