Most of the paper dolls on this site are from newspaper archives. All newspaper items have been copied in black and white. I have added color to some of the paper dolls. All of the coloring contests for movies and from ads were found searching through newspapers.
By Frances McCarthy, age 16.
Color, paste on paper or cardboard, and cut out the valentine. By Joan Gray, age 14.
Will U B My Valentine? By Virginia Boehrer, age 14. - - - - Valentine cards made by Aunt Elsie Club members from February 12, 1928. All of these girls also submitted many paper dolls that were published from the late 1920's to the early 1930's.
I found this book of valentines today at the Salvation Army store on Washington Avenue. I watched Casper The Friendly Ghost on television when I was a child - I hated the movie version that came out in 1995. Will post another valentine tomorrow.
This Juanita Hamel illustration appeared in newspapers in 1921. She is one of my favorite illustrators and her work appeared in newspapers across the country for decades.
To My Valentine . . . I found this pretty illustration in a store ad in a newspaper from 1930.
A lovely lady that appeared in various newspapers in 1936.
