tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49834155392015015602024-03-13T05:32:43.334-07:00Dr. E's Doll Museum BlogThis is a family friendly blog for those who love dolls and toys. The blog is a forum for all apsects of doll history, doll collecting, and doll making. It is the first step in creating a nonprofit doll center to educate the public about the historical role that dolls, the oldest human cultural artifact, play in the the lives of people all over the world. All excerpts are the author's intellectual property and may not be reproduced in any means withoutreceiving permission from the author.Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.comBlogger1573125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-6653597557628514122024-02-29T14:33:00.000-08:002024-02-29T14:33:11.028-08:00Japanese Girls/Doll FestivalHappy Japanese Doll Festival March 3d. Once, it was hard to find Hina Matsuri festval dolls, now it is easier Mitsuwa Shopping Center in Arlington Heights offers miniature food and other items to celebrate the Girls Day or Doll Festival. Read Miss Happiness and Miss Flower by Rumer Godden to learn more. Huguette Clark also had a wide range of Japanese Doll Houses made for her. See also previous post on this blog.
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Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-67531044278971114692024-02-19T20:33:00.000-08:002024-02-19T20:33:20.479-08:00American Doll and Toy Museum: Our Purpose<a href="https://dollmusem.blogspot.com/2024/02/our-purpose.html?spref=bl">American Doll and Toy Museum: Our Purpose</a>: The more I run the American Doll and Toy Museum, the more I realize a lot of people of all ages have no clue what a museum is. “What is the...Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-10094867150530361402024-01-21T08:47:00.000-08:002024-01-21T08:47:10.709-08:00Pinterest American Doll and Toy Museum has many new pins of our museum. See also boards on Dolls around the World and African American Heritage Dolls. These last two are new.
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Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-47661186011446567702023-10-19T13:03:00.001-07:002023-10-20T11:47:45.044-07:00A Life in Dolls; my ResumeHere it is October, the month I live for all year. We’ve had at least two months of assorted disasters which have detracted from writing and from the museum. Sometimes, I sit and ponder how long I’ve been involved with dolls. I thought I would give you a timeline of my life with dolls and toys. I hope you enjoy it, as it is also sort of my resume.
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• My fist doll is a Dreamland rubber bunny with a human face, wearing bare bottom yellow pajamas.
• Age 3, my mother hands me two Greek dolls that were part of her family’s collection. I sat on the Kitchen floor holding them, and declared I would collect dolls.
• I see my first antique German bisque doll at Fantasy Land, Gettysburg, PA.
• Age 5, we visit Edison’s home, and I see my first Edison Phonograph doll. Years and years later, I get one for the museum collection. I begin collecting dolls and related objects on family road trips all over the US and Canada.
• Age six, my babysitter gives me a bisque Nancy Ann Storybook doll, my first vintage doll. My first grade uses life sized dolls to portray Dick, Jane, and Sally, but she makes me a sock doll for my collection.
• Age 7, my mom and I begin attending the local antique show. We find my first antique doll, a frozen Charlotte. That year, I also attended the San Jose Flea market for the first time.
• Age 8, I give my first talk on dolls for the Girl Scout’s collecting badge. I did dozens of talks on dolls and toys between ages 8 and 22. My Aunt Rose begins making porcelain reproduction dolls for me. Her husband, Uncle Tony, buys me vintage dolls from auctions.
• Age 9, we visit Europe; lots of dolls come home.
• Age 13, our first doll show comes to the area. I’ve been attending them since.
• Age 22, my first article on dolls was published in National Doll World. I received the prestigious Tweet Award, carved by my teacher, mentor and friend, Dr. Roald Tweet.
• I’ve written by now hundreds of articles on dolls online for About.com, Flossie’s Newsletter, and Ruby Lane. I have written articles for Western Doll Collector, Hope and Glory; Midwest Journal of Victorian Studies, Doll Reader, Antique Doll Collector, National Doll World, Doll Designs and other publications.
