Vintage Ginny Dolls

In the late 1940s, after thirty years of running a small business called Vogue Doll Company, Jennie Graves of Somerville, Massachusetts introduced an eight inch plastic doll named for her daughter Ginny. The doll was an immediate hit, partly because there were numerous outfits that could be purchased seperately. At their peak of department-store distribution, Ginny dolls brought in over five million dollars a year.