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Article: DOLLS 'SPECIAL' TO COLLECTORS THEY ARE REMINDERS OF LONG-AGO TIMES AND FARAWAY PLACES
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- June 12, 1988
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Georgene Hall, left, shows a Fergie doll, Roxia Erickson, center, has dolls from 1909, and Margaret Hall shows a doll from 1953. (Photo by Paul Christopher Sancya)
THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION.
This story ran C1, Porter and Lake Neighbors, a shorter version ran C1, Gary Neighbors.
Gary resident Margaret Hall started her doll collection in 1979, two years after her husband died.
"I was lonesome and I began filling my house full of dolls. My first doll I purchased for 10 cents at a garage sale. Now I'm a little more selective," said Hall, 61.
She has some 300 dolls, including her favorite, a 1953 blond-haired, blue- eyed Saucy Walker complete ...