• Circa 2014 to 2018, I worked for various employers creating Pinterest boards and blog posts, as well as curating descriptions for objects on eBay.
• I’ve set up at doll shows and had an Etsy shop.
• Worked antique shows and in antique shops.
• Appeared in podcasts, radio, and in local TV news shows, been interviewed by Irish talk show host, Shawn Moncrieff. Was approached by The Today Show and Inside Edition. Interviewed by Atlas Obscura. Had a story done on me for my work network by a reporter who worked for Newsweek.
• Have written several books on dolls, including works of fiction that include them. I have an author’s page on Amazon, and a page on Facebook.
• I’ve worked as director of social media for a doll magazine, and created numerous blogs and social media accounts on dolls.
• I spent twenty years bringing this museum to fruition, not an easy task.
• Still give talks and do displays at other museums, at libraries, for clubs and groups.
• We are nowhere near finished.
• It isn’t just a hobby; this is my vocation, and it’s been my whole life.
• Also make dolls and paint them, repair my own not others’.
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and, I developed courses and mayerials on dolls. Also presented several papers on dolls at the Midwest Modern Language Association conventions.
Happy collecting folks. But it doesn’t just pop up overnight.
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The book alludes to the tradition of stories where toys come to life, often to save the day. The author has channeled such classics as The Velveteen Rabbit, The Nutcracker, Coppelia, Pinocchio, Toy Story, and The Dolls’ House with his blow mold Christmas characters who live in Santa Land and who come to life after hours.
The two heroes, Jack and Mary, are six year old twins. As modern children, they email their letters to Santa. Mary receives a reply from Santa that Christmas is cancelled because his reindeer have disappeared. Santa’s reply refers her to an app and their heroic journey to Santa Land to find the reindeer begins.
Along the way, they encounter the cleverly named Poo-lár-is, who is a small talking polar bear, a wizard named Warnock, and an evil witch named Maladonna, who is, perhaps, just an ancient, misunderstood child. Dragons and elves, even pirates take part along the way as well.
The plot alludes to timeless Christmas TV specials, but incorporates the modern world of email and computers. The illustrations are colorful and engaging. Their primary colors will attract juvenile and adult readers, but also enhance the story. They have the glow of Christmas bulbs. The dialog is skillfully done and fast paced; it seems to increase the action that drives the plot.
Here, it takes a Christmas community to save Christmas, and with other stories of its genre, The Christmas Reindeer shares a heartfelt message that Christmas is more than “stuff”, that its spirit of generosity and happiness is truly worth saving.
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Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-29696133225156219692023-09-05T12:11:00.003-07:002023-09-05T12:11:51.808-07:00Memoir; Writing your Life Story: Fall is Coming<a href="https://memoirlifestory.blogspot.com/2023/09/fall-is-coming.html?spref=bl">Memoir; Writing your Life Story: Fall is Coming</a>: Fall is Coming It’s in the air; even if it’s 90+ degrees, the breeze is cool, the days shorter. Some trees have already started changing l...
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1. Grapes and Cable milk glass. i love it, though it isnt really expensive. it has a lovelt texture and looks good with everything.
2. Glass food containers, Pyrex, Corning, Luminarc, etc. Also clear colored glassware, I also like carnival glass and Depression glass. We had a store called House of Depression specializing in the glass. Unfortunately, now its closed.
3. Small glass cases and curio cabinets. These are functional. Ducks.
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4. Old jewelry boxes and old boxes with nice graphics for jewelry and decorative storage. occasionally, I use them for shadow boxes.
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5. Mugs and teacups.
6. Magnets and souvenir plates, carrying on Aunt Connie's passions.
7. Little end tables.
8. Throw pillows, collecting these is a hob y shared sith my cats.
9. Found objects for art projects.
10. Art and craft supplies.
11. VCR tapes.
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12. Sports cards
13. Shoes. Enough said.
14. Unusual fabricscand textiles
Look at the two sets of Pinterest Boards om two accounts, and you'll see more collections. check ou also Pinterest boards Ruby Lane Dolls. I set up and pinned to many of those.
