Cartoonist Gruelle created the Raggedy Ann doll U.S. Patent D47,789, dated September 7, 1915. In 1918, the Volland Company published the first Raggedy Ann Stories. Gruelle then created a series of popular Raggedy Ann books with the dolls. An early or the first Sunday tryout with Gruelle's real-life children, Marcella (who tragically died at age 13) and her younger brother Worth image area is 19.25" x 21.25".

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