Vintage Muffy

Great Aunt Thelma who lives in Arizona and who is 84 and spry as a green willow sent me a surprise in the mail. She is finally moving from her house to a retirement community and is dispersing her possessions. This lovely doll which belonged to Thelma's daughter and my Dad's cousin Judy, who died of cancer in the 90's, is now a part of my doll collection and I am just thrilled to have it. Judy was Dad's favorite cousin and she was one of the nicest people I have ever known. She was also very pretty and I have a vivid memory of her visiting us at our house in the 70's. Anyway-this is a basic blond Muffy doll. She came naked in the box (which is still in good condition) with just her pink underwear (in the photo with the clothes). The outfits and accessories were purchased separately. The outfit she is wearing is an Alexanderkins outfit. That was probably a generic outfit that fit Muffy, Ginny and other dolls of that size made by Madame Alexander doll company in the 40's. The green outfit isn't tagged. The roller skates and red socks might have come together. Someone may have made the hat. It's not tagged. My Grandma H (sister of Judy's dad) gave the doll to Judy for St. Nicholas Day (Dec. 6th) one year. Grandma must have really liked these dolls. In my "stuff" I have a couple of brochures like the one that was in the box (below) showing other available Alexander dolls. I have decided that I must have gotten my affinity for dolls from her.

Muffy - not a bad looking gal for being 60!

Clothing - the tiny roller skates and knit cap are so cute.

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