Happy Collecting
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Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-20350533519519212512023-07-27T20:43:00.001-07:002023-07-27T20:43:59.840-07:00American Doll and Toy Museum: Museum Updates<a href="https://dollmusem.blogspot.com/2023/07/museum-updates.html?spref=bl">American Doll and Toy Museum: Museum Updates</a>: Our July and August have been very exciting at the museum. We had an exhibit on marbles, with a free marble quiz for visitors. Next,in hon...
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April 2023
David H. Levy
A magic beagle and the stars
It is my honor to introduce you, dear readers, this month to my latest book, “Clipper, Cosmos, and Children: Finding the Eureka moment.” It is a book specially designed to inspire young people to enjoy the night sky. Whether you are physically young, or even just young at heart, this new book is meant to inspire you to reach for the stars.
This book’s genesis was one day a few years ago. As I strolled into the office in the east wing of our home, I saw Wendee engrossed in the reading of an old book entitled Clipper. “When did you write this book?”she inquired.
“I wrote it when I was ten. Around 1958.” Not a word about the stars in it.
“David, this is the best book I have ever read of yours. In fact,” she laughed, “all your other books have gone downhill since this one.” She asked me that day to rewrite Clipper as an astronomy book. I did, and the book is now published by RJI publishing in 2022 and is available from Amazon for about $20.
As I wrote and revised the book during these recent years, my mind frequently wandered back to the simple, carefree time of my youth. The original Clipper was a Bar Mitzvah present for my older brother, Richard. Perhaps my fondest memory of this little beagle dates back to the cloudy evening of December 17, 1965. That was the night I had planned to begin my search for comets. At around 11 pm I took Clipper for a walk up the hill near our house. As I ambled up the streets nearby, I began to notice a small clearing to the west. I quickly decided to hurry home. Clipper had other ideas. As I headed south, Clipper tried to go north. Our tug-of-war lasted a few unforgettable seconds until a quick jerk on the leash persuaded him who was boss. (He was, but he turned around anyway.) At 11:50 that evening, I began my comet search program through a break in the clouds that lasted less than ten minutes. Now, 58 years later, I am still searching for comets.
Each chapter of my book begins with a passage from the original Clipper. In the story, a young boy named Stephen (the original name, now termed for my grandson Matthew Stephen) goes on a nightly adventure with a magic beagle who, with an equally enchanted telescope, takes him on a frolic through the cosmos, seeing the planets, comets, and asteroids, then the stars of our galaxy, and finally to the massive filaments of galaxies that mark the edges of our known universe. Stephen is soon joined by Kaia, a young girl student named in honor of my granddaughter Summer Kaia.
There is also a strange extraterrestrial girl named Tania who lives on the Moon. Tania comes from a dream I enjoyed decades ago, at the height of the appearance of my brightest comet in 1990, when I encountered a creature shaped like a box, with four feet and four hands and a small head. “I do not have the power to send comets your way,” Tania told me, “but I can change their orbits just a bit so there is a greater chance that you might find them.” There is even a chapter about nothing, in which Clipper takes the children on a tour across the great voids, bereft of galaxies, that are an integral part of our cosmos.
You are likely all familiar with Peter, Paul, and Mary’s wonderful song about a magic dragon, and how it describes how “a dragon lives forever, but not so girls and boys.” The book’s closing chapter explores what happens when the children grow up and pursue their lives.
The book might be fun, but actually, every telescope, from the tiniest department store telescope to the Webb Space Telescope, is charmed. All it takes is a single, thoughtful gaze that launches you on your own life’s journey across the endless wonder of space and time.
