The first paper dolls weren’t toys at all ... “These were hand-painted figures, and their costumes (were) created for the entertainment of wealthy adults,” she says.

The men felt that women would not buy a doll with a woman's body – with breasts and narrow waistlines and narrow ankles, this adult sexy-looking ... used to play with paper dolls.

Sep 22, 2017 Sep 22, 2017 0 In the 1930s, a recurring feature in the Post-Dispatch Sunday Magazine presented a selection of Muny actors as paper dolls, each with an assortment of costumes from the ...