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Article: PAPER DOLLS BRING BACK CHILDHOOD MEMORIES.(Stars)(Column)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- April 19, 2009
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Byline: Heidi Anne Giebel Contributing writer
I adore paper dolls; I have loved them since I was a little girl. My collection has grown over the years from the colorful ones I used to play with in the 1970s to the vintage ones I've found recently on eBay. And when I realized I could add paper dolls to my scrapbook pages, my interest grew.
As far back as the early 1800s people were gluing paper cuts into their scrapbooks. These paper cuts, as they were called, often represented fashionable ladies, gentlemen or children. They were cut out and arranged onto scrapbook pages along with poems, calling cards and other ephemera. Ephemera are printed-paper items ...