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Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-31558882753244900092023-03-09T07:59:00.001-08:002023-03-09T07:59:46.365-08:00The International Doll Museum blog: Regional, Ethnic, and International Dolls: America...<a href="https://internationaldollmuseum.blogspot.com/2023/03/regional-ethnic-and-international-dolls.html?spref=bl">The International Doll Museum blog: Regional, Ethnic, and International Dolls: America...</a>: These are dolls from all over the world. Three started my collection when I was three. They are still my favorites, and I hate it when th...Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-51361966849791042862023-03-09T07:32:00.001-08:002023-03-09T07:32:36.201-08:00American Doll and Toy Museum: Today is National Barbie Day!<a href="https://dollmusem.blogspot.com/2023/03/today-is-national-barbie-day.html?spref=bl">American Doll and Toy Museum: Today is National Barbie Day!</a>: Per Antique Week, today is our favorite doll's holiday! I'm posting some photos, and remind everyone that there is a brief chapte...Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-37803571552127042262023-02-23T09:07:00.001-08:002023-02-23T09:07:07.411-08:00From our guest blogger, Dr. David Levy, " Of Comets, More Comets!"<p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">SSkyward ( having formatting issues, sorry)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span> O</span>f comets, more comets, and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fritz Zwicky<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Since October 1965, when I spotted
my first comet, Comet Ikeya-Seki, I have seen 227 different comets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Near the dawn of my passion for the night
sky, watching that mighty comet rise, apparently right out the <st1:place w:st="on">St. Lawrence River</st1:place>, was a sight I shall never
forget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The two most recent comets I
have seen share the same name; they are both called Comet ZTF for Zwicky
Transit Facility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This project t uses a
new camera that offers a very wide field of view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The camera is attached to the large 48-inch
Oschin Schmidt camera at Palomar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">This project has a rich
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is loosely named for
astronomer Fritz Zwicky, one of the founding astronomers at Palomar and one of
the foremost scientists of the last century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He developed not the big Schmidt but the original smaller 18-inch
Schmidt camera, the very first telescope atop that mountain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since this project is named after Zwicky,
why are its comets called “ZTF” instead of just Zwicky?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is because the comets are named for the
project, not the man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The historical<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zwicky actually had little interest in
comets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His career leaned towards the
big questions of cosmology, the study of the large-scale issues of the
Universe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But he was the first regular
user of Palomar’s 18-inch Schmidt camera, the telescope Gene and Carolyn
Shoemaker and I used to discover our comets, including the one that collided
with Jupiter in 1994.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That in itself was
a tribute to Zwicky, for it offered insights into how comet impacts contributed
to the origin of life on different worlds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Zwicky was not into comets, but he was deeply concerned with the distant
explosions of massive stars that he and colleague Walter Baade called
supernovae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he began using the
18-inch there were 12 known supernovae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He discovered 121 supernovae with the 18-inch, 120 by himself and one
