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16" (41 cm.) All-cloth doll with flat-dimensional face, black shoe button eyes, one-stroke tapered brows, five lashes below each eye, blush spots on cheeks, smiling painted mouth with red center, brown worsted hair, stitch-jointed body with sewn-on red and white striped stockings, black sewn-on shoes, original cotton print dress, pants, and pinafore apron, and presented in a wooden chair used by Shirley when playing with the doll. The doll is in good, yet well-loved, condition with fading of costume and some light spotting. The doll was one of Shirley's earliest dolls, and remained one of her favorites throughout her childhood. In her 1945 book, My Young Life, she spoke of this doll, "There's my own pet favorite, Raggedy Ann, that I played with for years, who's been washed about a million times". Included are two early photographs of Shirley playing with this doll. American, Volland, from Raggedy Ann illustrations of Johnny Gruelle, circa 1930. Also see #190, a collection of nine Raggedy Ann books gifted to Shirley by Johnny Gruelle with delightful personalized inscriptions