International vintage paper dolls

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I would love to share with you today a few vintage paper dolls.

They all are one page dolls,

which means doll and costume(s) are on one page

instead of several.

The paper dolls featured represent countries where I have readers!

Let’s start with Japan -

The above doll is part of a series that were printed in

the Boston Sunday Globe, around 1909.

The artist is J.V. Sloan.

Thanks for your interest in my blogs, Japanese readers!

MuralsWallpaper, Pinterest

Next I have another Dolly Dingle international paper doll.

You can read more about Dolly in my past blog

“It’s a small world after all”

In the Land of Cherry Blossoms, Dolly Dingle paper doll

My readers from Italy have supported me

from my first blogs several years ago.

 Next up -

Switzerland!

Here are 2 paperdolls representing traditional 

costumes from Germany -

A big hello to my Russian supporters:

I hope you have enjoyed this little trip 

around the world with vintage paper dolls.

If you choose to print them for playtime,

glue them onto a piece of thin cardboard

(Think cereal boxes)

and cut out to increase their lives!

Another Dutch paper doll to add to the previous ones.

 

I love paper dolls,

and international costumes,

and vintage styles.

I’m so happy to share these with you!

‘Til next time,

inkspired

* I apologize for the various text sizing.

Still trying to work with the new Blogger format.

Sometimes I win,

sometimes Blogger wins.

😖

Russian paper dolls

Welcome!

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I haven’t shared paper dolls in awhile.
Time for a paper trip to Russia!

Artist Tatiana Beeva



Dolly Dingle first appeared in 
‘The Pictorial Review’ magazine in 1913.
For many many years Dolly Dingle had paper doll adventures with themes such as
Dolly visits the Opera,
Dolly adopts a War Orphan,
Dolly’s Country Cousin visits,
and
Dolly’s World Flight.

Grace G. Drayton is the artist.
Ms. Drayton is also the artist that created
‘The Campbell Soup kids’.

Today she visits Russia!

Vintage Dolly Dingle - Russia
Artist Grace G. Drayton 

This paper doll girl is part of a series of one page
paper dolls featuring a different country each.
Sorry, I could not find a better photo of her.

From a paper doll book of goddesses,
Dover Publications

A series of black and white French language paper dolls 
with items from their country
By hugolescargot.com

This is from a Dolls of the Nations series of 
wrap-around paper dolls
printed in the Boston Sunday Globe.

I just love the vintage features 
and coloring in them!

Lettie Lane was a wonderful paper doll series
that was first printed in 1908,
the October issue of The Ladies Home Journal.

This paper doll series by Sheila  Young
is the one you want to go to for accurate fashions and style from 1908-1915.
Dover Publications has many of them in
a reproduction paper doll book form.

A series of Russian headdresses through the years

Lastly I would like to share
Kellogg’s Krumbles “Russia” 
one page paper doll from their 
‘Around the World Cut Out Dolls’ series.

This series feature one page with 2 paper dolls,
traditional costumes and 
a little ‘fact blurb’ about the country.
It was, best as I can find out,
a 1930-1950 cereal premium.

I hope you have enjoyed this variety of 
International paper dolls
with a Russian theme.

There are more countries to be explored,
more paper dolls to discover
and play with!

‘Til next time,
inkspired

A few places I found information:

Pinterest.com
Opdag.com
Isabellaalden.com
MaineMemory.net

All God’s Children

Welcome!

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I have always loved folk costumes from around the world.

I love to learn about different countries,

with their unique cultures, languages,

crafts, food and so much more.

I thought today I would share some of my favorite 

people photos from around the world.

India

Oh, and let me mention that children

are absolutely the best representatives of their

individual countries.

With a child, pretty much what you see is
The Real Deal!

Japan

“When you learn something 
from people, or from culture,
you accept it as a gift,
and it is your lifelong commitment
to preserve it and build on it.”

- Yo-Yo Ma

First Communion, Bata,
Equatorial Guinea


“Culture opens the sense of beauty.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Turkey


“To travel 
is to discover
that everyone 
is wrong about
other 
countries.”

- Aldous Huxley

Hmong tribe, Vietnam


“Strength lies in differences,
not
in similarities.”

- Stephen R. Covey

Iowa, United States of America

“We become not a melting pot
but
a beautiful mosaic.
Different people,
Different beliefs,
Different yearnings,
Different hopes, 
Different dreams.”

- former President Jimmy Carter
USA

Borana Tribe, Kenya


“We live now in a global village
and we are in one single family.
It’s our responsibility 
to bring friendship and love
from all different places around the world
and to live together
in peace.”

- Jackie Chan

Guadalupe 

Saudi Arabia 

“Culture is the widening of
the mind 
and of the spirit.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

Cambodia
Photo credit: RURO


“Be a lover of the world,
it is the only way
to survive it.”

-Janosch

Russia

May today find your heart at peace,
No matter what circumstance.
Remember to teach the children
Peace and Joy.


‘Til next time,
inkspired

I collected quotes from many sources.
These are most of them:

www.wiseoldsayings.com
www.textappeal.com
www.goodreads.com
www.azquotes.com
www.ufic.ufl.edu

Merry Christmas around the world

Joyeux Noel et Bonne Anne'e!

(Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in French)

Polar Bear Flocke celebrates his 4th Birthday

at the Marineland Aquatic Park

Antibes, France

photo by Eric Gaillard

So many wonderful traditions from so many different people groups.

Let's see a few celebrations of Christmas and the holiday time,

around the world.

1500 school children dressed as Santa Claus

Chennai, India

photo by Babu

Nave sal di mubaraka

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in Punjabi,

spoken in  India and Pakistan

Christmas decorations in the

Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy

photo by Filippo Monteforte

Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in Italian.

North Bondi lifeguards on Bondi Beach

Sydney, Australia

photo courtesy of www.nydailynews.com

Merry Christmas, mate!

or

'ave a good one, mate!

Merry Christmas in Australian.

(We in the USA always knew they couldn't speak proper English!)

Santacon, 2011

Trafalgar Square, London, Britain

courtesy Luke MacGregor

Happy Christmas!

Merry Christmas said in Proper English by the British!

(Yeah, okay, the British always knew we couldn't say

Merry Christmas in proper English either!)

Malaysia Aquaria, 2011

Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

courtesy of Bazuki Muhammad

Selamat Hari Natal

Merry Christmas in Malay, the official language of Malaysia,

although they have 139 languages spoken there!

Snow in Saint Petersburg, Russia

2011

photo by Alexander Demianchuk

Pozdravlyau s prazdnikom Rozhdestvai

c Novym Godom

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in Russian.

a Palestinian nun during Christmas Morning Mass at

the Latin Church of Visitation,

West Bank, Israel

photo by Al-Zababdeh

This photo was a bit tricky to credit a language to, as the West Bank is still in the hands of the Fatah (a Palestinian group) but Israel is the occupying force.

I think.

It gets confusing!

Since I have already had an Arabic Merry Christmas,

how about one in Hebrew?

Mo'adim Lesimkha

Shana Tova

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in Hebrew.

the main language of Israel,

although Arabic is a secondary official language.

That's a lot of Merry Christmas's!

- and plenty of Happy New Year's thrown in!

I would like to finish with a sweet Christmas Celebration coloring page.

Perhaps this is the best way to show a tradition that we have nothing to do with.

All of creation (including animals and birds) say

Merry Christmas

to their Creator -

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