with Paul Wild.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Even though I never met Zwicky, I
can share three aspects of him, not including the most famous one in which he
called anyone he did not like a <br />
“spherical bastard.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The expression was
intended to mean that no matter from which angle you look, that person is (or
was) a bastard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One story I heard from
Walter Hass, founder of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, who
said that when Zwicky was having a quiet chat in a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>corridor at Caltech with another astronomer,
one could hear him two blocks away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
other involved Zwicky’s observing coat, which he left in a closet at the
18-inch observatory building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One night
as I was about to observe alone there, as Gene Shoemaker left the building he
said “If you get too cold, you can wear Zwicky’s coat!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The thought of that coat haunted me all
night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third, my friend David Rossetter
named his large 25-inch diameter reflector Fritz, after Zwicky’s first
name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a wonderful telescope named
for a brilliant man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">In January, the ion or gas tail of
Comet ZTF showed a sort of disconnection in which the part of the tail closest
to the comet was a thin line which suddenly broadened to a larger fan further
out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This “disconnection event” was
closely tied to a sudden increase in sunspot activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This ZTF comet teaches us how comets interact
with the solar wind.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">As this article goes to press, there
is not one ZTF comet, but two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>David
Rossetter and I saw the other one at our club’s dark observing site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second one is much fainter,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>visible as an amorphous smudge of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>small slowly moving haze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I looked at this second comet, I tried to
understand and appreciate the seminal role that Zwicky played in his time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And in our time, that role has expanded to
explore in still greater detail the night sky that he loved.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYpv2E3xeMllZz76-UMW1KTzkO1nORA4YJmQtLQ0XTUXPTqEGFsicjEaDlk2AnbpCscXlgXLMJLklzWJVfYI01xJW31FioLsvJsOkmJ5BUvYxNAXGlZZHvhbfManCLUwoWLQQ_JC46xlQoTMpEWccGlBMkbNXBZ3tAAWPXnYhJ68aSPErL8Kk_yxfcvg/s1219/PictPalomar%20200%20from%2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="964" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYpv2E3xeMllZz76-UMW1KTzkO1nORA4YJmQtLQ0XTUXPTqEGFsicjEaDlk2AnbpCscXlgXLMJLklzWJVfYI01xJW31FioLsvJsOkmJ5BUvYxNAXGlZZHvhbfManCLUwoWLQQ_JC46xlQoTMpEWccGlBMkbNXBZ3tAAWPXnYhJ68aSPErL8Kk_yxfcvg/s320/PictPalomar%20200%20from%2018.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-16009729636307537112023-02-18T15:56:00.001-08:002023-02-18T15:56:09.805-08:00American Doll and Toy Museum: Toy Fair<a href="https://dollmusem.blogspot.com/2023/02/toy-fair.html?spref=bl">American Doll and Toy Museum: Toy Fair</a>: Today at the Museum included a little serendipity. A gentleman came in with his sister to visit. He was a Hot Wheels collector; there...<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92OIr6M6NYUme_k42ZqWJgRykPtcDYtYXn2xqkEKhtB3UPLjaymVxFDclbze5U9SM9RVav0aEk04OUVo2rxuq-2qfABLmo2aQZuox2Nf8ySXLCVrO14Kso__FUo8QzMl_Siu98GABfK7R2-g7UT0_lQx5NE4OVobGln5mDgMjDsS2kz3-0WDAh5vMOQ/s4160/IMG_20230216_143624220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92OIr6M6NYUme_k42ZqWJgRykPtcDYtYXn2xqkEKhtB3UPLjaymVxFDclbze5U9SM9RVav0aEk04OUVo2rxuq-2qfABLmo2aQZuox2Nf8ySXLCVrO14Kso__FUo8QzMl_Siu98GABfK7R2-g7UT0_lQx5NE4OVobGln5mDgMjDsS2kz3-0WDAh5vMOQ/s320/IMG_20230216_143624220.