May 24, 2007, 10:51 am
Filed under: Ormes Archives
Filed under: Ormes Archives
Individuals with an interest in Ormes’ creative work in the toy industry will soon be able to purchase a Patty-Jo doll of their very own! During the 1940s, Ormes partnered with the Terry Lee Company in order to produce a doll for young children based on the character Patty-Jo, a young girl featured in Ormes’ single panel cartoon Patty-Jo ‘n Ginger. Terri Lee Associates has re-introduced the Patty-Jo doll. The new dolls produced will be likenesses of the original dolls designed by cartoonist Jackie Ormes and manufactured by the Terri Lee company. The Patty-Jo doll will be sold exclusively in K-Mart stores beginning in August of 2007. A biography of Jackie Ormes will be included on the box packaging.
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I’m very interested in topics like that, but this one sounds especially truthful, and I really trust the source where it came from. Sooner or later it was going to come out and it finally did!
Comment by Dario Cukier April 11, 2008 @ 1:24 amIs this doll still being manufactured and sold. Please let me know as I am preparing to submit a proposal to intorduce and teach an African-American Gender studies class to 6 - 12 graders in Chicago.
Comment by Janet April 14, 2008 @ 12:39 pm[...] toy stores in 1948. Patty Jo was the first black doll to have an extensive upscale wardrobe and the Patty Jo dolls are now collector’s [...]
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