18Jan
Raggedy Links
There are some toys stand the test of time with both children and collectors. Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy are such toys. The details surrounding Raggedy Ann's birth are uncertain. Whether it was Johnny Gruelle or his daughter Marcella who found an old rag doll in the attic, Gruelle decorated the doll and called it Raggedy Ann. Named after two poems, "The Raggedy Man" and "Little Orphant Annie," written by Gruelle's father's literary friend James Whitcomb Riley, Raggedy Ann became a...
