Article: Nostalgia, memories form heart of doll show.

Byline: Janet Romaker

Mar. 5--What a doll. Actually, the Stranahan Great Hall in Toledo was all dolled up with thousands of them yesterday. Everywhere you looked, eyes stared back from more than 50 booths where dealers from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania were peddling a piece of your past. "When people walk into a doll show, it's like they are walking back into their childhood," said Bill Deletti of Sylvania as customers browsed his doll-lined display area. "Everybody has something that reminds them of their youth." For many people, dolls play tag with their inner child. Mr. Deletti and his business partner Doreen Bockert, also of Sylvania, ...

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