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November's meeting was a little different. Our club has been collecting donations to contribute to Austin's Blue Santa program, which provides toys to economically disadvantaged children. We had someone ...

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 . . . and the Austin Doll Collectors Society today donated eight boxes of dolls and toys to the Austin Blue Santa  toy drive. The toys themselves were actually a generous donation from the family of former member Audrey Caswell. The toys, most still ...

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Jan Irsfeld gave a program on goddesses, celestial, movie, and royal, using examples from her collection of Cissy dolls by Madame Alexander. She explained that Madame Alexander was fascinated by powerful and successful women. Peeking out in the far left corner is a Cissy, dressed by Jan, representing   href="https://austindollcollectorssociety.blogspot.com/2024/01/...

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Sharon Weintraub did a program on wind-up carnival dolls by Zaiden Toy Works, including demonstrating working examples from her collection.  In 1922, Zaiden advertised a variety of mechanical dolls, including a doll who “shakes and shimmies to beat the band,” a doll who reproduces the “Hula Hula dance,” national dolls waving the flags of their...

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This meeting was a special celebration--the 50th anniversary of the Austin Doll Collectors Society. United Federation of Doll Clubs director for Region 3 Karen Allen attended and awarded the club with this certificate:

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