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-55730900030861203182023-02-16T07:40:00.003-08:002023-02-16T07:40:59.202-08:00American Doll and Toy Museum: Visions of Green<a href="https://dollmusem.blogspot.com/2023/02/visions-of-green.html?spref=bl">American Doll and Toy Museum: Visions of Green</a>: In the bleak midwinter, amid cloudy, snowy, skies, I share some visions of green and St. Patrick's Day to give us all hope.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0lInyuphLXRLLn6G-nzbLI_CKq-WUsmt2I9UzrFFbEncLTbxrOxdu5_oKYCkTYkCQG9u64PsPao1MELAkfOYOdw54CM9iMGfAge7w5HgUzgmhc4cNFnSBcNGf1_SqRHnuixF4t9mC9CBDUe9mAClP0CFdh3ZtN_ux-X-YoDTzVj760JZ0d52uwPXBg/s4160/IMG_20230215_151747598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0lInyuphLXRLLn6G-nzbLI_CKq-WUsmt2I9UzrFFbEncLTbxrOxdu5_oKYCkTYkCQG9u64PsPao1MELAkfOYOdw54CM9iMGfAge7w5HgUzgmhc4cNFnSBcNGf1_SqRHnuixF4t9mC9CBDUe9mAClP0CFdh3ZtN_ux-X-YoDTzVj760JZ0d52uwPXBg/s320/IMG_20230215_151747598.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-15096441998737981852023-01-05T21:33:00.001-08:002023-01-05T21:33:24.986-08:00Where have all the Christmas Trees gone?<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Where have all the Christmas Trees gone?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On this tenth day of Christmas, I must note something was
missing this season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were almost
no live Christmas trees<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>being sold at
grocery stores or elsewhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve only
seen a few trees sadly laid on the curb.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m not seeing that many good sales, e.g. 75 to 90% off at
the stores.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t find many fresh
wreathes, either.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An Internet search revealed that we’ve had a shortage since
2016.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2021, supply chain issues
fueled the shortage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before that, COVID
affected the sale of trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ikea
revealed they did not sell live trees because they wanted to be environmentally
friendly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Real trees have become more
and more expensive as well, with 100.00 not being an unusual price. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Myself, I have mixed emotions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we got live trees, we took care of them,
and then my dad took them down to the ravine for our birds to use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later, my mom developed allergies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We began to use artificial trees, and could
keep them up till Epiphany, a practice still in effect in our family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The last real tree we had was a small one
that fit in an old enamel pot. It was about three feet tall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our new puppy Smokey, was a little wild.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We thought he might knock it down, or think
we brought the bathroom inside for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our first dog Killer, a little poodle mix, did think that.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When we brought the tree home with Smokey, he promptly got
sick in the car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had to clean up the
upholstery, and minister to the tree, that had a crooked trunk.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We never wasted our trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My mother had memories of lashed <st1:country-region w:st="on">Cyprus</st1:country-region>
branches serving as a tree for her in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was supposed to be a two month vacation
that lasted seven years because they were Americans abroad caught in World War
