Article: DOLLS 'SPECIAL' TO COLLECTORS THEY ARE REMINDERS OF LONG-AGO TIMES AND FARAWAY PLACES

PHOTO 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 ...

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