II.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cyprus</st1:place></st1:country-region> branches were for their
first Christmas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After that, under the
Fascist and NAZI occupations, there were no Christmases.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">During my childhood, my grandparents had big live trees, and
later, big artificial trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did small
theme trees, made trees, decorated trees, all through the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our local Festival of Trees and the Hoover
Presidential Library displays inspired my mom nad me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We even had a bathroom tree decorated with
doll sized perfume bottles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day, we
heard a scream from that room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My dad
walked in and saw the perfume tree for the first time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Oh God!” said he, “Doll things in the
bathroom!!”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My current big tree is artificial, and prelit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do have live holly bushes and a lot of
evergreens, some older than I am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
tree has unbreakable ornaments; my little girl cat is not above knocking the
box tree down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her toy box is under it;
if the toybox gets<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>moved, she expresses
her displeasure<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by knocking the tree
down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My antique ornaments are in glass
cases or safely tucked away, so also are my Christopher Radkos,,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Polonaise glass, Victorian glass ornaments,
Shiny Brites, Dresdens and other precious examples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many are carefully packed away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every year, I look for more, and rotate
collections, just as my mom and aunt used to do.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Well, two more days of Christmas to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hope you get to celebrate Twelfth Night, and
if nothing else, read the Bard’s play of the same name.</p>
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</p>Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-7660467419048106942022-12-08T17:49:00.000-08:002022-12-08T17:49:22.063-08:00Happy Holidays 2022<p> Here we are again, nearly at Xmas, living in a world beset with horror and misery.</p><p>Here are some photos of the season, as is our custom. American Doll and Toy Museum goes on, with changing displays for each season. </p><p>Enjoy the photos, health, happiness and peace in 2023.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YAqoj86WtILYh0lzpkUfKrpVNQmrWRU9Cz8Ol7FWh4N_M1CHF_EeEQXLTP6mbOEMo4f3rLuQ8WTuObEEjoesecpoDlA8wQDT7v6xgL3PLGWKXKkKrBJ8wUK7PUaD5fq4RVsJfeAguNpXM7dIYYFc_SMRl6oAVCBh5vgX3iTZsAYIaqbaaAxSIG0nZg/s2316/IMG_20221208_163825_569.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YAqoj86WtILYh0lzpkUfKrpVNQmrWRU9Cz8Ol7FWh4N_M1CHF_EeEQXLTP6mbOEMo4f3rLuQ8WTuObEEjoesecpoDlA8wQDT7v6xgL3PLGWKXKkKrBJ8wUK7PUaD5fq4RVsJfeAguNpXM7dIYYFc_SMRl6oAVCBh5vgX3iTZsAYIaqbaaAxSIG0nZg/s320/IMG_20221208_163825_569.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-33595238484896977872022-11-23T06:37:00.001-08:002022-11-23T06:37:33.687-08:00Out with the Old<p> This weekend, I'll switch out the fall tree for Christmas. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOoPjA29iO3ZqsZ9-FJJmPq4uAAm_gZMEU5HN7txf0rQE73vd_Er9Fg_sLCMWqxMrJCwx-QDjkaPgGLBBQMj9ksFEyWMlr3dbqfEo9aN2UwxFFuigSseATNJA2gNGdTJ8UYgWFecfJ-rjPcsaryYgHii_AjfRNW63RiBOV0Erwq3sFjDrAKVYoBJgwQ/s4160/IMG_20221123_074514814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOoPjA29iO3ZqsZ9-FJJmPq4uAAm_gZMEU5HN7txf0rQE73vd_Er9Fg_sLCMWqxMrJCwx-QDjkaPgGLBBQMj9ksFEyWMlr3dbqfEo9aN2UwxFFuigSseATNJA2gNGdTJ8UYgWFecfJ-rjPcsaryYgHii_AjfRNW63RiBOV0Erwq3sFjDrAKVYoBJgwQ/s320/IMG_20221123_074514814.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbiLWt5GxP6Jjyqcyq5OFqpKXgqh1AmV8JfkCZJCiCsjAL3hfrdo2Jych8Si3etD7v9SxTIc-FwbtJW68lQoYTk-HWsp8gU7V0hiTnL-aF6IbmCqbXVV_wrCQrYiU8QZ5uUlK32oqdMtUfkoURdRRCYWTlWM0t_BLuvaBufObW1FD-YNP8CUFe4ZnFw/s4160/IMG_20221123_074524097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbiLWt5GxP6Jjyqcyq5OFqpKXgqh1AmV8JfkCZJCiCsjAL3hfrdo2Jych8Si3etD7v9SxTIc-FwbtJW68lQoYTk-HWsp8gU7V0hiTnL-aF6IbmCqbXVV_wrCQrYiU8QZ5uUlK32oqdMtUfkoURdRRCYWTlWM0t_BLuvaBufObW1FD-YNP8CUFe4ZnFw/s320/IMG_20221123_074524097.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-64361531872040154202022-11-10T07:36:00.001-08:002022-11-10T07:36:22.345-08:00Pinocchio Movie<p> Here's a quick post on a new film about the most famous puppet in history. Pinocchio by Guillermo de Toro is done in animation that makes the marionettes look like live wood. Other marionettes and puppets are also featured. It's a beautiful movie, and I hope real dolls and puppets will populate store shelves.</p><p><br /></p><p>For more, see Kenneth Gross's book Puppets,my Pinterest board on puppets, My book A Bibliography of Doll and Toy sources, often free on Kindle unlimited.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4d0NLDFWTbBU6STgiOUkeyQjjl9rocsojr4sofSqAwzbM4jMa_nrqhVx7JSIgSzeJRo_1IB_SiXVp2NywlhumuWXwuUj_8FgCLSvbD9WPwEKejosuvOK91gR0r6ickV0vf9AbbYPJ5bLZKoBi7UNqAJdfrWxuB7McPwOqMVXmINhbx9K46xtziIic7g/s3072/IMG_20221105_174522_259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4d0NLDFWTbBU6STgiOUkeyQjjl9rocsojr4sofSqAwzbM4jMa_nrqhVx7JSIgSzeJRo_1IB_SiXVp2NywlhumuWXwuUj_8FgCLSvbD9WPwEKejosuvOK91gR0r6ickV0vf9AbbYPJ5bLZKoBi7UNqAJdfrWxuB7McPwOqMVXmINhbx9K46xtziIic7g/s320/IMG_20221105_174522_259.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-42938853793153290362022-10-28T19:29:00.001-07:002022-10-28T19:31:28.890-07:00Happy Halloween!!<p> Ghouls, ghosts, goblins, memories of home and cold, smokey Autumn nights, popcorn balls, carving pumpkins, Taffy apples, these and more are my Halloween.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWXmabp0mS7T76oHghROGyLJPwdfmlCENo3JKawohpiDW0t6bmVw96Vavwy1hiiXWfJpT_8MZwDyIiWLlMvDREbn2MSQest0Ou0xhWjb3SFjjLrOkbtJUTHdIDQCnfMVFj5asfnGzf0G1iTEt6upu45TBzBYwKpzVglnNOTMshbQXU1yMw_seK2v5Bw/s1024/20221025_091341-COLLAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWXmabp0mS7T76oHghROGyLJPwdfmlCENo3JKawohpiDW0t6bmVw96Vavwy1hiiXWfJpT_8MZwDyIiWLlMvDREbn2MSQest0Ou0xhWjb3SFjjLrOkbtJUTHdIDQCnfMVFj5asfnGzf0G1iTEt6upu45TBzBYwKpzVglnNOTMshbQXU1yMw_seK2v5Bw/s320/20221025_091341-COLLAGE.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-67039452014068721082022-10-17T21:01:00.000-07:002022-10-17T21:12:30.059-07:00American Doll and Toy Museum: Influence of Old Dolls on New, Out with the Old, b...<a href="https://dollmusem.blogspot.com/2022/10/influence-of-old-dolls-on-new-out-with.html?spref=bl">American Doll and Toy Museum: Influence of Old Dolls on New, Out with the Old, b...</a>: Influence of Old Dolls on New, Out with the Old, but In with the Old! Avon Pincushion doll, 1980s on the right was used as a prop in J...Ellen M. Tsagarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371709590550209896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983415539201501560.post-56121903290595815472022-09-27T20:10:00.001-07:002022-09-27T20:10:21.458-07:00American Doll and Toy Museum: Teaching a Class on Barbie<a href="https://dollmusem.blogspot.com/2022/09/teaching-class-on-barbie.html?spref=bl">American Doll and Toy Museum: Teaching a Class on Barbie</a>: Below is the catalog page some of you asked for re my course on Barbie. We will have a great time and a fun romp through pop culture...<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lGH4atAYnSXfLAMqlYF3HMGMeGnwjbYL_UhZ_84Qtfm_Qm1zxEDYf3twe5Bw2qMbRVm1E13pdOvEuYqg28XSav4ZdRMAtLEYR2qyj_HghaRlpamFCYAaqdqGSWZQWyt7srCniMxaE-V9mbFvK-1STmfjjb6Dy1Vy1UkX-j8UmbBDb2C1Rzjnm85K-w/s4160/IMG_20220920_133921707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lGH4atAYnSXfLAMqlYF3HMGMeGnwjbYL_UhZ_84Qtfm_Qm1zxEDYf3twe5Bw2qMbRVm1E13pdOvEuYqg28XSav4ZdRMAtLEYR2qyj_HghaRlpamFCYAaqdqGSWZQWyt7srCniMxaE-V9mbFvK-1STmfjjb6Dy1Vy1UkX-j8UmbBDb2C1Rzjnm85K-w/s320/IMG_20220920_133921707.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Ellen M. 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